Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian said the Survey departs from traditional thinking

Driving investment should be the main focus for the country, on track to achieve 8 per cent growth and expand the size of its economy to $5 trillion, Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian told NDTV in an exclusive interview on Thursday. Speaking hours after releasing the Economic Survey, a comprehensive report of the economy tabled in parliament a day before the Union Budget, Dr Subramanian, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government had returned to power with a

"unprecedented mandate" that presented a great opportunity for reform.

Here are the Highlights of the interview: