Economic Survey
'Budget addresses global challenges for business: Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance minister counters opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's charge that budget acknowledges challenges faced by India, but fails to tackle them
3 min read11 Feb 2026Puzzling dichotomy: India’s climate debate must not be framed as mitigation versus adaptation
India doesn’t face a climate trade-off. Resilience must advance alongside a transition to a low-carbon economy. The latest Economic Survey’s framing, however, seems to put adaptation ahead of mitigation.
4 min read4 Feb 2026‘100% agree with Economic Survey’: Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant rallies behind age limit policy for social media
Flagging major concerns over the usage of social media in India, the Economic Survey noted that a digital addiction across the country stands to pose economic consequences as well.
2 min read31 Jan 2026Economic Survey: Gig workers face constant stress, pay insecurity, isolation and burnout
The survey highlighted that many migrants who move to urban centres face loneliness and social isolation despite financial gains. This affects their mental well health and productivity at work, and can lead to early attrition, increasing costs for employers, it said.
5 min read30 Jan 2026As obesity rises in India, citizens hope Budget 2026 will make healthy living affordable
India is now world's third most obese country after the United States and China, as per The World Obesity Federation. This year's Economic Survey warned against rising cases of obesity across age groups in India.
2 min read30 Jan 2026Economic Survey 2025-26 has done well to stir up a debate on state capacity: Here’s what it misses
The chief economic advisor’s work deserves praise for taking India’s policy conversation to state capacity, although it should have analysed it at levels lower than the Centre where much of the state-citizen interaction takes place.
4 min read30 Jan 2026The background and importance of ‘delayed gratification’, the signature phrase in the Economic Survey 2025-26
The Economic Survey by chief economic adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran emphasizes delayed gratification with roots in the marshmallow test. It highlights the importance of long-term commitment for economic growth and warns against short-termism, which undermines trust and credibility in systems.
3 min read30 Jan 2026Economic Survey: Can India sustain a high pace of growth in a highly uncertain world?
The survey’s theme of self-reliance may recall the central planning era, but autarkic impulses are now about resilience in a world of geopolitical shocks and volatile capital flows. The survey’s focus on manufacturing over services and GDP growth over employment growth is consistent with that
4 min read30 Jan 2026Economic Survey: India’s growth playbook for FY27
In Mint's Top of the Morning newsletter on 30 January 2026: Coforge investors push back on India's largest IT deal, and Why infrastructure still matters the most in India.
5 min read30 Jan 2026Friedman’s pencil lesson guides Economic Survey’s caution on India’s QCO push
Drawing on US economist Milton Friedman’s observation on pencil, the survey said that regulations introduced without comprehensive value-chain assessment risk creating cascading effects
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