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Covid-19 flagged issues with health spends; lack of resources: Bibek Debroy

The EAC-PM chairman Bibek Debroy said it is also important to get data as decentralised as possible

CCI is examining 17 laws for compliance, says chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta

Gupta was speaking on the sidelines of a national conference on the economics of competition law.

Too many laws unnecessarily cause problems, lead to corruption: Debroy

Debroy added there are lots of talks about the economy, education etc but hardly anyone says anything about the judiciary

Railways are on the track to become a more horizontal organisation

The merger of cadres, while it affects only about 12,000 Group A officers, who lead this "army", creates a far larger noise.

Bibek Debroy's translation of the Markandeya Purana animates Devi Mahatamya

The description of how the Shakti was born and how the evil was annihilated towers above the other highly erudite chapters on Yoga, Dharma and Karma

Govt expands PM's Economic Advisory Council; appoints 3 part-time members

A notification by the Cabinet Secretariat announced the addition of Neelkanth Mishra, Nilesh Shah, Anantha Nageswaran's names as part-time members of the EAC-PM

Govt reconstitutes EAC-PM till 2021, Bibek Debroy retained as chairman

Sajjid Chenoy, India economist at JP Morgan is the new part-time member

EAC-PM may be formed again for 2 more yrs; Debroy may continue as chairman

The other current members are Rathin Roy of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and Ashima Goyal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

States need to jack up growth, India is not in 5% trajectory: Debroy

Asserts there is significant volatility in India's GDP growth, citing examples of rate being less than 5% in one quarter, and going up to 7% in the very next quarter

The PMO should tell its economic advisers to be more discreet - or quit

Members on the PM's Economic Advisory Council are entitled to their views on the economy but they aren't really free to express them while staying on the council

PNB scam fallout: Probably some PSBs no longer need to exist, says Debroy

Banks are not under the Companies Act but the Bank Nationalisation Act and as such, government equity has nothing to do with government control

Economy on the right track, govt reforms showing results: Bibek Debroy

"India is on the right path to become one of the fastest developing major economy in the world surpassing China," Debroy

From Aadhaar to anti-Romeo squads, Bibek Debroy sums up 2017 in limericks

Debroy has come up with "The Book of Limericks", a compilation of hilarious five-liners on economic issues, citizen's concerns and major happenings

Aim is to move towards three-tier GST: Bibek Debroy

GST collections slowed in September and October at Rs 92,000 crore

PM forms Economic Advisory Council; Bibek Debroy appointed chairman

Surjit Bhalla, Rathin Roy, Aashima Goyal, Ratan Watal will be part-time members

Bibek Debroy may take over as PM's economic advisor

Debroy is expected to have a role and responsibility similar to the erstwhile chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council

The foreign hand: Bibek Debroy tweets a limerick to counter 'weather vane'

Debroy's limerick comes after Rajiv Kumar criticised foreign influence in Indian policy making

India long way off from ideal GST structure, says economist Bibek Debroy

Debroy says it would have been much better if it had lesser number of tax rates

Scrap all production subsidies: NITI Aayog's Bibek Debroy

Move was necessary to clean up the system, said Debroy

Bibek Debroy: Bridges too old, but without heritage status

CAG reports highlight delays in rehabilitation of old bridges