Previous chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian presented 4 economic surveys with 4 big ideas that indicated a way forward for comprehensive development.
The country is the loser when top-flight economists leave, especially when growth has slowed and there are macro-economic challenges in every direction.
India's GDP estimates are under scrutiny again this week after former CEA Arvind Subramanian claimed country may have overestimated its growth by 2.5% points.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
Dr A S prepared fantastic Economic Surveys. As the column notes with some regret, they did not translate into economic Taj Mahals. 2. That takes me back to the start of my career, as a Management Trainee with Dr Charat Ram. He wanted management information to be put up to him in elaborate formats, which he kept changing and chipping. An older colleague explained to me, that was Lalaji’s way of fixing the figures firmly in his mind. His older brother, Dr Bharat Ram, was entirely different. A man after my heart, he wanted a few important figures – production, sales, profit, cash availability- to be written for him on a piece of paper. 3. We do not want erudite Economic Surveys. We are all waiting anxiously to see the light of day for the economy.
Dr A S prepared fantastic Economic Surveys. As the column notes with some regret, they did not translate into economic Taj Mahals. 2. That takes me back to the start of my career, as a Management Trainee with Dr Charat Ram. He wanted management information to be put up to him in elaborate formats, which he kept changing and chipping. An older colleague explained to me, that was Lalaji’s way of fixing the figures firmly in his mind. His older brother, Dr Bharat Ram, was entirely different. A man after my heart, he wanted a few important figures – production, sales, profit, cash availability- to be written for him on a piece of paper. 3. We do not want erudite Economic Surveys. We are all waiting anxiously to see the light of day for the economy.