Five things to watch out for in today’s Economic Survey 2017

Date posted: Tuesday 31 January 2017

Chief economic adviser in the finance ministry Arvind Subramanian will present his third and probably final Economic Survey for 2016-17 on Tuesday, unless he gets an extension, a day ahead of the Union budget to be presented by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley. After he took charge in October 2014, Subramanian has brought about major changes in the survey. Modelled on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook, the survey departed structurally from its predecessors and now traces the state of the economy in two volumes. Volume I discusses the outlook and prospects and volume II describes recent developments in the economy. Here are five things in this year’s survey to watch out for: Demonetisation impact; Economic growth trajectory; Universal Basic Income; Fiscal stimulus and Concerns over growing protectionism.

(Live Mint)

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