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"Absolutely, It Was A Mistake": Rahul Gandhi On Emergency
The Emergency - imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi over 21 months from 1975 to '77 - was a "mistake" and what happened in that period was "wrong", Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday in a conversation with economist Kaushik Basu
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"How To Destroy An Economy": Rahul Gandhi's Latest Swipe At Government
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cited figures collated by renowned economist Kaushik Basu - which project India's GDP as contracting the most among a selection of 11 Asian nations, including China - to take yet another swipe at the government
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Make Employment Data Available "Even If Critical": Ex-Economic Adviser
Noted economist Kaushik Basu Saturday urged the government to make available "employment data" even if it is "critical" so that corrective action could be taken.
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10% Quota Law Will Achieve Close To Nothing, Says Professor Kaushik Basu
The new law providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker general category people in education and government jobs was "unwanted" and it could achieve "close to nothing" former Chief Economic Adviser to the Union finance ministry, Kaushik Basu, said here on Monday.
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Slowing GDP Growth Cause For Concern: Ex- Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu
Distress in some sectors of the economy has slowed India's GDP growth, the consequences of which could be "far reaching", former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu said on Monday.
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Lynchings Bad For India's Economic Growth, Says Professor Kaushik Basu
Noted Indian economist Kaushik Basu on Monday served a warning for Indian leaders about the damage the recent spate of lynchings can do to the country's goal of becoming an economic superpower.
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Demonetisation Caused Huge Disruption In Informal Sector: Former CEA Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu said that we often underestimate the effects of demonetisation and it caused a huge disruption in the informal sector, something that the official data doesn't capture
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India On Track To Register Entire Population Using Aadhaar: World Bank
India is on track to register its entire 1.25 billion population using its Aadhaar digital ID, the World Bank said on Wednesday, which it said would help the government to promote the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in its welfare schemes.
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Militancy Threatens Bangladesh's Economic Growth: Economist Kaushik Basu
Political and religious militancy threaten to upset an economic growth record that could lift Bangladesh into the middle income country category in the next few years, according to World Bank's chief economist Kaushik Basu.
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India Moves Up in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business List
India now ranks 130 out of 189 countries in the ease of doing business, moving up 12 places from last year, according to a World Bank report.
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Who is Kaushik Basu?
Kaushik Basu's resume on his website runs into 25 pages. He has authored 15 books and 160 papers on economics and been on the PhD committee of as many as 47 students. He has also been conferred eight awards and honours, the highest of them being the Padma Bhushan, which he received from the Government of India in 2008.
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Coalition politics has slowed reforms, says Pranab Mukherjee
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said it cannot be denied that some reforms have slowed down due to "pressure of coalition politics." His comments came a day after a controversy over the government's Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu's remarks that economic reforms in India may continue to remain slow till 2014.
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Reforms row: Was quoted out of context, Kaushik Basu clarifies to NDTV
After his remarks on economic reforms in India sparked off a major political row, the government's Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu told NDTV today that he was quoted out of context. Mr Basu had, earlier today, acknowledged that economic reforms may continue to remain slow till 2014.
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Full text: Kaushik Basu's clarification on statement on reforms
Acknowledging that economic reforms in India have slowed down and may remain that way till the next general elections in 2014, the government's Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu said that by 2015 India will be among the world's fastest growing economies.
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Reforms shutdown till 2014? Kaushik Basu's statement sparks political storm
Acknowledging that economic reforms in India have slowed down and may remain that way till the next general elections in 2014, the government's Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu said that by 2015 India will be among the world's fastest growing economies. In Washington to attend the Annual Spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) an...
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"Absolutely, It Was A Mistake": Rahul Gandhi On Emergency
The Emergency - imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi over 21 months from 1975 to '77 - was a "mistake" and what happened in that period was "wrong", Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday in a conversation with economist Kaushik Basu
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"How To Destroy An Economy": Rahul Gandhi's Latest Swipe At Government
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cited figures collated by renowned economist Kaushik Basu - which project India's GDP as contracting the most among a selection of 11 Asian nations, including China - to take yet another swipe at the government
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Make Employment Data Available "Even If Critical": Ex-Economic Adviser
Noted economist Kaushik Basu Saturday urged the government to make available "employment data" even if it is "critical" so that corrective action could be taken.
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10% Quota Law Will Achieve Close To Nothing, Says Professor Kaushik Basu
The new law providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker general category people in education and government jobs was "unwanted" and it could achieve "close to nothing" former Chief Economic Adviser to the Union finance ministry, Kaushik Basu, said here on Monday.
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Slowing GDP Growth Cause For Concern: Ex- Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu
Distress in some sectors of the economy has slowed India's GDP growth, the consequences of which could be "far reaching", former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu said on Monday.
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Lynchings Bad For India's Economic Growth, Says Professor Kaushik Basu
Noted Indian economist Kaushik Basu on Monday served a warning for Indian leaders about the damage the recent spate of lynchings can do to the country's goal of becoming an economic superpower.
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Demonetisation Caused Huge Disruption In Informal Sector: Former CEA Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu said that we often underestimate the effects of demonetisation and it caused a huge disruption in the informal sector, something that the official data doesn't capture
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India On Track To Register Entire Population Using Aadhaar: World Bank
India is on track to register its entire 1.25 billion population using its Aadhaar digital ID, the World Bank said on Wednesday, which it said would help the government to promote the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in its welfare schemes.
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Militancy Threatens Bangladesh's Economic Growth: Economist Kaushik Basu
Political and religious militancy threaten to upset an economic growth record that could lift Bangladesh into the middle income country category in the next few years, according to World Bank's chief economist Kaushik Basu.
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India Moves Up in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business List
India now ranks 130 out of 189 countries in the ease of doing business, moving up 12 places from last year, according to a World Bank report.
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Who is Kaushik Basu?
Kaushik Basu's resume on his website runs into 25 pages. He has authored 15 books and 160 papers on economics and been on the PhD committee of as many as 47 students. He has also been conferred eight awards and honours, the highest of them being the Padma Bhushan, which he received from the Government of India in 2008.
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Coalition politics has slowed reforms, says Pranab Mukherjee
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said it cannot be denied that some reforms have slowed down due to "pressure of coalition politics." His comments came a day after a controversy over the government's Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu's remarks that economic reforms in India may continue to remain slow till 2014.
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Reforms row: Was quoted out of context, Kaushik Basu clarifies to NDTV
After his remarks on economic reforms in India sparked off a major political row, the government's Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu told NDTV today that he was quoted out of context. Mr Basu had, earlier today, acknowledged that economic reforms may continue to remain slow till 2014.
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Full text: Kaushik Basu's clarification on statement on reforms
Acknowledging that economic reforms in India have slowed down and may remain that way till the next general elections in 2014, the government's Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu said that by 2015 India will be among the world's fastest growing economies.
-
Reforms shutdown till 2014? Kaushik Basu's statement sparks political storm
Acknowledging that economic reforms in India have slowed down and may remain that way till the next general elections in 2014, the government's Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu said that by 2015 India will be among the world's fastest growing economies. In Washington to attend the Annual Spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) an...
