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Economic Survey 2018 is a flagship annual document of the Finance Ministry that reviews the overall state of the economy

The Economic Survey will be released today. It marks that start of the Budget session of Parliament. The Economic Survey 2018 will be read out by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, as a precursor to the Budget 2018-19, to be announced on Thursday. In view of this, Finance Ministry's Chief Economic Adviser, Arvind Subramanian started a web page wherein he has shared some details on the Survey.

What is Economic Survey?
It is a flagship annual document of the Finance Ministry. It reviews the overall state of the economy in the last 12 months. In August last year, however, the government for the first time presented a mid-term economic survey.

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• 10:57 AM

  Government will be trying to woo back rural voters and small businesses when it announces the 2018/19 budget and pick up economic momentum as it heads into a season of elections, officials said.
   

• 10:55 AM

  A few policy level announcements relating to infrastructure, real estate etc are expected, which would also have an impact on the relevant indirect taxes.
   

• 10:54 AM

  The Economic survey will surely touch upon the costs and benefits of the demonetisation
   

• 10:52 AM

  What is Economic Survey?

   

  It is a flagship annual document of the Finance Ministry. It reviews the overall state of the economy in the last 12 months. In August last year, however, the government for the first time presented a mid-term economic survey.
   
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