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Currently, short-term capital gains from debt instruments are taxed at the tax rates applicable to investors. For equities, however, holding less than a year attracts a capital gain tax of 20% and more than a year attracts 12.5% rate. 

Beyond generics, India is a global leader in low-cost vaccine supply, providing a majority of the world’s DPT, BCG and measles vaccines, the Survey document tabled in the Parliament on Thursday, January 29, noted

While the CEA estimated only a 10-20% probability of the risk playing out, the occurrence coinciding with geo-political tensions could have consequences worse than the 2008 global financial crisis

Here is a look at the key figures from the Economic Survey 2025-26.

The Survey highlights that land-use restrictions and ambiguity about land titles may be causing urban land to become “dead capital”

Significant improvement has been observed in the asset quality of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), as evidenced by their Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) ratio standing at 2.2% and net NPA ratio at 0.5% in September 2025, having reached a multi-decadal low level and record low level, respectively.

The Economic Survey 2025-26 has upgraded its medium-term outlook for India’s growth to 7%, but has also said it could be impacted by an increasingly grim global outlook

Escalating costs due to heavy reliance on expensive intermediary networks despite the digital transformation push as well as administrative costs resulted in increased operating expenses for both life and non-life insurers

The Survey highlighted positive outcomes from subsidies, pensions, direct benefit transfers and public spending on education and healthcare, which have lifted the vulnerable out of deprivation

This disparity in urban areas having a higher share of secondary schools limits rural students’ access to higher-level classes, resulting in “transition losses, increased travel time, and higher dropout rates”, the Survey said