Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Central Finance Ministry

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Email Id: prabodh.saxena@nic.in

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Saving Lives and Livelihoods 01 Amidst a Once-in-a-Century Crisis: Chapter I, Economic Survey 2020-21

During the unlock phase, demand-side measures have been announced in a calibrated manner. A public investment programme centred around the National Infrastructure Pipeline is likely to accelerate th...

Section: Speeches

by Ministry of Finance | On 29 Jan 2021

Union Budget 2018: Budget Speech

Speech of Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance on February 1, 2018

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Feb 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume I, Chapter 1: State of the Economy: An Analytical Overview and Outlook for Policy

The GST Council offers a model “technology” of cooperative federalism to apply to many other policy reforms. Over the medium term, three areas of policy focus stand out: Employment: finding good job...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 29 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume II, Chapter 1: An Overview of India’s Economic Performance in 2017-18

With Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth averaging 7.5 per cent between 2014- 15 and 2016-17, India can be rated as among the best performing economies in the world on this parameter.

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 29 Jan 2018

A New, Exciting Bird’s-Eye View of the Indian Economy Through the GST

Data on the international exports of states (the first in India’s history) suggests a strong correlation between export performance and states’ standard of living. India’s exports are unusual in tha...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume I, Chapter 3: Investment and Saving Slowdowns and Recoveries: Cross-Country Insights for India

This chapter draws on cross-country experience to study the pattern of investment and saving slowdowns as well as recoveries in order to obtain policy lessons for India. One finding is that investme...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume I, Chapter 4: Reconciling Fiscal Federalism and Accountability: Is there a Low Equilibrium Trap?

Long-run institutional development co-evolves with fiscal accountability involving, perhaps requiring, a low and declining dependence on devolved resources and a high and rising share of direct taxe...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume I, Chapter 5: Is there a “Late Converger Stall” in Economic Development? Can India Escape it?

The first order fact about the developing world today is that this is an era of unprecedented prosperity. And that is true about India too which has been one of the most dynamic economic performers...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume I, Chapter 7: Gender and Son Meta-Preference: Is Development Itself an Antidote?

The challenge of gender is long-standing, probably going back millennia, so all stakeholders are collectively responsible for its resolution. India must confront the societal preference, even meta-p...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume I: Chapter 9: Ease of Doing Business’ Next Frontier: Timely Justice

The government’s efforts to make business and commerce easy have been widely acknowledged. The next frontier on the ease of doing business is addressing pendency, delays and backlogs in the appellat...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume II, Chapter 2: Review of Fiscal Developments

Sound public financial management has been one of the pillars of India’s macro-economic stability in the last three years. Based on this firm footing, the Government, in partnership with the States,...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume II: Chapter 3: Monetary Management and Financial Intermediation

During 2017-18 (till January), monetary policy remained steady with only one policy rate cut in August. As the Y-o-Y effect of demonetisation wore off, the growth rate of both Currency in Circulatio...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume II, Chapter 8: Industry and Infrastructure

Several key measures and achievements in the industry and infrastructure sector have been discussed in this Chapter. There has been considerable progress in Roads, Railways, Metro Rail, Shipping, Ci...

Section: General

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume I, Chapter 8: Transforming Science and Technology in India

The report says that science, technology, and innovation have instrumental and intrinsic value for society.

Section: Reports

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume II, Chapter 9: Services Sector

The report says that as per the UN National Accounts Statistics data, India’s ranking improved from 14th position in 2006 to 7th position in 2016, among the world’s 15 largest economies in terms of ov...

Section: Reports

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Economic Survey 2017: Volume II, Chapter 10: Social Infrastructure, Employment and Human Development

The report says that investment in human capital is a prerequisite for a healthy and productive population for nation building.

Section: Reports

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Jan 2018

Assam Budget: 2017-18

The Finance Minister of Assam , MrHimanta Biswa Sarma presented the Budget for Assam for financial year 2017-18 on February 7, 2017.

Section: General

by Government of Assam | On 09 Feb 2017

Budget Speech 2017-18

Budget speech by Finance Minister of India, Mr.Arun Jaitley.

Section: Speeches

by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Feb 2017

Economic Survey 2016-17

This year has been marked by several historic economic policy developments. On the domestic side, a constitutional amendment paved the way for the long-awaited and transformational goods and services...

Section: Speeches

by Arun Jaitley | On 31 Jan 2017

Union Budget Speech 2016

Budget speech by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Section: Speeches

by Arun Jaitley | On 29 Feb 2016

Economic Survey 2015-16-Volume I

This year’s Economic Survey comes at a time of unusual volatility in the international economic environment. Markets have begun to swing on fears that the global recovery may be faltering, while ris...

Section: Speeches

by Arun Jaitley | On 26 Feb 2016

Economic Survey 2015-16-Volume II

India’s growth story has largely remained positive on the strength of domestic absorption, and the country has registered a robust and steady pace of economic growth in 2015-16 as it did in 2014-15....

Section: Speeches

by Arun Jaitley | On 26 Feb 2016

India'a Services Sector: Performance, Some Issues and Suggestions

This paper examines the performance of India’s services sector; the recent policy reforms in some important services sectors; issues and suggestions in services sector and in particular the four impor...

Section: Working Papers

by H.A.C. Prasad | On 01 Feb 2016

Government Debt

The present Status Paper for 2015-16 is fifth in this series and reinforces the Government’s commitment to keep the level of public debt within sustainable limits and follow prudent debt management pr...

Section: Reports

by Ministry of Finance GOI | On 01 Jan 2016

Pre-Budget Memorandum 2015-16

This document provides an overview the current state of the Indian economy; lists the issues related to investment and finance for various Indian industries; finally makes a list of suggestions for th...

Section: Reports

by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry | On 01 Dec 2015

Budget Speech 2015-16

Budget speech of Finance Minister

Section: Speeches

by Arun Jaitley | On 28 Feb 2015

Economic Survey 2014-15: Vol II

State of the Economy - an overview Public Finance monetary management and financial intermediation External Sector Price, Agriculture and Food Management Industrial, Corporate and Infrastructur...

Section: Reports

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2015

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, GOI 2014-15

This brief uses government reported data to analyse Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) performance.

Section: Reports

by Accountability Initiative | On 17 Feb 2015

Budget 2015-16: Expectations

Government of India (GoI) will present its Budget for 2015-16 on February 28, 2015. After the new Government was sworn in during May 2014, it had a short period of six weeks before presenting the Revi...

Section: Discussion Papers

by Aditi Nayar | On 01 Feb 2015

Outcome Budget 2015-2016

The “Outcome Budget” reflects the endeavour of the Government to convert “Outlays” into “Outcomes” by planning expenditure, fixing appropriate targets and quantifying deliverables of each scheme. The...

Section: Reports

by Ministry of Finance | On 01 Jan 2015

Towards A Pareto Efficient Indian Agricultural Market - with Specific Focus on Rice and Wheat Markets

The paper examines the policies of the central as well as state governments with respect to the agricultural market, specifically in rice and wheat markets, analyses their shortcomings and argues for...

Section: Working Papers

by Anandi Subramanian | On 01 Oct 2014

Towards A Pareto Efficient Indian Agricultural Market - with specific focus on rice and wheat markets

The paper examines the policies of the central as well as state governments with respect to the agricultural market, specifically in rice and wheat markets, analyses their shortcomings and argues for...

Section: Working Papers

by Dr Anandi Subramanian | On 01 Oct 2014

Budget Speech 2014-15

Budget Speech 2014-15 by Arun Jaitley.

Section: Speeches

by Arun Jaitley | On 10 Jul 2014

Interim Budget 2014-15

Budget speech by 2014-15.

Section: Speeches

by P Chidambaram | On 17 Feb 2014

Performance of Major Social Sector Schemes: A Sample Survey Report

In this paper based on both desk research and selected sample survey of some districts in two states in India, an attempt has been made to see the efficacy and performance of the various central gover...

Section: Working Papers

by H A C Prasad | On 01 Nov 2013

Report of the Committee for Evolving a Composite Development Index of States

This report however, also takes a step forward in trying to draw a balance between “needs” and “performance”. Given that poor administration or weak institutions in a recipient state can fritter away...

Section: Reports

by Ministry of Finance | On 02 Sep 2013

Designing the Green Climate Fund: Issues for Consideration

At the 16th session of Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the COP adopted decisions in which it decided to establish a Green Climate F...

Section: Working Papers

by Prodipto Ghosh | On 01 Sep 2012

New Thinking on Corporate Bond Market in India

What are major factors behind underdevelopment of corporate bond market in India? One of the major bottlenecks to the development of this market lies in relatively larger costs of financing which diss...

Section: Working Papers

by Sanjay Banerji | On 30 Jun 2012

Black Money

The objective of this paper is to place in the public domain various facets and dimensions of black money and its complex relationship with the policy and administrative regime in the country. The pa...

Section: Reports

by Ministry of Finance | On 21 May 2012

The BRICS Report: A Study of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa with Special Focus on Synergies and Complementarities

Th is study, which is supported by the ministries of fi nance and the central banks of the BRICS, focuses on synergies and complementarities between the economies, highlighting their role as growth ...

Section: Reports

by Ministry of Finance | On 03 Apr 2012

Comparative Rating Index for Sovereigns (CRIS): A Report Based on “The Relativity of Sovereigns: A New Index of Sovereign Credit Ratings and an Analysis of How Nations Fared over the Last Six Years”

Major credit rating agencies give out the sovereign credit rating of each nation as an absolute grade. How other nations fare over the period under consideration does not matter in a particular nation...

Section: Reports

by Kaushik Basu | On 30 Mar 2012

Budget Speech 2012-2013: India

Speech of Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance, India. [Budget Speech]. URL:[http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2012-13/bs/bs.pdf].

Section: Speeches

by Pranab Mukherjee | On 16 Mar 2012

State of the Economy and Prospects: chapter 1

Economic Survey-Chapter1. [Economic Survey]. URL:[http://indiabudget.nic.in/survey.asp]

Section: General

by Pranab Mukherjee | On 15 Mar 2012

The Public Procurement Bill, 2012

A bill to regulate public procurement with the objectives of ensuring transparency, fair and equitable treatment of bidders, promoting competition, enhancing efficiency and economy and safeguarding...

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 01 Feb 2012

Fiscal Policy in India: Trends and Trajectory

This essay examines the trajectory of India?s fiscal policy with a focus on historical trends, fiscal discipline frameworks, fiscal responses to the global financial crisis and subsequent return to a...

Section: Working Papers

by Supriyo De | On 30 Jan 2012

The Euro Zone Crisis and its Dimensions and Implications

The sovereign debt problems in the peripheral economies of the euro zone has started to pose a serious threat to the main economies of the Europe and perhaps to the future of the 'euro‘ itself. Such a...

Section: Working Papers

by M R Anand | On 30 Jan 2012

Report of the Working Group on Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Secondary Agriculture and Policy Required for Internal and External Trade

The report reviews existing agricultural marketing system. It deals with improving efficiency and reducing transaction cost in Agricultural Marketing by strengthening the physical markets, encouraging...

Section: Reports

by Planning Commission | On 01 Dec 2011

Understanding Inflation and Controlling It

Inflation management is one of the hardest tasks an economic policymaker has to undertake. It appears, at first sight, that one can rely entirely on commonsense to carry out this task. But that will b...

Section: Working Papers

by Kaushik Basu | On 05 Aug 2011

Domestic Wheat Price Formation and Food Inflation in India: International Prices, Domestic Drivers (Stocks, Weather, Public Policy), and the Efficacy of Public Policy Interventions in Wheat Markets

This paper gives information on global wheat market developments, price transmission and impacts on Indian domestic markets, as well as an assessment of public policies to manage domestic prices. This...

Section: General

by Dipak Dasgupta | On 06 Jul 2011

The Evolving Dynamics of Global Economic Power in the Post-crisis World: Revelations from a New Index of Government Economic Power

This paper develops an index for measuring the economic power of governments viewed as entities in themselves. The basic idea is to encapsulate the economic representative power of a nation’s governme...

Section: Working Papers

by Kaushik Basu | On 27 Apr 2011

Budget 2011-2012

Budget speech 2011-2012 by Pranab Mukherjee.

Section: Speeches

by Pranab Mukherjee | On 28 Feb 2011

Economic Survey, 2010-11, Chapter 1

State of the Economy and prospects. URL:[http://www.indiabudget.nic.in/es2010-11/echap-01.pdf].

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 25 Feb 2011

Non-Recourse Mortgages and Credit Market Breakdowns: A Framework for Policy Analysis

This paper illustrates that the legal structure of mortgage credit, in particular, its status in terms of recourse in foreclosure, can lead not only to the familiar problem of adverse selection ...

Section: Working Papers

by Kaushik Basu | On 01 Oct 2010

The Economics of Foodgrain Management in India

The simultaneous occurrence of high food inflation and large foodgrain stocks in our granaries has been a matter of widespread concern in India. The aim of this paper is to understand the fundamenta...

Section: Working Papers

by Kaushik Basu | On 03 Sep 2010

Budget 2010-2011

Budget speech 2010-2011 by Pranab Mukherjee

Section: Speeches

by Pranab Mukherjee | On 26 Feb 2010

Budget 2009-2010

Budget 2009-2010 by Pranab Mukherjee

Section: Speeches

by Pranab Mukherjee | On 06 Jul 2009

Factor Employment, Sources and Sustainability of Output Growth: Analysis of Indian Manufacturing

The manufacturing sector in India is crucial for two main reasons: It has significant potential to provide modern employment to a growing labour force, especially that of less skilled type and second...

Section: Working Papers

by Arvind Virmani | On 09 Apr 2009

Urban Issues, Reforms and Way Forward in India

The Government has launched a reform-linked urban investment programme, JNNURM. The paper has analysed urban trends, projected population, service delivery, institutional arrangements, municipal finan...

Section: Working Papers

by Chetan Vaidya | On 15 Mar 2009

Climate Change and India-Some Major Issues and Policy Implications

The paper examines the genesis of Climate Change which has been referred to as the defining human development issue of our generation. Also studied is the impact of this problem in the global as well...

Section: Working Papers

by H A C Prasad | On 01 Mar 2009

Key Features of Interim Budget 2009-10

Key features of Budget presented by Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Section: Speeches

by Ministry of Finance | On 16 Feb 2009

Report of the Internal Working Group on Debt Management

Establishing a debt management office would consolidate all debt management functions in a single agency, and be the catalyst for wider institutional reform and transparency about public debt. It is i...

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 31 Oct 2008

Key Features of Budget 2008-2009

Budget presented by Finance Minister

Section: Speeches

by P Chidambaram | On 29 Feb 2008

Economic Survey: State of the Economy

Economy Survey 2007-08. website:http://indiabudget.nic.in

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 28 Feb 2008

Requirement of Public Holding for Listing

It is proposed to amend the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 (SCRR) to make provisions to implement the proposals as suggested at Para 11 in the paper. The comments on these proposals are...

Section: Discussion Papers

by Ministry of Finance | On 01 Feb 2008

Macro-economic Management of the Indian Economy: Capital Flows, Interest Rates and Inflation

The paper lays out a consistent frame work for monetary management in the context of excess capital inflows. There is an urgent need for developing competitive, open and well regulated markets for (...

Section: Working Papers

by Arvind Virmani | On 24 Nov 2007

Speech of the Finance Minister at the Annual Economic Editors’ Conference

Shows how the macro economic variables of Indian Economy are performing.

Section: Speeches

by P Chidambaram | On 12 Nov 2007

Report of the Expert Group on Agricultural Indebtedness

The issue of farmers’ indebtedness becomes a matter of intense debate whenever the agricultural sector faces distress. But, the root cause of the current crisis is not indebtedness alone - indebtedn...

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 28 Jul 2007

Outcome of the review of the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation to the budget at the end of the second quarter of the financial year 2006-2007

This mid-year review reports developments in the economy in the first half of 2006- 07, with a particular focus on Central Government finances, outlining the performances in the real sector, economi...

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 06 Feb 2007

Strategy for India’s Services Sector: Broad Contours

A birds-eye-view of the issues for policy making in the services sector is given. This growth, employment and export oriented sector in India having a proven competitive advantage needs to be given it...

Section: Working Papers

by H A C Prasad | On 18 Jan 2007

Union Budget 2006-07: Speech

The bulk of the resources must go to the UPA Government’s eight flagship programmes: Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Mid-day Meal Scheme, Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission, Total Sanitation Campaign, National...

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 28 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 1

General Review

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06,Chapter 2

Public Finance

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06, chapter 3

Monetary and Banking Developments

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 4

Securities Markets

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 5

Prices and Food Management

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 6

External Sector

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economy Survey 2005-06, Chapter 7

Industry

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 8

Agriculture

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 9

Infrastructure

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006

Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 10

Social Sectors

Section: General

by Ministry of Finance | On 27 Feb 2006