Aatmanirbhar Bharat different from Nehru's model: SJM chief Ashwani MahajanIn the midst of the ongoing debate surrounding restrictions on laptop imports, a new book edited by Ashwani Mahajan, the head of the Swades...
05 Nov, 2023, 08.57 AM IST
PM advisory council member Shamika Ravi calls for greater focus on data quality in national surveysNational Sample Survey done by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation over-represents the rural population, the scheduled ...
13 Jul, 2023, 07.51 PM IST
India needs alternative development model to avoid pitfalls of globalisation: EAC-PM officialIndia needs an alternative and a self-reliant development model ‘with Indian characteristics’ to avoid pitfalls of globalization witnessed ...
20 Jun, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
Democracy's roots run deep and strong in India: PM's Economic Advisory Council Member Shamika RaviWhile questioning the objectivity of such assessments and their flawed designs and methodologies, Ravi said that such perception-based surv...
02 May, 2023, 07.50 AM IST
Govt must do more to uplift poorest 20% of households: EAC-PM paperThe paper, authored by EAC member Shamika Ravi, observed that poor from minority religions had gained more than the majority in certain gov...
21 Apr, 2023, 12.29 AM IST
Government must do more to uplift poorest 20% of households: EAC-PMIn her paper titled ‘A Secular Democracy in Practice’, EAC-PM member Shamika Ravi said that the government is responsive to the needs of th...
20 Apr, 2023, 07.49 PM IST
EAC-PM suggests tweaking definition of rural-urban areas in India“The issue of labelling settlements as urban and rural has important policy implications in India since the label determines the local gove...
29 Mar, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
Access to electricity among poorest households rises to 86%The NFHS-5 report released in March last year showed 97% of India's households have electricity - 95% of rural and 99% of urban. Bihar, Jha...
16 Jan, 2023, 11.48 PM IST
India's Covid cases per lakh population is 7.1, world's 60India has about 7.1 cases per lakh population whereas the average of the whole world is 60 cases per lakh population, the health ministry s...
19 May, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
Govt reconstitutes EAC-PM under Bibek DebroyApart from these two full-time members, the EAC-PM will have two part-time members as against three in the outgoing panel.
25 Sep, 2019, 07.04 PM IST
Sebi sets up panel to suggest norms for social stock exchangesSitharaman in Budget had proposed a social stock exchange for social enterprises and voluntary organisations.
19 Sep, 2019, 08.51 PM IST
Eminent economist Surjit Bhalla resigns from EAC-PM"I resigned as part-time member of PMEAC on December 1," Bhalla said on social networking site Twitter.
11 Dec, 2018, 10.38 AM IST
Government could have done much more in past 4 years: EAC-PM memberStating that there is a thriving private airlines business in the country, Shamika Ravi questioned the government's intention of reviving n...
03 Sep, 2018, 01.57 PM IST
Tax compliance improved after demonetisation: EAC-PM member Shamika RaviRavi, also a senior fellow at Brookings India, further said that there is a need for more tax rationalisation to reduce the compliance burd...
02 Sep, 2018, 01.01 PM IST
NHPS a 'big step' towards universal healthcare: EAC-PM memberRavi's statement assumes significance as recently Niti Aayog advisor Alok Kumar had said the mega healthcare scheme will cost up to Rs 12,0...
06 Feb, 2018, 06.53 PM IST
Shamika Ravi to be appointed as member of PM economic panel"The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has cleared the appointment of Ravi as part-time member of the EAC-PM," a senior government official tol...
04 Nov, 2017, 12.50 PM IST
- MNREGS hinders micro enterprises in villages, says ISB study
High agricultural wages due to the success of MNREGS has hindered the development of micro enterprises in the hinterlands, says a paper by ...
15 Feb, 2012, 05.30 AM IST