-Business Standard The efficacy of farm debt waivers is ambiguous, but it has proved to be a potent potent weapon in the run-up to elections With elections round the corner in agrarian states of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, his party’s Punjab chief ministerial candidate Amarinder Singh and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief ARVind Kejriwal are trying to woo farmers of the two states with promises of farm...
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Bonus for pulses: Panel to submit report to FM tomorrow
-PTI A government-appointed committee under Chief Economic Advisor ARVind Subramanian to look into the issue of bonus to promote pulses cultivation will submit its report to Finance Minister. A government-appointed committee under Chief Economic Advisor ARVind Subramanian to look into the issue of bonus to promote pulses cultivation will submit its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tomorrow. “Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Dr ARVind Subramanian will present the Report of Pulses Committee to...
More »Kejriwal government under attack over Chikungunya deaths in Delhi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With chikungunya and dengue deaths in the national capital on the rise, the ARVind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi has come under severe opposition attack. As the number of deaths due to chikungunya rose to three on Tuesday, the Congress and the BJP attacked the Kejriwal government for doing little . Two more people died of chikungunya in Delhi on Tuesday, taking the toll from the mosquito-borne...
More »Govt panel fails to define 'poverty line', says form another group to do the job -Moushumi Das Gupta
-Hindustan Times Just how many people in India are poor? The question remains unanswered with yet another government panel failing to define an official “poverty line”. After a year and half of work , a 16-member task force headed by NITI Aayog vice chairman ARVind Panagariya has failed to reach a consensus and suggested to the government that another panel of specialists be asked to do the job. HT has a copy of...
More »The great GDP fudge -Jairam Ramesh
-The Indian Express Same data, opposite conclusions, Dr Subramanian? “I am puzzled by the new GDP growth numbers. This is mystifying because these numbers, especially the acceleration, are at odds with other features of the macro economy. Import of goods declined. typically growth booms are accompanied by surges in imports not declines… similarly, real gross capital formation declined”. This was the chief economic advisor (CEA) ARVind Subramanian in an interview to the...
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