Budget 2023: Economic Survey 2023 Highlights 10 Things to know

The current Survey is presented in a period when india’s economic growth is touted as a bright light amid the fears of recession in advanced economies. Economic Survey 2023 Highlights 10 Things to know.

The Economic Survey for 2022-23 has set the growth of India’s economy for the next fiscal year 2023-24 as a interval that ranges from 6-6.8 percent. The Survey’s base estimate for growth in real GDP is 6.5 percent. The current Survey is released at a moment when india’s economic growth is being described as an opportunity to shine in the fears of recession in developed economies. The Survey is being presented just one day prior to India’s Finance Minister Sitharaman announces the budget for 2023.

The 10 most important highlights from the Economic Survey 2023

Economic Survey 2023 Highlights 10 Things to know

1. GDP Growth Recovering from Covid is complete

India will remain the largest and fastest growing major economy worldwide. In recovery from the pandemic-driven contraction as well as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the rise in inflation Indian economies are undergoing an overall recovery across different sectors, and is poised to climb back to growth trajectory pre-pandemic in FY23.

  • The growth in India’s GDP is forecast to be robust in FY23, at 7 percent (in the real sense). This is in line with an 8.7 percent increase in the prior financial year.
  • The GDP projection for FY24 to be between 6-6.8 percent, based on the direction of the political and economic trends worldwide.
  • Economic Survey 2022-23 projects a base GDP growth of 11.5% in nominal terms, and 6.5 percent in real terms for the fiscal year ending on.

2. Inflation in line with target, but more severe tightening of the rates to be to be expected:

Economic Survey highlighted that price of goods and services is back within the RBI’s targets in November 2022 as the government adopted a multi-pronged strategy to control the rising prices. The year 2022 saw an increase in inflation across the developed world following about three to four years, India can limit the rise in prices through reducing the tax on the export of diesel and gasoline and removing customs duties on cotton imports, and many other.

  • Cost of borrowing may stay “higher for a longer time as inflation is firmly anchored. can prolong the this tightening cycle.
  • The Indian government’s approach to managing inflation has been notable in particular and is in stark contrast to advanced economies, which are fighting with the sticky rate of inflation.

3. Employment generation:

Increased employment is evident and the rate of urban unemployment is decreasing. More net registrations have been observed in the Employee Provident Fund schemes. The labour market has improved beyond levels pre-Covid, in both rural and urban areas, with unemployment rates dropping from 5.8 percent from 2018-19, to 4.2 percent in 2020-21.

4. A boost in the agricultural sector:

Investment in the private sector of agriculture grown to 9.3 percent in the period 2020-21. The amount of institutional credit to the agricultural Sector has continued to increase by 18.6 lakh crore by 2021-22. In terms of growth in credit the amount of institutional credit to the Agricultural Sector continued to increase up to 18.6 lakh crore by 2021-22.

5. MSME Sector expansion:

In the past, credit for micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has grown by an average of about 30% from January 2022, and credit to large industries has seen double-digit growth from October 2022.

6. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI):

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector slowed during the first quarter of FY23. However, FDI inflows were above pre-pandemic levels caused by structural reforms as well as measures to ease the process of doing business, which makes India among the top and most desirable FDI destinations around the globe.

7. External Sector Performance:

The increase in exports could have slowed during the second half of FY23. But, their growth in FY22 and the beginning part of FY23 caused changes within the gears that drive production processes from moderate speed to cruise.

8. Pharma and Mobile Exports:

The Indian pharmaceuticals industry has an integral part in the global pharmaceuticals industry. The total amount of FDI that is poured into the pharmaceutical industry surpassed 20 billion dollars in September 2022.

In the segment of mobile phones, India has become the second-largest phone maker in the world in terms of production, with the number of handsets increasing from 6 crore units in FY15 , to 29 crore units in FY21.

9. Credit Growth Remarkably High:

The growth in credit to that sector Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector has been astonishingly impressive, with an average of 30.5 percent between Jan and Nov 2022.

Capital expenditures from the Central Government which grew by 63.4 percent in the beginning of FY23 was a further growth engine in the Indian economy during the current fiscal year.

10. Current Account Deficit may Widen:

The Economic Survey cautions that the issue of the declining rupee even though it is performing better than many other currencies remains a threat, with the possibility of additional increases in the rate of interest from the US Fed.

CAD will likely to continue to increase since global commodity prices remain rising, while economic growth is still steady. The rupee could be under pressure if the Current Account Defict increases.

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