Survey Fact File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root available-locales="en_US," default-locale="en_US"><static-content language-id="en_US"><![CDATA[The Economic Survey is a report card on the economy during this fiscal that will also show the direction of government policy in the year ahead. The survey reveals the effectiveness of the previous year's Budget and gives an opportunity to the government and its economic advisors to plan for the year ahead. The data collected is analysed carefully and the proposals in the upcoming Budget are prepared accordingly. The Survey has been mainly authored by the Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Virmani. The finance ministry presents the Economic Survey to Parliament every year just before the Union Budget. The presentation for the Union Budget for 2008-09 is on Friday.