Arvind subramanian
May 06, 2020 07:37
After a six-week nationwide lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 3rd the Indian government commenced a calibrated relaxation of this unprecedented shutdown. read more
Dec 18, 2019 19:10
Subramanian, who was Modi government’s first chief economic adviser but quit in August last year, in new paper said India is facing a “Four Balance Sheet” challenge -- comprising banks, infrastructure, plus NBFCs and real estate companies -- and is trapped... read more
Aug 19, 2019 18:30
Rajan, who was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2013 to 2016 but was denied a second term, also called for a fresh look at the way GDP in India is calculated as he referred to research by Narendra Modi government’s former chief economist Arvind Subramanian about overestimation of growth rate. read more
Jul 07, 2019 11:38
Key to successful economic transformation lies in having a holistic picture about the challenges facing the economy and then synchronising specific policy responses with the right opportunities for making these interventions read more
Jun 19, 2019 19:53
In a research paper, Subramanian, who stepped down last year, said India’s economic growth rate has been overestimated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17. read more
Jun 12, 2019 16:24
Subramanian, in a paper, said India’s economic growth rate has been overestimated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17 due to a change in methodology. read more
Jun 11, 2019 22:08
The ministry said the Base Year of the GDP Series was revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12 and released on January 30, 2015 after adaptation of the sources and methods in line with the SNA 2008. read more
Jun 11, 2019 13:36
The nation has held the crown of the world’s fastest-growing major economy until recently, but a new study by former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian says the expansion was overestimated between 2011 and 2017. read more
May 26, 2019 14:47
Recently, several experts including former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian had expressed doubts over India’s revised economic growth data. read more
Feb 01, 2019 11:37
Rs 75,000 crore has been earmarked for PM Kisaan scheme, which will be implemented with retrospective effect from December 2018. read more
Jan 30, 2019 07:12
A particular version of universal basic income (UBI), a welfare benefit that guarantees a certain threshold sum of money for everyone regardless of whether they work or not, is the next big political-economy idea fast catching up in India. read more
Dec 19, 2018 07:24
Finance minister Arun Jaitley expressed confidence that the government will meet its fiscal deficit target for the year to March 31 without dipping into the central bank’s reserves, which he said could be used for recapitalising state-run banks or for... read more
Dec 10, 2018 13:09
He also said that GST design could have been much better and there should not be more than three rates going forward. read more
Nov 29, 2018 10:13
The former CEA says he does not think anyone disputes that demonetisation slowed growth. Rather, the debate has been about the size of the effect -- whether it was 2 per cent points, or much less. read more
