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COLLEGE ,
HOSHIARPUR
SESSION:-2022-23
* INFRASTRUCTURE
* Investment in Infrastructure at 9% of GDP
* Gross Irrigated Area 103 million hectare (from 90 million hectare)
* Electricity to all villages; Reduce AT&C losses by 20%.
* Connect Villages with All Weather Roads
* Complete Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors.
* Rural Tele-Density to 70%.
* 40 Litre Per Capita Per Day Drinking Water to 50% of rural population; Nirmal
Gram Status to 50% of all Gram Panchayats
*MEANING OF
ECONOMIC SURVEY
* India's real GDP to record a 11.0% growth in FY2021-22 and
nominal GDP to grow by 15.4%. India expected to have a
Current Account Surplus of 2% of GDP in FY21, a historic high
after 17 years.
* The highlights of the Economic Survey are as follows: State of
the Economy: Indian economy estimated to grow by 9.2
percent in real terms in 2021-22 (as per first advanced
estimates) subsequent to a contraction of 7.3 percent in
2020-21. GDP projected to grow by 8- 8.5 percent in real
terms in 2022-23.
*STATE OF THE
ECONOMY
*The prospects for global growth have improved but the
pace of recovery will differ across countries.
*The situation of the most vulnerable has become even
more precarious.
* Global trade is in for a strong but uneven recovery.
*The COVID-19 crisis has inflicted more harm on women
and girls.
*Countries need to do more to address the uneven impact
of the COVID-19 crisis.
*SECTORAL TRENDS
* India is the fastest growing large economy in the world, with an
enormous population favourable demographics and high catch-up
potential due to low initial GDP per head.
* As per the World Bank data, in 2017, India became the sixth
largest economy with a GDP of USD 2.59 trillion, relegating
France to the seventh position.
* India is likely to surpass the United Kingdom in the world's largest
economy rankings in 2019, according to a report by global
consultancy firm PwC.
* According to World Economic Outlook report of IMF, India's
economy is expected to grow by 7.5 per cent in the 2019-20
fiscal year, keeping an upward trajectory as the rest of the world
slumps.
* According to report "India's economy is poised to pick up in 2019,
benefiting from lower oil prices and a slower pace of monetary
tightening than previously expected, as inflation pressures ease,"
the report said.
*KEY POINTS
*Strategy to face the pandemic:
* Agriculture:
Growth:
* The Agriculture and Allied activities clocked a growth of 3.4%.
* As per the Provisional Estimates of National Income released by Central Statistical
Organization in May, 2020, the share of Agriculture and Allied Sectors in
Gross Value Added (GVA) of the country at current prices is 17.8% for the year
2019-20.
* Export:
* In 2019-20, the major agricultural and allied export destinations were the USA,
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nepal and Bangladesh.
* The top agriculture and related products exported from India were marine
products, basmati rice, buffalo meat, spices, non-basmati rice, cotton raw, oil
meals, sugar, castor oil and tea.
* Government Spending:
* An increase in government spending on the healthcare sector – from the
current 1% to 2.5-3% of GDP – as envisaged in the
National Health Policy 2017 could reduce out-of-pocket expenditures.
* Education:
* India has attained a literacy level of almost 96% at the elementary
school level.
* As per National Sample Survey (NSS), the literacy rate of persons of
age 7 years and above at the All India level stood at 77.7% but
the differences in literacy rate attainment among social-religious
groups, as well as gender still persists.
* Inequality and Growth:
Both inequality and per-capita income (growth) have similar
relationships with socio-economic indicators in India, unlike in
advanced economies.
* Economic growth has a greater impact on poverty alleviation than
inequality.