Previous chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian presented 4 economic surveys with 4 big ideas that indicated a way forward for comprehensive development.
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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.