The current debate on the rupee’s fall evokes a sense of d eja vu. Shortly after the rupee crisis of 2013, India was witness to a heated debate between two of its most famous economists: Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati. Bhagwati and his co-author Arvind Panagariya likewise put forth their views in their book published the same year, Why Growth …
Panagariya was responding to a question on what the priorities should be of the government that comes into power when elections end next month. New York: India must focus on the growth of labour-intensive sectors to create decent jobs for the masses as well as give “serious thought” to privatising the public sector banks, eminent economist Arvind Panagariya has said, …
Former NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya said the Narendra Modi government has achieved ‘major successes’ in social sector programmes like the Ayushman Bharat, PM-Kisan and rural electrification. New Delhi: Former NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya has said that the Modi government has achieved “major successes” in social sector programmes like the Ayushman Bharat, PM-Kisan and rural electrification. In an interview …