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Treacherous to navigate regulatory byways if not Adani, Ambani: Ex-CEA
The Washington Post article claimed there is a hitch to India's growth story.
Published on Jan 04, 2024 01:43 PM IST
Ashoka University students begin class boycott, demand changes
While the students boycotted most of the classes during the day, nearly 900 students attended a scheduled class by Pratap Bhanu Mehta and discussed Karl Marx and his celebrated work Das Kapital.
Updated on Mar 23, 2021 04:48 AM IST
Kainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi
Lapses in institutional processes over resignation of faculty: Ashoka varsity
Ashoka University acknowledges lapses in institutional processes over resignations of political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta and noted economist Arvind Subramanian from its faculty.
Published on Mar 21, 2021 01:11 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Ashoka students seek return of professors
Academics write open letter, term Mehta’s exit ‘dangerous attack on academic freedom’
Updated on Mar 21, 2021 12:29 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Varsity students plan two-day class boycott
150 academics write to varsity, term Mehta’s exit ‘dangerous attack on academic freedom’.
Published on Mar 20, 2021 11:52 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Arvind Subramanian resigns as professor of Ashoka University
Arvind Subramanian resigns as professor of Ashoka University after Mehta; students, faculty stage protest
Published on Mar 19, 2021 10:04 AM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Arvind Subramanian resigns as professor from Ashoka University
Eminent economist Arvind Subramanian has resigned as professor from Ashoka University, two days after noted political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's exit from the institution.
Published on Mar 18, 2021 05:11 PM IST
PTI |
How the economy fared: the masses felt the brunt of Covid-19
Whether the pandemic will unleash a radical realignment of productive resources and lead to growth, or cause a further squeeze on the already hit underclass remains to be seen.
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 05:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Podcast: Former CEA Arvind Subramanian on India’s Economic Response to the Covid-19 crisis
After a six-week nationwide lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 3rd the Indian government commenced a calibrated relaxation of this unprecedented shutdown.
Updated on May 06, 2020 07:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times
Economy facing ‘Great Slowdown’, headed to ICU: NDA govt’s 1st CEA Subramanian
Subramanian, who was Modi government’s first chief economic adviser but quit in August last year, in new paper said India is facing a “Four Balance Sheet” challenge -- comprising banks, infrastructure, plus NBFCs and real estate companies -- and is trapped in an adverse interest growth dynamic.
Updated on Aug 08, 2020 04:52 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Raghuram Rajan terms economic slowdown very worrisome, new set of reforms needed
Rajan, who was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2013 to 2016 but was denied a second term, also called for a fresh look at the way GDP in India is calculated as he referred to research by Narendra Modi government’s former chief economist Arvind Subramanian about overestimation of growth rate.
Updated on Jun 17, 2020 08:24 AM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Opinion | A demand-side view of the current economic slowdown
Key to successful economic transformation lies in having a holistic picture about the challenges facing the economy and then synchronising specific policy responses with the right opportunities for making these interventions
Updated on Jul 07, 2019 12:25 PM IST
GDP issue: Ex-CEA cherry-picked data for growth paper, says PM’s council
In a research paper, Subramanian, who stepped down last year, said India’s economic growth rate has been overestimated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17.
Updated on Jun 19, 2019 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Gireesh Chandra Prasad
PM advisory body’s caustic rebuttal on GDP rate row, says more coming
Subramanian, in a paper, said India’s economic growth rate has been overestimated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17 due to a change in methodology.
Updated on Jun 12, 2019 05:32 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Government rejects ex-CEA’s contention on GDP; says right methodology followed
The ministry said the Base Year of the GDP Series was revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12 and released on January 30, 2015 after adaptation of the sources and methods in line with the SNA 2008.
Published on Jun 11, 2019 10:08 PM IST
New Delhi | Indo Asian News Service
India, world’s fastest-growing economy, may not be so fast after all
The nation has held the crown of the world’s fastest-growing major economy until recently, but a new study by former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian says the expansion was overestimated between 2011 and 2017.
Updated on Jun 11, 2019 01:53 PM IST
Bloomberg | Ronojoy Mazumdar
‘Indian statistical system needs to be revamped, modernised’: Niti Aayog
Recently, several experts including former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian had expressed doubts over India’s revised economic growth data.
Updated on May 26, 2019 03:34 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Podcast: India’s strike on Jaish camp across the LoC; and Arvind Subramanian on Universal Basic Income
This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan Vaishnav sits down with Sadanand Dhume (Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and Wall Street Journal columnist) and Sukumar Ranganathan (Editor-in-Chief, Hindustan Times) to discuss the aftermath of India’s targeted military strikes against a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist camp in Pakistan.
Updated on Feb 28, 2019 01:08 AM IST
Budget 2019: Assured income of ₹6000 for farmers announced
₹75,000 crore has been earmarked for PM Kisaan scheme, which will be implemented with retrospective effect from December 2018.
Updated on Feb 01, 2019 02:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Universal basic income idea gains political traction
A particular version of universal basic income (UBI), a welfare benefit that guarantees a certain threshold sum of money for everyone regardless of whether they work or not, is the next big political-economy idea fast catching up in India.
Updated on Jan 30, 2019 08:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zia Haq
Arun Jaitley says government will meet fiscal targets, not eyeing RBI funds
Finance minister Arun Jaitley expressed confidence that the government will meet its fiscal deficit target for the year to March 31 without dipping into the central bank’s reserves, which he said could be used for recapitalising state-run banks or for public welfare.
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 08:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Asit Ranjan Mishra
India should brace itself for economic slowdown for some time: Arvind Subramanian
He also said that GST design could have been much better and there should not be more than three rates going forward.
Published on Dec 10, 2018 01:09 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Govt’s ex-economic adviser says notes ban was draconian, monetary shock
The former CEA says he does not think anyone disputes that demonetisation slowed growth. Rather, the debate has been about the size of the effect -- whether it was 2 per cent points, or much less.
Updated on Nov 29, 2018 12:19 PM IST
New Delhi | Indo Asian News Service
No magic wand to solve India’s jobs crisis, says Arvind Subramanian
Subramanian says due to less suitable global economic scene, reaching double-digit growth will need more hard work
Updated on Jun 21, 2018 12:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Prashant Jha
Brightest fleeing ‘sinking ship’ steered by RSS: Rahul Gandhi on Arvind Subramanian exit
Rahul Gandhi’s statement came after Union Minister Arun Jaitley announced that Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian was leaving the Finance Ministry.
Updated on Jun 20, 2018 09:56 PM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian resigns, thanks ‘dream boss’ Jaitley
Union minister Arun Jaitley made the announcement about the chief economic adviser’s resignation in a Facebook post saying that Arvind Subramanian would like to return to the US for personal reasons.
Updated on Jun 20, 2018 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent, New Delhi