45-808: The Economic Survey of India is an annual document of the Ministry of Finance , Government of India . The Department of Economic Affairs , Ministry of Finance presents the Survey in the Parliament every year, just before the Union Budget . It is prepared under the guidance of the Chief Economic Adviser of India. This document is presented to both Houses of Parliament during the Budget Session . The first Economic Survey of India
90-562: A Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College , Tiruchirapalli in 1980, Master of Arts degree in Economics and M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi in 1984. She then enrolled for a Ph.D. program in Economics with a focus on Indo-Europe trade; but later left this program and moved to London (when her husband secured a scholarship in London School of Economics ) because of which she
135-490: A contraction and now it is about 4.1 percent above pre-pandemic levels, he added. India's overall GVA grew by 8.6 percent on year in 2021–22, after contracting 6.2% in 2020–21, PEA Sanjeev Sanyal said. Sanyal added that India now has $ 636 billion worth of forex reserves, one of the highest in the world, and equivalent to 13.2 months of imports. The principal economic advisor further said that India's spending on social services has risen to around Rs 20 lakh crore in 2021–22, whereas,
180-596: A decision aimed at the proper management of Centre's investments in equity including its disinvestment in central public sector undertakings. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced the renaming of the Department of Disinvestment in his budget speech for 2016–17. Initially set up as an independent ministry (The Ministry of Disinvestment) in December 1999, the Department of Disinvestments came into existence in May 2004 when
225-716: A member of National Commission for Women . In 2017, she was one of the founding directors of Pranava in Hyderabad . The Jawaharlal Nehru University conferred her the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019. Forbes Magazine has ranked her 34th among the 100 most powerful women in the world in 2019. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister wins the Business Reformer of the year award at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2021. In 2023, ranked at number 32, Sitharaman has made it to
270-664: A pre-sanction appraisal of major schemes/projects (both Plan and non-Plan expenditure), handling the bulk of the Central budgetary resources transferred to States, implementation of the recommendations of the Finance and Central Pay Commissions , overseeing the expenditure management in the Central Ministries/Departments through the interface with the Financial Advisors and the administration of
315-609: Is also coordinating matters concerning the Ministry of Finance including Parliament-related work of the Ministry. The department has under its administrative control the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad. The business allocated to the Department of Expenditure is carried out through its Establishment Division, Plan Finance I and II Divisions, Finance Commission Division, Staff Inspection Unit, Cost Accounts Branch, Controller General of Accounts, and
360-520: Is also presented by the CEA during a press meet after it is tabled in Parliament. This year the survey was printed in lavender , the same colour as the 100-rupee note, symbolizing the integration of old and new. The broad theme for the survey is "Ethical Wealth Creation". The document outlines strategies for making India a $ 5 trillion economy by 2024–25. This includes strengthening the invisible hand of
405-670: Is an Indian economist, politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha , the upper house of the Indian Parliament , representing Karnataka since 2016 and previously represented Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2016. Sitharaman previously served as
450-671: Is headed by a chairman who is also ex officio Special Secretary to the Government of India (Secretary level). Matters relating to the levy and collection of all Direct taxes are looked after by the CBDT whereas those relating to levy and collection of GST, Customs Duty, Central Excise duties and other Indirect taxes fall within the purview of the CBIC. The two Boards were constituted under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963. At present,
495-534: Is now abolished as announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during 2017-2018 budget speech in Lok Sabha. Shri Ajay Seth is the current secretary of this department. The Department of Expenditure is the nodal department for overseeing the public financial management system in the Central Government and matters connected with the state finances. The principal activities of the department include
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#1732771989071540-510: Is the preparation and presentation of the Union Budget to the parliament and budget for the state Governments under President's Rule and union territory administrations. Other main functions include: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), housed in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, was an inter-ministerial body, responsible for processing of FDI proposals and making recommendations for Government approval. FIPB
585-476: Is very high, in this case the loss being the loss of human life. The survey also notes how a "healthcare crisis can get transformed into an economic and social crisis". Some of the key points of the Economic Survey 2020–21 are: The survey has quotes and explanatory anecdotes from Mahabharata , Rabindranath Tagore , Raghuvansham , A.P.J.Abdul Kalam , Mohandas K. Gandhi , The Jungle Book ( look for
630-762: The Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Government of India. The CEA also presents the survey during a press meet after it is tabled in Parliament. The 2020-21 survey has been conducted in the background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India . A foundational theme of a survey as a result of the pandemic has been "Saving Lives and Livelihoods". The survey goes on to outline epidemiological and economic research related to lockdowns and minimizing losses when uncertainty
675-616: The Fifth largest Economy in the world, and the GDP of the country was said to have seen massive growth positively with historical context. In February 2024, she presented the Union budget for the record 6th time and matched it with Morarji Desai . She also became the first minister to present the budget in the New Parliament building of India. She was given the same cabinet posts after
720-767: The Indian general election in June 2024. Nirmala Sitharaman worked as a salesperson at Habitat, a home decor store in London's Regent Street . She has served as an assistant to Economist in the Agricultural Engineers Association in the UK. During her stay in the UK, she has also served as a Senior Manager ( R&D ) for PWC and briefly at the BBC World Service . She has also served as
765-572: The Ministry of Finance and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs from May to November 2014, and then as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry from May 2014 to September 2017, before being elevated to senior posts within the Union Cabinet . Sitharaman featured in the Forbes 2022 list of World's 100 most powerful women and
810-670: The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises was shifted to Ministry of Finance. Resulting in Finance Ministry having six departments while the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises was renamed to the Ministry of Heavy Industries. This shift was carried out to help in efficient monitoring of the capital expenditure, asset monetisation and financial health of the Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs). Nirmala Sitharaman Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959)
855-1076: The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana . Nagaraju Maddirala is the current secretary of this department. This department has ownership over the following central government establishments . Presently there are 13 nationalised banks in India. These are government owned scheduled commercial banks of India that operate at regional level in different states. Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal 3. Nationalised Insurance Companies 4. Nationalised Financial Market Exchanges The Department of Disinvestment has been renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management or 'DIPAM',
900-472: The Union Budget . The Ministry of Finance is the apex controlling authority of four central civil services namely Indian Revenue Service , Indian Audit and Accounts Service , Indian Economic Service and Indian Civil Accounts Service . It is also the apex controlling authority of one of the central commerce services namely Indian Cost and Management Accounts Service . Sir Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty KCIE (17 October 1892 – 5 May 1953)
945-571: The finance and corporate affairs minister . She is India's first full-time female finance minister. She presented her maiden budget in the Indian parliament on 5 July 2019. Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020–21 on 1 February 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic in India she was made in-charge of the COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force . Under her tenure as the finance minister in 2022, India became
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#1732771989071990-453: The 28th Defence Minister from 2017 to 2019, thereby becoming India's second female defence minister and the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi , and the first full-time female minister to hold each of those portfolios. She served as junior minister in the Modi ministry between 2014 and 2017, holding successive positions, first for her dual appointment as the Minister of State in
1035-500: The CBDT has six Members and the CBIC has five Members. The Members are also ex officio Secretaries to the Government of India. Members of CBDT are as follows: Shri Sanjay Malhotra (IAS) is the current secretary of this department. The Department of Financial Services covers Banks, Insurance, and Financial Services provided by various government agencies and private corporations. It also covers pension reforms and Industrial Finance and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise. It started
1080-698: The Central Pension Accounting. Manoj Govil is the current secretary of this department. The Department of Revenue function under the overall direction and control of the Secretary (Revenue). It exercises control in respect of matters relating to all the Direct and Indirect Union Taxes through two statutory Boards namely, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). Each Board
1125-437: The Economic Survey of India reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the past financial year, summarizes the performance on major development programs, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term. Unlike the traditional Economic Survey, the Economic Survey of India for 2016–17, prepared by Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian , did not have
1170-585: The Financial Rules / Regulations /Orders through monitoring of Audit comments/observations, preparation of Central Government Accounts, managing the financial aspects of personnel management in the Central Government, assisting Central Ministries/Departments in controlling the costs and prices of public services, assisting organizational re-engineering thorough review of staffing patterns and O&M studies and reviewing systems and procedures to optimize outputs and outcomes of public expenditure. The department
1215-574: The Indian economy through trust in pro-business government intervention and trust in the markets; while at the same time moving away from "pro-crony" policy and focusing on ethical wealth creation. The survey covers the economic performance India in 2019–20 including fiscal developments, external sector developments, monetary management and financial intermediation , inflation, sustainable development and climate change, agriculture and food management, industry and infrastructure, services sector, social infrastructure, employment and human development . Some of
1260-493: The Survey mentions. Encouraging farmers to shift from cultivation of rice and wheat to pulses and oilseeds would help ensure that the country is self-reliant in pulses and oilseeds and also assist in reducing import dependence. The Economic Survey also warned that the new restrictions introduced across the globe due to the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus pose a threat to tourism as well as domestic passenger traffic in
1305-696: The bare necessities, the simple bare necessities ), a recent India versus Australia cricket match , Tirukkuṟaḷ , 3 Idiots , Malgudi Days and Martin Luther King Jr . Ministry of Finance (India) The Ministry of Finance ( IAST : Vitta Maṃtrālaya ) is a ministry within the Government of India concerned with the economy of India , serving as the Treasury of India. In particular, it concerns itself with taxation , financial legislation, financial institutions, capital markets, currency regulation, banking service, centre and state finances, and
1350-672: The detailed financial statistics of the Government of India. The Survey has been tabled by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on January 31 that details the state of the economy ahead of the government's Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2022. The survey acknowledges the support from the Ministers of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary and Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Finance Secretary T. V. Somanathan, Secretary DEA Ajay Seth and Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj. The Economic Survey 2021-22 details
1395-559: The economy is emphasized upon. Reference to the Arthashastra , Tirukkural and The Wealth of Nations is made. Through these texts, the Survey documents that ideas of wealth creation are rooted in India's rich traditions. The Survey notes that India's past dominance in economic matters was not by chance, but design. Some of the key points of the Economic Survey 2019–20 are: The survey also had quotes from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita , Rigveda , Arthashastra and Tirukkural . Data for
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1440-455: The key points raised by the survey were the need for grassroots entrepreneurship, pro-business and pro-market differentiation, policies that do not undermine the markets, job and growth creation, improving the ease of doing business in India, creation of early warning health system for the NBFC sector, privatization and thalinomics . The importance of "Ethical Wealth Creation" as a basis for
1485-509: The list of Forbes Magazine's 100 most powerful women in the world for the fifth time in a row. In 2022, the minister was ranked at number 36 in the list, while she was in the 37th spot in 2021 and 41st in 2020 respectively. Sitharaman met her husband, economist and commentator Parakala Prabhakar , who is from Narsapuram , Andhra Pradesh , while studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University . While Nirmala leaned towards
1530-470: The ministry was turned into a department of the Ministry of Finance. The department took up all the functions of the erstwhile ministry which broadly was responsible for a systematic policy approach to disinvestment and privatisation of Public Sector Units (PSUs). Tuhin Kanta Pandey is the current secretary of this department. The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) which was earlier part of
1575-486: The near term. Vaccination is not merely a health response but is critical for opening up the economy, particularly contact-intensive services. Therefore, it should be treated for now as a macro-economic indicator. Principal Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal, while addressing the press, said agriculture sector, "not surprisingly, was least affected by lockdowns of various kinds". This sector grew in even 2020-21 and again in 2021–22. Industrial sector, on other hand, did go through
1620-476: The spending on education and health has risen to Rs 6.97 lakh crore and Rs 4.72 lakh crore in the same period, respectively. The Economic Survey 2019–20 was tabled during the Budget Session of the Parliament on 31 January 2020 by Nirmala Sitharaman , Minister of Finance. The survey was prepared under Krishnamurthy Subramanian , the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Government of India. The survey
1665-416: The state of different sectors of the economy as well as reforms that should be undertaken to accelerate growth. The gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 7.3 percent in 2020–21. As per the Survey, India's economic response to devastation caused by pandemic has been supply-side reforms rather than demand management. Economic Survey 2021-22 warned India to be wary of imported inflation. The Survey said as
1710-507: The survey relied on information from sources such as Bloomberg, IIM(B), Forbes , IMF, World Bank, RBI, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India , the United Nations, and Misplaced Pages , among others. The Economic Survey 2020–21 was tabled during the Budget Session of the Parliament on 29 January 2021 by Nirmala Sitharaman , Minister of Finance. The survey was prepared under Krishnamurthy Subramanian ,
1755-639: The wholesale price-based inflation (WPI) during the current financial year, in contrast to the trends observed in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation, has shown an increasing trend, and remained high. The Survey calls for improving productivity of small and marginal farmers through small holding farm technologies. The Survey states that climate finance will remain critical to successful climate action for India to achieve its Net Zero Carbon Emission target by 2070. Crop diversification towards oilseeds, pulses and horticulture needs to be given priority,
1800-461: Was appointed as Minister of Defence , being only the second woman after Indira Gandhi to hold the post, but the first full-time female defence minister. Under her tenure, the army conducted the Balakot airstrike in retaliation to the 2019 Pulwama attack . The Indian army claimed that the operation had killed at least 170 JEM terrorists . On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as
1845-723: Was one of the 12 candidates nominated by the BJP to contest the Rajya Sabha elections due on 11 June. She successfully contested her seat from Karnataka . She has served as the Defence Minister of India and headed the Balakot Air Strike carried out by the Indian Air Force in 2019. She is currently serving as the Minister of Finance and Corporate affairs of India and has presented five annual budgets of India (as of 2023 ). On 3 September 2017, she
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1890-459: Was presented in 1950-51 as part of the Union Budget. After 1964 it was separated from the Budget and presented each year during the Budget Session before the presentation of the budget. The document is non-binding. Nevertheless, is constructed and presented each year due to its significance. The document is the Ministry's view on the state of the economy of the country. This document of the Ministry,
1935-767: Was ranked 36. In 2023, she was ranked 32nd in the Forbes 2023 list of World's 100 most powerful women. Fortune named her the most powerful woman in India. Nirmala Sitharaman was born in a Tamil Iyengar family in Madurai, Tamil Nadu , to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman. She had her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent Anglo-Indian School, Villupuram till primary level, and thereafter at Vidyodaya School in Chennai . She then studied at St. Philomena’s School, and at Holy Cross School in Tiruchirappalli . She obtained
1980-468: Was the first Finance Minister of independent India. He presented the first budget of independent India on 26 November 1947. The Department of Economic Affairs is the nodal agency of the Union Government to formulate and monitor country's economic policies and programmes having a bearing on domestic and international aspects of economic management. A principal responsibility of this department
2025-487: Was unable to complete her degree. Nirmala Sitharaman served as a member of the National Commission for Women from 2003 to 2005. Nirmala Sitharaman joined BJP in 2008. She was a national spokesperson of the party till 2014. In 2014, she was inducted into Narendra Modi 's cabinet as a junior minister and was elected in June of that year as a Rajya Sabha Member from Andhra Pradesh. In May 2016, she
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