Public service delivery also deserves attention as economy opens up: Jean DrezeMumbai, Jun 9 () Activist-economist Jean Dreze on Tuesday underlined the need to look at public service delivery and rued that there is no ...
09 Jun, 2020, 10.32 PM IST
Economists demand a plan to turn crisis of reverse migration into an opportunityIndustry captains and economists suggest measures to turn this crisis into an opportunity.
04 Jun, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
Indian macroeconomic situation bleak, set to worsen if lockdown continues: Jean DrezeDreze further said that due to the country-wide lockdown, social unrest in many parts of India has already started. The country is under a ...
05 Apr, 2020, 11.08 PM IST
Economist Jean Dreze taken into 'preventive custody' for organising meeting without permissionA senior police officer told PTI that the Belgian-born economist, now an Indian citizen, was addressing a meeting in Garhwa district in vio...
28 Mar, 2019, 05.08 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 needs more inclusive, active social policies: Jean DrezeDreze also expressed concern over widespread underemployment and stagnating wages, which according to him, reflected 'lopsidedness of econo...
14 Jan, 2018, 04.19 PM IST
Demonetisation impact to last longer than expected: Jean DrezeJean Dreze hinted the real purpose of demonetisation is different - perhaps something to do with corporate interests or electoral politics.
08 Jan, 2017, 03.21 PM IST
Reforms needed to make police stations people friendly: Bibek Debroy"The most pressing reform that we need is police reforms, to make the police and police stations more people friendly," Debroy said in a st...
31 Jul, 2016, 08.59 PM IST
7.5% economic growth failed to change people's lives: Jean DrezeThe Indian economy has been growing at around 7.5 per cent per year for the last twelve years, with relatively small deviations up or down ...
24 Jul, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
Jharkhand police officer seeks Rs 500 bribe from economist Jean Dreze“I parked and locked the motorbike in the parking lot at Ranchi University PG department in Morhabadi, where I had some work,“ Dreze said.
16 Dec, 2015, 12.17 PM IST
Economist Jean Dreze dropped from speakers list at government conferenceJean Dreze, a noted economist who was was a member of Sonia Gandhi led National Advisory Council, was dropped from the list of speakers at ...
06 Nov, 2015, 08.56 PM IST
NREGA is in need of reform: Jean Dreze, economist-cum-activist"While there’s no need to ‘capitulate’ to corporate interests, the NREGA could do with simplification, besides a perk-up in transparency."
12 Nov, 2014, 04.46 AM IST
'Vested interests setback to India's poverty reduction quest'The economist said it was "ironical" that during the peak period of the country's development, the corresponding indexes for poverty reduct...
01 Apr, 2014, 02.00 PM IST
MNREGA is in fragile state: Jean DrezeLeading economist-activist Jean Dreze has asked the government to bring "some accountability" in the "very fragile" programme.
10 Mar, 2013, 12.27 PM IST
- Govt, NAC on different wavelengths
Similar rebuttals of the panel's report came from several members of the National Advisory Council after the Rangarajan panel report was ma...
29 Jan, 2011, 03.43 AM IST
- NAC first meeting in Delhi today
National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi will have its first meeting.
10 Jun, 2010, 01.23 PM IST
- Rural job bill sent to House panel
The contentious National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill 2004 has been referred to the parliamentary standing committee on rural developmen...
01 Feb, 2005, 02.25 AM IST