It was in October 2014 that US-based economist Arvind Subramanian took office as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry for a three-year term.
Category: Economy
Deflation may lay economy low | Business Line–12.08.2017
India may not achieve the upper-end of the 6.75-7.5 per cent growth forecast for the current fiscal, noted the second volume of the Economic Survey
Undiluted attention to development is the need of the hour: C Rangarajan | Business Line–12.08.2017
“A major concern confronting the Indian economy relates to the slowdown in growth witnessed in the past 5 years” according to C Rangarajan, former Chairman,
Dividend to govt: High liquidity shrinks RBI surplus | Business Standard–11.08.2017
Abundant liquidity post-demonetisation with banks and resultant reverse repo measures by the Reserve Bank of India as well as cost of printing new currency notes
Reserve bank of india: Why RBI’s Urjit Patel should follow former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s ‘Operation Twist’–Economic Times–11.08.2017
Dr Y V Reddy as Reserve Bank of India governor had many run-ins with the government. One such prominent event was when he articulated the
Rupee: What led rupee’s single biggest fall since July 3–Economic Times–11.08.2017
The Indian rupee reversed its recent appreciating trend to decline the most in five weeks, with traders rushing to sell the local unit amid rising
GST: Tax-GDP ratio may rise to 11.9% due to GST, closer scrutiny: Government–Economic Times–11.08.2017
The government expects the goods and services tax (GST) and increased surveillance to boost tax revenues over the next two years, taking India’s tax-to-GDP ratio
Arvind Panagariya: How India lost another champion in the form of Arvind Panagariya–Economic Times–11.08.2017
By Mihir Sharma The departure of one of the few high-profile economists advising India’s government is a reminder of how greatly expectations have changed since
India must lower, not raise, tariff walls–Economic Times–11.08.2017
In an interview to this newspaper, Niti Aayog’s outgoing vicechairman Arvind Panagariya has rightly pitched for lowering India’s peak Customs duty to 7% from 10%.
The one-handed economist, anyone?–Economic Times–11.08.2017
The colour of the cat does not matter, so long as it catches mice, said Deng Xiaoping. This is a good principle to use when
Farm exports decline to $34 b | Business Line–11.08.2017
India’s agricultural exports have declined to $33.87 billion in 2016-17 from $43.23 billion in 2013-14, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. The primary reasons for
Economic Survey expected on Friday | Business Standard–10.08.2017
After weeks of delay, the finance ministry is ready to release the second part of the 2016-17 Economic Survey. The government might table the document
Demonetisation: I would not have approved of note ban: Bimal Jalan–Economic Times–10.08.2017
Though demonetisation had some positives, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Bimal Jalan says he would not have approved it had he been at
GST will lead to increase in GDP in next 6 months: Adi Godrej–Economic Times–10.08.2017
Veteran industrialist Adi Godrej today said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will lead to considerable increase in the GDP in the next six months.
India’s gender chasm retards the economy–Economic Times–10.08.2017
Women hold up half the sky. This is not a moral or social argument — it is essentially an economic fact. But women are largely
Economic slowdown and revival | Business Standard–10.08.2017
Over the past year, the evidence has mounted of a significant slowdown in the growth of national economic output, investment and employment and raised the
Monetary policy dilemmas | Business Standard–10.08.2017
My first reaction to last week’s rate cut was that it was too little, too late. But I later felt that there are more serious
अनुनयाचा सापळा–महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स मधील अग्रलेख –09.08.2017
अनुनयाचा सापळा ‘कर्जमाफीने शेतकऱ्यांचे प्रश्न सुटणार आहेत का,’ असा प्रश्न काही दिवसांपूर्वी विचारणाऱ्या मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांच्या सरकारवर आता कर्जमाफीमुळे सरकारपुढेच निर्माण झालेले प्रश्न सोडविण्याची
Arvind Panagariya: NITI Aayog is now up & running: Arvind Panagariya, Outgoing Vice Chairman–Economic Times–09.08.2017
As Panagariya leaves the institution he helped build, the economist says India urgently needs coastal employment zones and trade reforms for speedy growth. NITI Aayog’s