The FY25 economic survey is a document of missed targets, and the GDP has fallen back inevitably. The economy is to post a growth of 5.5% in the April-June period in order to meet the benchmark of 2.7%, as the projections are still lower than the 3.6% target. This makes it the third successive year for the government to miss its targets. The pre-budget annexure confirms that the economy has been in doldrums and the dispensation has, somehow, managed to keep it afloat through monetary control and changing projections off and on. The........

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