Finance Ministry releases “The Indian Economy: A Review – January 2024” instead of ‘Economic Survey 2023-24’ ahead of Interim Budget 2024-25

Every year, a day before the presentation of the budget document, the central government presents an Economic Survey. However, a survey will not be presented on January 31, the budget being of an interim nature and in light of the upcoming elections. A complete budget and the Economic Survey will be presented in July, when the results are declared and a new cabinet is appointed. Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran outlines India’s potential to reach a $7 trillion economy by 2030 in the recently released mini-annual Economic Survey titled ‘The Indian Economy: A Review,’ .

ECONOMIC SURVEY 2021-22 – Key Highlights

The Economic Survey 2021-22 was tabled in Parliament on Monday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman soon after the President’s address to both Houses of Parliament. The survey, presented a day before the Union Budget, underlines the state of the economy and outlines suggestions for policy actions.

Economic Survey 2020-21 Key Highlights: Govt pegs FY22 GDP growth at 11%, FY21 GDP to contract 7.7%

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled Economic Survey 2020-21 in the Parliament on January 29, 2021. The survey is generally presented a day before the Union Budget. This year, the survey is being presented earlier because the day-before-budget is a Sunday. The real growth rate for FY21 has been taken as -7.7% (MoSPI) in Economic Survey 2020-21 and real growth rate for FY22 is assumed as 11.5 % based on IMF estimates.
Following the presentation of the Economic Survey in both the houses of the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Chief Economic Adviser KV Subramanian addressed a press conference in which he introduced the highlights of the annual survey document.