-The Indian Express The final draft NRC had listed 2.8 crore people, leaving out 40 lakh applicants, with the Supreme Court fixing December 15 as the last day for them to submit ‘Claims and Objections’. A FORTNIGHT to go for the deadline, Hanif Ali (48), a resident of Majortop village in Kamrup district of Assam, has not been able to file a claim against his exclusion from the final draft of...
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India's GDP Debate: What Explains Reduced Growth Rates Under the UPA? -R Nagaraj
-TheWire.in How correct was it for the Central Statistics Office to have selectively used contested methods for preparing the back series data? The spotlight is back on India’s growth rates, three years after the gross domestic product (GDP) data using the 2011-12 base year was released. Before trying to delve into the controversy surrounding the back-series data – which saw GDP growth from 2006-2012 reduce significantly – it is important to understand how...
More »Under fire, NITI Aayog says was told to look at GDP back series data -Sunny Verma
-The Indian Express Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog’s role in the release of the statistical exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). New Delhi: Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog’s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to “have a look”...
More »Three years on, bank credit to MSEs continue to shrink -Mayur Shetty
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The share of bank credit to micro and small enterprises (MSEs) has been shrinking since three years — from 5.9% in October 2015 to 4.5% in October 2018, data from the RBI show. While it is clear the sector is facing problems due to the double whammy of demonetisation and GST, it’s unclear whether MSEs are hit by liquidity issues or whether banks do not find them...
More »Q2 GDP growth slows to 7.1% from 8.2% in Q1 -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu Various ratings agencies had predicted such a slowdown in the second quarter due to the impact of rising oil prices on input costs, and also due to the effect of the rupee devaluation. New Delhi: Second-quarter GDP growth slowed to 7.1%, from 8.2% in the preceding three-month period, official estimates released on Friday show. Gross Value Added (GVA) growth eased to 6.9% in July-September, from 8%. The GDP expansion in the...
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