-The Hindu The claim made by a magazine and carried by sections of media is not backed by data. The claim that the Indian economy has overtaken the U.K. economy in terms of absolute size, as made by a contributor to Forbes magazine and carried by sections of the Indian media, is not backed by data, an analysis by The Hindu of GDP data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the...
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Utsa Patnaik, professor emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University, interviewed by TK Rajalakshmi
-Frontline.in Interview with Utsa Patnaik, professor emerita of economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. By T.K. RAJALAKSHMI THE FALLOUT of the decision of the National Democratic Alliance government to demonetise currency of higher denominations has been felt across all sections of people. There are concerns that it will lead to an overall economic slowdown given the acute shortage of currency for industrial and agricultural operations. The impact on agriculture and those dependent on agriculture...
More »Queues of pain for tiny gain on black money? -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The aam aadmi putting up with the widespread distress and economic loss caused by declaring invalid all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes sees a positive side to the move — it will unearth and stamp out black money. This is one of the stated objectives in the government's notification of November. There is also the target of finishing off fake currency, which harms...
More »India is finally trying to clear the air around its controversial GDP numbers -Madhura Karnik
-Scroll.in / qz.com The government has set up five committees to review data to calculate major indicators such as the GDP, IIP and inflation. More than 19 months after the statistical tumult began over India’s GDP, the Narendra Modi government is finally trying to fix the mess. India’s GDP numbers have been receiving flak since a new calculation was introduced in January 2015. Overnight, India’s GDP growth accelerated from 4.7% to 6.9%. It...
More »Indian MSMEs yet to reap the benefit of Govt. schemes, says a recent report
A recently released report shows that only a few enterprises belonging to the labour-intensive Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector could take advantage of the 205 number of public schemes (available in October 2015) of various Ministries or Departments of the Government, as listed at the website www.clusterobservatory.in. (Please click here to access the report on MSMEs and the challenges they face). Prepared by the Foundation for MSME Clusters...
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