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Official India jobless data is not accurate, say top independent economists: PollA Reuters poll reveals independent economists doubt India's official unemployment rate, suggesting the true figure is much higher. Despite ...- Ahead of budget, economists demand increase in social security pension and maternity benefitsAccording to a letter, the central government's contribution to old-age pensions under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) has stag...
- How to foot Covid-19's hefty billThere are no good estimates, but millions have been affected, the majority of whom live a daily wager’s existence, and cannot afford remote...
- View: Social cohesion while distancingUnder the circumstances, the slew of welfare measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while very welcome, are simply too ...
- Data next political battleground as India heads to polls in 2019Over the last few years, multiple changes to how India uses and calculates crucial data has sparked a debate on credibility of government m...
- IMF is no longer a dirty word in India's policy makingSubramanian, Rajan, Urjit Patel have served at IMF. But unlike a few decades ago, their credentials have trumped criticism of the Western i...
- MNREGA provisions should not be diluted: Economists to PM Narendra ModiLeading economists have said that PM Modi shouldn't dilute the provisions of MNREGA, which has provided economic security to millions.
- India needs labour-intensive industrialisation: Pranab Bardhan"Huge number of entrant, around 10-20 million labourers are entering each year and we have to get them jobs," he explained.
- Having a free press is a necessary condition for responsive government and reduced corruptionResearch has unequivocally shown that increased press freedom has real benefits which are disproportionately higher for vulnerable sections...
- Elections 2014: NRIs in the UK celebrate Narendra Modi's victoryA series of election results monitoring events were held across London, Leeds, among others yesterday, which quickly transformed into celeb...
- CAD is a symptom of a larger problem of under-investment: Pranab Bardhan, University of CaliforniaIn an interview with ET, Pranab Bardhan said infrastructure in India is Achilles heel which will be a big stumbling block for pick-up in ex...
- PMO objects to American citizen's presence in education commissionThe HRD ministry had named Pranab Bardhan, a professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley, as a member of the commiss...
- Pranab Mukherjee for president: Left Front split in half over candidatureThe issue of supporting Pranab for prez divided the Left Front, with CPM and AIFB deciding to back him and CPI and RSP opting to abstain fr...
- Food Security Bill: An open letter from economists to PMWe welcome the tabling of a National Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha as an important step towards the elimination of hunger and undernu...
- India should cut wasteful expenditure on subsidies: US prof Pranab BardhanAn expert in rural instituitions and developmental economics, Bardhan says opposition to retail FDI is misguided and will hinder developmen...
- Cost-benefit analysis of Anna HazareThe agitation heralds a welcome civil society role in policymaking but also opens doors to group blackmail.
- Food Security Act: Economists letter to Sonia GandhiMore than two decades of research is remarkably consistent in showing large illegal diversions of subsidised grains to the open market.
- Left to back NAC foodgrains entitlement if every household gets 35 kg at Rs 2 per kgOn a day the National Advisory Committee (NAC) proposed changes in foodgrains entitlement under the food security bill, the Left said it wi...
- UPA, Left stick to their guns, play Hyde and seekThe government’s clarification on interrupted fuel supplies, termination clause and reprocessing technology didn’t cut much ice with the co...
- 'Globalisation should be all-inclusive'Even as the Congress-led UPA goes full-throttle on reforms, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has made a strong pitch against globalisation t...
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