Union Budget of India for the year was presented on 1st of February 2018. The next day there was a session in Pune arranged by Marathi Daily Loksatta and anchored by editor Girish Kuber who is an eminent journalist, economist and author of many best selling books in Marathi including one on "Oil Economy". I... Continue Reading →
जीडीपी, विकासदर आणि “विकास-निर्देशांक”
भारताचे जीडीपी (Gross domestic product or GDP) वाढीचा चा अंदाज नुकताच प्रसिद्ध झाला. आर्थिक वर्ष २०१७-१८ साठी तो कमी करून ६.५% इतका असेल. हा आकडा नवीन मोजणीपद्धती प्रमाणे आहे, जी २०११-१२ च्या सुमारास लागू झाली. जुन्या पद्धतीप्रमाणे हाच आकडा अजून कमी असता - कदाचित ४.५-५%. जीडीपी बद्दल एक सुंदर लेख नुकताच वाचनात आला. जीडीपी हा... Continue Reading →
Books and Lectures: Economics
I am starting this "Books and Lectures" thread to write about good books and lectures that help learning new concepts, subjects. I don't want to list pure academic books (i.e. course material) as far as possible because they are boring and difficult to read. I will try to mention resources that are interesting and/or easy... Continue Reading →
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) – Archive
I just created an Archive on Demonetization - the so-called "surgical strike" on Black Money in India. There was another "masterstroke", a "bold and massive reform" a "game changer" since Demonetization - The Goods and Services Tax (GST). Everything that the current Government does is touted as a Game Changer (I wrote a blog on... Continue Reading →
Demonetization – Archive
Yesterday (8th October 2017) we completed 11 months of #Demonetization; and now we are into the 12th month. We'll complete 1 year of Demonetization on 8th November 2017 and there is bound to be a lot of debate on whether Demonetization was successful or not, and to what extent (and at what cost). I have... Continue Reading →

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