India Budget 2026 Expectations LIVE Updates: Just two days ahead of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech scheduled on 1 February, we take a look at what the industry wants from the government. This will be Sitharaman’s ninth consecutive Budget speech and is the first time that the India Union Budget will be presented on…
The Economic Survey 2025 notes that both livestock and fisheries expanded strongly over the last decade. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos Issues such as feed and fodder shortages, dependence on a narrow export basket, and infrastructure gaps are the major stumbling blocks for the livestock management and fisheries sectors in the country, according to…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (January 29, 2026) tabled the Economic Survey for the year 2025-26 in the Parliament. Here is the key takeaways from the Economic Survey 2025-26: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The Economic Survey projected the GDP growth in the range of 6.8-7.2% for the next fiscal year on the back…
The Economic Survey 2025-26 has painted a relatively rosy picture of India’s domestic growth outlook, raising the country’s medium-term outlook to 7% from its earlier estimate of 6.5%. Economic Survey 2025-2026: Follow LIVE updates on January 29, 2026 However, it has simultaneously outlined a relatively grim outlook for the global economy, estimating a 10-20% chance…
Indian agriculture has shown remarkable resilience in the face of growing climate risks. The sector, which employs about 46% of the workforce, has seen overall production rise but also a sharp slide in crop prices. Mint lists five areas where the budget could reinvigorate the rural sector. What is the main challenge faced by farmers?…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26 in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Thursday (January 29, 2026) The Survey projected the GDP growth in the range of 6.8 to 7.2% in 2026-27, a tad lower than 7.4% estimated in the current fiscal. Economic Survey 2025-26 Here are the highlights…
Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran, addresses a press conference after tabling of Economic Survey 2025-26 in Parliament at the National Media Centre, in New Delhi on January 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Economic Survey of India 2025-26 flagged concerns of correction in the AI segment coupled with geopolitical tensions, to spill over…
A key issue in achieving the target set by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to increase expected years of schooling in India to 15 years (it is currently 13 years) was the “uneven distribution of schools”, the Union government said on Thursday (January 29, 2026) in its report on the Economic Survey of India…
The Economic Survey cited a study that estimated that such transfers amounting to 0.19-1.25% of the gross state domestic products of States and 0.68%-8.26% of their total budgetary expenditures. Image for representation only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In a year when four major States are going for Assembly elections, only one of which is…
Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on Thursday (January 29, 2026), has noted that the average annual growth rate in the agriculture and allied sector over the last five years has been around 4.4% at constant prices. However, in the second quarter of 2025-26, the agriculture sector registered…
