The quotes in the first chapter of the Economic Survey sound like they're admonishing the Government of India for terrible management of the economy. 
"For more than three-fourths of known economic history, India has been the dominant economic power globally."
@sidin is one of the many people who added skepticism to this research that speaks to India's massive historical economic dominance livemint.com/Opinion/JFl9w4…
@sidin is one of the many people who added skepticism to this research that speaks to India's massive historical economic dominance livemint.com/Opinion/JFl9w4…
@sidin Hmm....
"During much of India's economic dominance, the economy relied on the invisible hand of the market."
"During much of India's economic dominance, the economy relied on the invisible hand of the market."
@sidin "Over Rs 4,30,000 crores of taxpayer money is invested as Government’s equity in PSBs. In 2019, every rupee of taxpayer money invested in PSBs, on average, lost 23 paise."
indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/
indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/
@sidin Eco Survey calls for relaxing of fiscal deficit target.
@sidin On the GDP
@sidin "Net Tax revenue to the Centre, which was envisaged to grow at more than 25 per cent in 2019-20 BE relative to 2018-19 PA, grew at 2.6 per cent during April to November 2019."
@sidin Four years after the *flagship* move of the Modi government – demonetisation – the Economic Survey only mentions it twice, both in volume 2, when talking about currency/liquidity.
Remember when it was supposed to fix black money and lead to V-shaped growth?
Remember when it was supposed to fix black money and lead to V-shaped growth?
@sidin Gahhh.
(For an illustrated explainer on how the banking system ended up in a crisis, read this by @nithya_sub: scroll.in/article/942838…)
(For an illustrated explainer on how the banking system ended up in a crisis, read this by @nithya_sub: scroll.in/article/942838…)
@sidin @nithya_sub Warning signals for the shadow banking sector, with problems turning up starting, um, 2014.
@sidin @nithya_sub Azaadi makes an entry in the Eco Survey... except in a quote from Margaret Thatcher.
@sidin @nithya_sub Did some quotes in the Economic Survey come from WhatsApp?
This one, with a Sanskrist subhashit, was not attributed.
So I put it into Google, and found the English translation on "PurePuja" (including the "if you waste a bit u can't get money").
facebook.com/PurePuja/photo…
This one, with a Sanskrist subhashit, was not attributed.
So I put it into Google, and found the English translation on "PurePuja" (including the "if you waste a bit u can't get money").
facebook.com/PurePuja/photo…
Economic Survey maintains $5 trillion aim, but can’t avoid references to Great Indian Slowdown scroll.in/article/951738… via @scroll_in
