The survey noted the aggregate spending on unconditional cash transfers (UCT) programmes, particularly for women, is estimated at Rs 1.7 lakh crore for FY26 ...

Even as private investment in India remain muted, the Economic Survey noted an increase in outward investment by firms from $14.4 billion in FY24 to $23.6 billion in FY25, driven by greenfield ...

The warning is explicit. In a world where trade and finance are shaped by security considerations rather than efficiency, India cannot afford incrementalism or delayed reforms.

Early evidence has begun to temper some of the "extreme predictions surrounding AI’s near-term labour impact", the Economic Survey 2025-26 states.

Take away services exports and the macroeconomic story would have been different. Yet, there’s puzzling reluctance to acknowledge what services are doing and will do ...

All traditional industries in the country, all because of these jhanda unions have been closed, all throughout the country, said CJI.

India’s chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said the geopolitical tension witnessed by the world are inevitable and the uncertainties have increased since the start of the millennium. The top ...

Insurers are not taking advantage of the digitisation to support both acquisition costs and restore ‘value for money’ to the policyholder, it says ...

Noted choreographer Geeta Kapur, widely called Geeta Maa, sparked fresh conversation after speaking openly about personal freedom, intimacy, and society’s expectations of women beyond their public ...

Efforts to improve the investment environment by simplifying processes and procedures to attract FDI will also need to be kept up, the survey has said ...

The Survey pointed out that current legal constraints are limiting further disinvestment in a significant share of listed CPSEs.

Among sectors, pharma, PSU Bank, IT, FMCG, auto down 0.7-1%, while metal, realty, private bank, power, energy, oil & gas up 0.6-3%.