-IndiaSpend.org Of those with zero assets, nearly 80 million people -- the population of Germany -- or 16 million households are Adivasi In a country where "inclusion" is the emerging political mantra, an estimated 215 million Indians - roughly the population of Canada and Pakistan combined - are largely excluded from economic progress. These paupers, of sorts, have "zero assets", which means they do not own a television set, a motorcycle, a mobile...
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Flu in the air -M Sai Gopal
-The Hindu Public health experts agree that the response to the pandemic depends on constant surveillance and monitoring the evolution of the viral strain A viral storm is raging across the country. More than 200 deaths due to Influenza A (H1N1), known as swine flu, have been recorded within a short period of over a month. Telangana, has the dubious distinction of recording over 50 deaths and more than 600 H1N1-positive cases...
More »A budget to transform -Pulapre Balakrishnan
-The Hindu In the present state of the economy, when there is excess capacity in manufacturing, adequate stocks of foodgrain and the inflation rate is trending downwards, there is an opportune moment for a public investment-centred fiscal expansion Over the past eight months, the government has issued some strong statements on the economy and taken some bold steps aimed at transforming it. As it prepares to present its first real budget we...
More »'Changes in PDS may affect food security of half of Indians'
Any change in the Public Distribution System (PDS) needs to be undertaken with extreme caution since it is likely to affect the food security of 50 percent of India's population. This has been stated by National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in a recent research brief. The note from NCAER is based on India Human Development Survey (2011-12) data. In the IHDS, nearly 42,000 households from 33 states and...
More »New GDP Numbers Make Jaitley Happy -Lola Nayar
-Outlook 7.4 per cent growth is good news for the NDA's finance minister who will present his full budget two weeks from now. Indian economy is forecast to grow at an accelerated 7.4 percent in the fiscal year ending in March 2015 as against 6.9 percent in the previous fiscal, according to advance estimates released Monday. The high growth numbers, based on the new formula (with 2011-12 as the base year)...
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