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India’s new agri laws have potential to raise farmers’ income, says IMF chief economist

Gita Gopinath said there are transition costs whenever a reform is put in place and social safety net should be provided to ensure vulnerable farmers aren't harmed.

Targeted policies, managing debt, ‘green’ economies — Gita Gopinath’s Covid survival guide

IMF's chief economist Gita Gopinath talks about how countries can handle the consequences to economies, environment, and health systems. Read the full interview here.

India spends 1% GDP on Covid relief, can do more: IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath

Speaking at the digital Off The Cuff, Gita Gopinath also said there was a lot of uncertainty around DGP forecasts, which are being revised based on ground realities. Read the full text here.

India can spend more to combat economic fallout of Covid: IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath

IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath says India is spending around 1% of its GDP to combat the economic impact of Covid-19, but emerging markets on average are spending 2.5%.

Don’t make Depression-era mistake, world needs post-pandemic stimulus: IMF’s Gita Gopinath

Once recovery has happened & we are past pandemic phase, advanced economies must undertake a broad-based stimulus, Gita Gopinath says.

Coronavirus advice from leading economists: Bring out the big artillery

Economists say it’s still too early to tell how bad the economic damage from COVID-19 will be, but it will be large. They suggest bringing on fiscal firepower.

Amit Shah’s ‘kaagaz nahi dikhaayenge’ moment & India’s pulling the world down

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Has IMF’s Gita Gopinath made India a convenient scapegoat by blaming it for global slowdown?

The IMF has pegged India’s economic growth forecast to 4.8 per cent for 2019-2020, much less than its October 2019 projection of 6.1 per cent.

IMF cuts India growth forecast to 4.8%, flags stress in non-bank financial sector

IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath cites decline in rural demand growth and an overall credit sluggishness for lowering of India forecasts.

Gita Gopinath asks India to stick to fiscal consolidation as Q3, Q4 recovery could be lower

At FICCI event, Gita Gopinath says IMF is likely to revise India's growth forecast downwards in its January outlook.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.