Economic Survey 2017-18

some of the many questions this Survey 2017- 18 discusses are: Can we expect the current investment slowdown to reverse quickly based on understanding other countries’ experience? Do second and third tier of governments collect the direct taxes that they are empowered to, and if not, what does that signify? On gender, why should we focus on the sex ratio of the last child? Under what conditions, to what extent, and where will the agricultural impact of climate change be most felt? Will there be a stall in India’s four decades long, dynamic process of economic convergence? Should the government and judiciary agree to a Cooperative Separation of Powers like the center and states do in the form of Cooperative Federalism to improve the conditions of doing business? Should there be a number of science and technology missions to propel India to the ranks of the world’s top knowledge producer