• Foreign Exchange reserves remains steady at $ 295.6 billion at December 2012 end
  • Economic Survey calls for curbing import of gold to contain current account deficit
  • Tax base to be widened, prioritising expenditure to check fiscal deficit
  • Survey pitches for hike in diesel and LPG prices to cut subsidy burden
  • Economic Survey projects 6.1 to 6.7 per cent growth rate for 2013-14