-Hindustan Times Political parties should come clear on what they think is the best way to address the farm crisis Delhi will witness yet another farmers’ protest on November 29 and 30. However, this protest is very different from the others in terms of the nature of demands. Farmers’ groups are demanding a special session of parliament to discuss two private member bills, namely The Farmers’ Freedom from Indebtedness Bill, 2018,...
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Revised back-series GDP data poses a problem for SBI -- how did we really perform? -Mahua Venkatesh
-ThePrint.in SBI report says bank’s performance will have to be rewritten based on the new data and this can be contentious due to questions over credibility. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s revised set of back-series GDP data, which slashed the average rate of growth during the UPA regime, pose “reconciliation problems regarding micro and macro data interpretation”, a State Bank of India (SBI) report said Thursday. A careful data interpretation will be...
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-The Indian Express Quarrel over growth figures is nothing new. But it must not be allowed to spiral into a larger loss of economic data credibility The release of the new GDP back series data on Wednesday shows that the economy grew at an average of 6.7 per cent between 2005-06 to 2008-09 as well as between 2009-10 to 2013-14, the first four years of the UPA government’s two terms —...
More »Back series data trim GDP growth rates for FY05-12 -KR Srivats
-The Hindu Business Line But the economy size gets a bump-up under new base year New Delhi: It’s official now. The government-initiated recalibration of the economy for the years 2004-05 to 2011-12, based on the new base year 2011-12, paints a somewhat less cheerful picture on the GDP growth front for these years. However, the new methodology of changed base year (2011-12) with the latest data sources and improved coverage has bumped up...
More »Demonetisation a massive, draconian, monetary shock: Arvind Subramanian
-IANS The former CEA says he does not think anyone disputes that demonetisation slowed growth. Demonetisation was a massive, draconian, monetary shock that accelerated economic slide to 6.8% in the seven quarters after it against the 8% recorded prior to the note ban, says former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian. Breaking his silence on the November 8, 2016 decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he says that he does not have a strongly-backed...
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