HIGHLIGHTS OF ECONOMIC SURVEY 2025-26

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....IGHLIGHTS OF ECONOMIC SURVEY 2025-26<BR>Customs & Trade<BR>Dated:- 29-1-2026<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) Following are highlights of the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Thursday. * GDP growth for next fiscal pegged at 6.8-7.2 pc * FY27 growth projection higher than 7.4 pc growth estimated for the current fiscal * Projects medium-te....

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....rm growth potential at 7 pc, economy on a path of steady expansion amid global uncertainties * GST rejig, reforms converted global uncertainty into opportunity; FY27 to be a year of adjustment as economy adapts to these changes * Survey cautions against broader financial contagion if the AI boom fails to deliver the anticipated productivity gains, which may lead to a correction in overly optim....

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....istic asset valuations * Rupee valuation does not accurately reflect India’s stellar economic fundamentals * External environment remains uncertain, India needs to be cautious, but there is no reason for pessimism * Govt remains well on track on envisaged fiscal consolidation path, aims to attain fiscal deficit target of 4.4 pc of GDP in FY26 * FY27 inflation is likely be higher than the c....

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....urrent fiscal, but unlikely to be a concern * Survey pitches for policy to reshape terms of work for gig workers * FTA with Europe will strengthen India's manufacturing competitiveness, export resilience and strategic capacity * Pitches for implementing 'Swadeshi' as a disciplined strategy, says not all import substitution is either feasible or desirable * Swadeshi is inevitable and necessar....

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....y in the wake of export control and technology denials by developed nations * Survey calls for a 'National Input Cost Reduction' strategy * Pitches for progressing from ‘Swadeshi’ to 'strategic indispensability' so that the world moves from "thinking about buying Indian" to "buying Indian without thinking". * Prices of precious metals, both gold and silver, are likely to continue increasin....

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....g due to their sustained demand as safe-haven investments amid global uncertainties. PTI JD CS JD BAL BAL<BR> News - Press release - PIB....