The Finance Ministry presents the Economic Survey in the Parliament every year, just before the Union Budget. Jaitley will present the Union Budget on Saturday.
A flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programmes, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term.
As per the new base year of 2011-12, Indian economy grew at 6.9 percent in 2013-14, up from sub-5 percent estimated when the base year was 2004-05.
The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered over 180 points in early trade today on emergence of buying by
funds and retail investors ahead of the release of Economic Survey later in the day.
Further, beginning of March series in the derivatives segment, supported the upside in stock prices.
The 30-share index, which had lost 261.34 points yesterday, recovered by 180.91 points, or 0.63 per cent, to 28,927.56, with stocks of capital goods, metal, healthcare,
On similar lines, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty recaptured the 8,700-mark by rising 57.15 points, or 0.66 percent, to 8,741.
