In the annals of ancient Greek historiography, King Pyrrhus of Epirus was considered one of the greatest military commanders of his time who, in his
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View: Recalculating GDP figures isn’t wrong, it’s strange. Let CSO explain this – The Economic Times
By Ashok V Desai The NDA government has been a pioneer a number of times. Demonetisation and the goods and services tax (GST) are only
Arvind Subramanian: RBI’s excess capital should be used to recapitalise banks: Arvind Subramanian
Former chief economic advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian has made a strong pitch to the government to claim Rs 4.5-7 trillion in excess capital from the Reserve Bank of India
Demonetisation move was against corrupt not elite: Rajiv Kumar – The Economic Times
Demonetisation was a move against corrupt people and not against elite as has been indicated by former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said Friday. Subramanian in
Arvind Subramanian: What ex-CEA Subramanian says on note ban now; what he said earlier
Arvind Subramanian, India’s former chief economic adviser, has called demonetisation “draconian” in his soon-to-be-released book ‘Of Counsel’. He resigned in June this year due to “pressing
Government breaches full-year fiscal deficit target at October-end – The Economic Times
Tax revenue was 44.7 per cent of BE compared to 51.6 per cent achieved in the comparable period of the last year. The full-year fiscal deficit target
Revised GDP numbers: An instance of official statistics gone political? | Business Standard Column
Back in 2007, the then US ambassador in China met Li Keqiang, who at the time was the Chinese Communist Party secretary for Liaoning and
GDP numbers disappoint; 7.5% full-yr target possible if govt tempo keeps up | Business Standard Column
The Q2 gross domestic product (GDP) growth number is definitely lower than was expected at 7.1 per cent for two reasons. A higher growth looked
What next after mining, manufacturing pull down GDP data? | Business Standard Column
At the end of the day, the Central Statistics Organisation (CSO), which released the gross domestic product (GDP) data for the July-September quarter of 2018
राजकीय अर्थशास्त्र | Maharashtra Times
राजकीय अर्थशास्त्र प्रख्यात अमेरिकन लेखक रेक्स स्टाऊट यांनी संख्याशास्त्राबद्दल म्हटले होते की दोन प्रकारची आकडेवारी असते. एक आकडेवारी आपण पाहतो, आणि दुसरी आपण निर्माण करतो. त्यामुळे आकडेवारी
Maverick accountant Swaminathan Gurumurthy shaking up Reserve Bank of India – The Economic Times
To his supporters, new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board member Swaminathan Gurumurthy is a philosopher who will set India on a path of self-reliance. His detractors paint him
Boost Overall Growth, Not a Few Sectors
The World Bank’s reported suggestion that India should re-orient its policies to drive high growth across sectors instead of focusing only on hi-tech firms is
GDP–Politics & numbers | Opinion News, The Indian Express
All manner of interpretations and conspiracy theories are floating around regarding the CSO release of the new GDP back-series for the period 2004/5 to 2011/12
At ₹6.48 lakh crore, April-October fiscal deficit crosses full-year target – The Hindu BusinessLine
Fiscal deficit has breached the Budget Estimate in the first seven months of the current fiscal, according to the Controller-General of Accounts. The data released
Focus on Present Growth, Not Past–Economic Times
The government’s re-estimation of the GDP using 2011-12 as the base year lowers India’s growth during the UPA regime. That growth under the present government
Damaging credibility: GDP data back series remains incomplete, uncertainty hinders policy formulation
A little over seven years ago, RBI governor D Subbarao said that the central bank’s work was handicapped by unreliability of basic data and frequent
MSME exports: Govt plans to hike interest equalisation rate – The Hindu BusinessLine
To help Indian exports become internationally competitive , the government has decided to increase the interest equalisation rate from 3 per cent to 5 per
With new portal, PSBs likely to regain market share in MSME loans: SIDBI – The Hindu BusinessLine
Public sector banks (PSBs) are likely to regain market share in loans to the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) segment, as the recently launched
Arvind Subramanian: Demonetisation a massive, draconian, monetary shock
Demonetisation was a massive, draconian, monetary shock that accelerated economic slide to 6.8 per cent in the seven quarters after it against the 8 per cent
tie global business summit: In a society with more challenges, entrepreneurship will grow even faster: Suresh Prabhu – The Economic Times
Startups will be the ones to trigger change in a big way, Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation said while addressing a