Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on January 31 presented the Economic Survey that details the state of the economy ahead of the Government’s Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2022.
CEA Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran will address a press conference today at 3:45 p.m. in New Delhi.
Ahead of the Union Budget 2022-23, Indian industry has urged the government to offer incentives for creating jobs, including special sops under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes already announced.
Here are the latest updates:
‘Current thinking still evolving on Cryptocurrency’
On cryptocurrency, Mr. Sanyal says, “We have not covered the issue in the survey. This is something that is currently in discussion. We understand the various issue that are being highlighted by the Reserve Bank about the financial stability impacts of this. We can also see it in other countries like El Salvador.”
Government job creation
On Government job creation, Mr. Sanyal says, “There are many sectors where…