Economic Survey 2014-15: Some Highlights

Economic Survey 2015-15
A) Macroeconomic fundamentals have dramatically improved in 2014-15
- Inflation has declined by over 6 percentage points since late 2013
- Current Account Deficit down from a peak of 6.7% of GDP (in Q3, 2012-13) to an estimated 1% in 2014-15
- Foreign portfolio flows have stabilized the rupee
- After a nearly 12-quarter phase of deceleration, real GDP has been growing at 7.2% since 2013-14, based on the new growth estimates of the
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