Explained: Economic Survey 2019 — new ideas to policy prescriptions | Explained News, The Indian Express

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Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Updated: July 4, 2019 6:59:58 pm

Explained: Economic Survey 2019 — new ideas to policy prescriptions

The economic survey, the first by new chief economic advisor Krishnamurthy V Subramanian, takes off from the acronym-heavy editions associated with his predecessor, Arvind Subramanian, while it is a tad weak on policy prescriptions.

Chief Economic Advisor KV Subramanian releases the Economic Survey of India at a press conference in New Delhi. The economy is expected to grow at 7% in 2019-20, up from a five-year low of 6.8% in the past year. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The government’s economic survey has projected that economic growth in the current fiscal year could rise to 7% from the 6.8% in 2018-19 — the slowest rate of growth in five years.