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Ashoka University acknowledges 'lapses in institutional processes' over Pratap Bhanu Mehta's resignation
• 4 years agoMehta resigned as professor earlier this week, saying that the founders made it 'abundantly clear' that his association with the institution was a 'political liability'
Pratap Bhanu Mehta a thorn to establishment, says Raghuram Rajan on professor's exit from Ashoka University
• 4 years agoIn a Linkedin post, former RBI governor Rajan said that free speech has suffered a "grievous blow" in India this week as professor Mehta, one of India's finest political scientists, resigned from the varsity
After Pratap Bhanu Mehta, former CEA Arvind Subramanian resigns from Ashoka University
• 4 years agoOther faculty members wrote to the vice chancellor and board members saying that the resignations 'raise urgent questions about the university's commitment to academic freedom'
World Bank ease of doing business ranking: Higher FDI inflows is okay, but why is it not boosting economic growth?
Prasanna Mohanty • 6 years agoGross fixed capital formation (GFCF), which is an indicator of investment in the economy, has also been going down steadily – from 34.31 percent of GDP in 2011-12 to 28.5 percent in 2017-18
Economy close to collapse; rising unemployment, falling consumption making India poorer: P Chidambaram
• 5 years agoFormer finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday tore into the Modi government's handling of the economy, saying it was close to collapse and was been attended by "very incompetent doctors."
Economic Survey 2019-2020 sources data from Wikipedia, private entities such as Bloomberg and BSE
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe Economic Survey 2019-20 has sourced certain data from Wikipedia, which is not considered as reliable source of information.
Economic Survey 2020 tries to settle debate over veracity of macroeconomic data; says concerns on GDP growth estimates unfounded
• 5 years agoIndia's GDP growth is neither overestimated nor underestimated and the concerns on data are "unfounded", the Economic Survey 2019-20 said on Friday as it tried to settle the debate over veracity of the macroeconomic data following change in estimation methodology
Economic Survey 2020: CEA K Subramanian takes on predecessor Arvind Subramanian for questioning India’s GDP numbers
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 5 years agoThe Economic Survey has projected a 6-6.5% GDP growth for 2020-21. But, there will be much skepticism on this number given that in the last survey, the growth was projected at 7% whereas the actual growth is likely to end up around 5%.
India facing 'Great Slowdown', economy headed to ICU, says former CEA Arvind Subramanian
• 5 years agoIndia is facing a "Great Slowdown" with its economy headed for intensive care unit primarily due to a "second wave" of the twin balance sheet crisis at banks, former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has said
GST needs to be simpler: It’s time five slabs plus multiple levies gives way to three-rate structure
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 5 years agoThe GST Act mandates that the states should be given compensation for revenue shortfall of below 14 percent growth for the first five years of the GST rollout.