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TopicPronab Sen

Topic: Pronab Sen

Multidimensional Poverty isn’t a poverty line, lacks ‘information content’ — Surjit Bhalla & Pronab Sen

In a conversation with ThePrint, the two economists talked about how India needs a national poverty line, an updated Census, and must focus on releasing more data instead of less.

My estimates are grim. Expect GDP to contract 11.5%: India’s former chief statistician Sen

According to Pronab Sen, any data that is collected by a door-to-door survey will be impacted by the pandemic as govt won’t permit field investigators to take that risk.

Bhutan was so scarred by Modi’s demonetisation it is still scared of Indian rupee

While there have been rumours suggesting a second demonetisation, possibly targeting the Rs 2,000 note, the Indian government has rejected them.

`Damaging’ vacancy at CSO puts India’s statistics reputation at risk

Since chief statistician T.C.A Anant retirement in Jan from the Central Statistics office, the post has been lying vacant. 

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.