A new paper by Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) argues India should move away from past defensive mindset on patents so as to capture global markets.
Economist Bibek Debroy passed away Friday at the age of 69. In this 2016 Walk The Talk interview, he spoke of challenges of governance and the need to do away with redundant laws.
Sanyal is also a member of the EAC-PM. Debroy, who is chairperson of EAC-PM, resigned from GIPE chancellorship last week amid controversy over removal of institute’s V-C Ajit Ranade.
A recent EAC-PM working paper showed southern states performed very well in terms of contribution to the nation’s GDP. A history of concessions and policy support from New Delhi played a part.
A working paper, published by Economic Advisory Council to PM, shows that UP & Bihar used to be ‘powerhouses’ of India’s economy around 60 yrs ago, but that's no longer the case.
A working paper by the EAC-PM has found that monthly per capita expenditure is up across rural and urban India. But food is occupying a smaller share of this spending than before.
Barring Parsis and Jains, the share of all other religious minorities in India saw a 0.81 percent to 5.38 percent increase in this 65-year period, it adds.
According to report by Economic Advisory Council to PM, Punjab scored highest in educational infrastructure & learning outcomes. Delhi, Goa, Maharashtra, J&K also high-performing states.
PM’s Economic Advisory Council member V. Anantha Nageswaran says whittling away unwanted rules and regulations will be a step towards fixing the problem.
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.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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