Jayati Ghosh named by UN to high-level advisory board on economic, social affairsGhosh, 65, is a professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University for ...
25 Jan, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
Delhi riots: Congress comes out in support of Sitaram Yechury, slams policeOther than Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh and Delhi University professor Apoorvanand figure in the s...
13 Sep, 2020, 05.54 PM IST
Delhi riots: Police name Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh, in supplementary charge sheetThe charge sheet claims that apart from Yechury and Yogendra Yadav, Fathima's statement mentions Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Ravan, Unite...
12 Sep, 2020, 10.14 PM IST
Chidambaram hits back at Arun Jaitley for his 'compulsive contrarian' remarkJaitley has slammed 108 economists and social scientists as "compulsive contrarians" for raising concern over "political interference" to i...
20 Mar, 2019, 02.35 PM IST
India, China may escape worst of global environment: UNCTADIndia is growing faster than China as it has managed the downside risks of the post crisis period better than other emerging economies, sai...
21 Sep, 2016, 05.54 PM IST
'Release Rs 5,000 crore for MGNREGA to deal with agrarian crisis'Over 100 civil society members today appealed to Arun Jaitley to "immediately" release additional Rs 5,000 crore for MGNREGA in view of agr...
12 Jan, 2016, 06.31 PM IST
Rural Development Ministry 'seeks' extra funds from FM under MGNREGABirender Singh has sought an "additional fund of Rs 5,000 cr" from the Finance Ministry for the er Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment...
06 Jan, 2016, 11.06 PM IST
4.5 crore people waiting for government jobs across countryAccording to the data presented in Parliament on Thursday, there are 4.47 crore people registered with employment exchanges in the country.
07 Dec, 2014, 01.41 PM IST
Indian economy to grow 5.6% in 2014, says UNCTADImproved performance of mining, manufacturing and services sector pushed India's economic growth rate to two-and-half- year high of 5.7 per...
10 Sep, 2014, 07.31 PM IST
Gujarat growth model based on concessions to business: Economist Jayati GhoshGhosh said the high rate of economic expansion was fuelled by concessions to corporates but the poor did not benefit from it as wages remai...
10 Sep, 2014, 04.42 PM IST
Domestic workers lowly paid in India on inequality: Jayati Ghosh, EconomistInequality is the cause of lower wages for domestic workers in India, and there is a need to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention to ...
01 Mar, 2014, 06.39 PM IST
World may see another economic crisis: Jayati GhoshThe world may face another economic crisis as several nations, both developing and developed nations, still have imbalances, noted economis...
12 Sep, 2013, 05.33 PM IST
India's poverty line is ridiculously low: Jayati GhoshPoverty lines were developed 40 years ago in a very different social, economic and political context, it’s good media realised its very low.
05 Aug, 2013, 11.10 AM IST
- 320 mn people in India, China to come out of poverty by'15: UN
As many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years.
08 Jul, 2011, 07.36 PM IST
- Indian economy likely to grow 6.5-7 pc this fiscal: Economists
Indian economy is likely to grow by around 6.5-7 per cent in the current fiscal against 9 per cent in the previous fiscal.
08 Feb, 2009, 02.42 PM IST
- Foreigners offer to quit plan panel
The political storm over foreign consultants in the Planning Commission took a new turn amid indications on Wednesday that experts from the...
22 Sep, 2004, 10.34 AM IST
- Call to scrap non-small saving debt
Leftist economists on Monday demanded complete write-off of non-small savings debt and an interest rate reduction on small savings debt to ...
05 Jul, 2004, 12.51 PM IST