Panagariya cautions against trade protectionism

Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 16:44

India needs to guard against trade protectionism for sustained economic growth, government think-tank Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Thursday.

IMF team headed for India to get a fix on new GDP method

Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 13:12

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will soon send a team to India to get a grasp of the implementation of the government's new GDP methodology, which has been questioned in certain quarters, including RBI.

Subramanian to head panel to fix data issues

Last Updated: Saturday, May 2, 2015, 11:26

The government has formed a Coordination Committee under chairmanship of Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian to address issues while reporting Government Finance Statistics (GFS) data.

Big reforms not easy in India with multiple veto centres: CEA

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 23:10

India is "a very frustratingly robust democracy" where unleashing "big bang" reforms is not easy given the multiple centres of veto power, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian said Tuesday.

Panagariya takes a jibe at World Bank on climate change

Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015, 15:59

Panagariya was speaking at a conference organised by TERI and attended by international energy investors and experts.

Arvind Panagariya expects economy to grow at 8-10% for 15 years

Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015, 13:53

The NITI Aayog chief added that the country's economy grew by 8 per cent under the earlier NDA government regime and that was sustained for a long period of time.

NITI Aayog to bring integrated energy policy soon: Panagariya

Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015, 13:17

"(We) will have a national energy policy. We are in discussions with our colleagues in different ministries," NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said at a press conference here.

When Rajan and Subramanian got flak at IMF for a leaked paper!

Last Updated: Sunday, April 12, 2015, 15:56

Top financial gurus -- RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian -- got a "little flak" when at IMF, after their research paper on aid by rich nations got leaked to media and created a sensational headline.

NITI Aayog begins mid-term appraisal of 12th Five Year Plan

Last Updated: Saturday, April 11, 2015, 19:46

The NITI Aayog has initiated the mid-term appraisal process of the 12th Five Year Plan, an exercise which has long been followed prior to establishment of the new body that replaced the Planning Commission.

Big-Bang reforms not applicable to India: Arvind Subramanian

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 22:39

Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian Wednesday said big bang reforms are frankly not applicable to a country like India as there was multiple veto centres, multiple decision making centres and was very difficult to pass through a decisive change.

New methodology to estimate number of poor soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 21:47

A task-force headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya will soon come up with a new methodology to estimate the number of poor in the country.

India to encourage non-cash payments: Subramanian

Last Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2015, 13:44

India is working towards policies and regulations that would encourage non-cash payments to effectively tackle the problem of black money, a top Indian economic adviser has said.