Morning digest | Economy on stronger wicket than pre-COVID times, asserts Economic Survey; India’s GST revenues in Jan. 2023 touches ₹1.56 lakh crore; and more

Here’s a select list of stories to read before you start your day

Economy on stronger wicket than pre-COVID times, to grow 6.5% in 2023-24

Painting an exuberant picture of the Indian economy’s prospects thanks to “New Age” reforms undertaken since 2014, the Economic Survey tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Tuesday asserted that not only are the pandemic-induced blues over, but the outlook for the years ahead is also rosier than in the pre-COVID years.

GST new year bonanza: January kitty second highest till date

India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues in January 2023 touched nearly ₹1.56 lakh crore by Tuesday evening, marking the second highest monthly collections recorded since the launch of the indirect tax regime in July 2017.

14 dead, 12 injured in massive fire at Jharkhand apartment

As many as 14 people and 12 were injured were killed in a fire that broke out in an apartment in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, the Deputy Commissioner of Dhanbad said on January 31

Collegium recommends two more new judges for Supreme Court