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It's time to lay the great Indian GDP controversy to rest

New Delhi, May 14 -- The proposed revamp of India's national accounts series has raised hopes that it will bring an end to the long-running controversy around India's gross domestic product (GDP) numb... Read More


Rich Kerala, poor Bengal and the role of the party

India, May 6 -- Four decades ago, West Bengal was among India's most industrialised state economies. One in seven factory workers in India was from Bengal. Its per capita income was higher than the na... Read More


Rich Kerala, poor Bengal, and the role of the party

India, May 5 -- Four decades ago, West Bengal was among India's most industrialised state economies. One in seven factory workers in India was from Bengal. Its per capita income was higher than the na... Read More


Statistical dust-up: The great Indian GDP controversy needn't have arisen

New Delhi, April 30 -- Ten years after India's last gross domestic product (GDP) series was released, the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation (Mospi) has announced the release of... Read More


Resetting rules of the global trade regime

India, April 22 -- Five years ago, a new virus brought the global economy to a standstill. Today, an old virus - of protectionism - threatens the world economy. Despite the "90-day pause" in the exorb... Read More


Resetting the rules of the global trade regime

India, April 21 -- Five years ago, a new virus brought the global economy to a standstill. Today, an old virus - of protectionism - threatens the world economy. Despite the "90-day pause" in the exorb... Read More


India needs a better way to track its micro-enterprises

New Delhi, March 19 -- Even before we could get to see the results of the seventh economic census (conducted in 2019-20), plans are afoot to conduct the eighth one in the coming months. India's econom... Read More


Upgrading the plumbing of India's administration

India, March 11 -- The hegemony of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) has never seemed as complete as it does today. After a brief experiment with a non-IAS chief, the top post at markets regulat... Read More