Planning Commission

Two-thirds of faculty posts lie vacant in 14,000 ITIs, govt data shows

Only 73,384 posts filled out of 205,635 sanctioned; Andhra tops with 86% posts lying vacant, followed by Rajasthan (84%) and Madhya Pradesh (82%)

Leading economist Abhijit Sen passes away at 72 following a heart attack

Economist Abhijit Sen, a former Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72. "He suffered a heart attack around 11 PM. We rushed him to the hospital, but it was all over by the time we got there," said Dr Pronab Sen, his brother. In a career spanning more than four decades, Abhijit Sen taught economics at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, and held several important government positions including the chair of the Commission of Agricultural Cost and Prices. He was a member of Planning Commission from 2004 to 2014, when Manmohan Singh was the prime minister.

Should purchasing power parity of $3.2 be made India's formal poverty line?

Experts have some reservations about the methodology used to arrive at the number, and that the poverty figures under the existing PPP of $1.9 per person per day have been understated

Montek Singh Ahluwalia: A combination of balance, optimism and resilience

Looking into yesterday while he assesses today, Ahluwalia retains his entrenched belief in India's ability to overcome

The Morning Show, Ep 1: Jet Airway, Indian economy, and the middle class

Is the economic recovery at the cost of the middle class? Will Jet Airways' take-off after a lull be smooth? Is stock frenzy based on irrational exuberance? Listen to this podcast for answers

Did central planning end in July 1991?

Government picking winners is alive and well

The importance of EQ over IQ for politicians

Humility, not hubris, should be the middle name of any Indian politician who wants to achieve his goals

India needs economists to usher in reforms

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, writes Jayanta Roy

Former Planning Commission member Dr Vaidyanathan passes away in Coimbatore

During his lifetime, Dr Vaidyanathan also served as professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies and Centre for Development Studies in Trivandrum

India can tide over worst recession, but govt must be careful: Experts

Montek Singh, D Subbarao were participating in a webinar hosted by Bhavan's SP Jain Institute of Management Research

Invest in trust to promote entrepreneurship

What we observe currently is a dilution of the formal channels of communication, while there is not much evidence of the informal ones evolving

UPA economy doctors' prescription to tide over coronavirus crisis

C Rangarajan, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and Pronab Sen say the present crisis is different from the one then and requires a different prescription

A question of answers

Book review of All the Wrong Turns: Perspectives on the Indian Economy

Flowers for planning

After the dismantling of the Planning Commission, the centre continued to do the same work for NITI Aayog

Advised Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee against Vodafone tax: Montek

Asked for his assessment of Manmohan Singh as PM, Ahluwalia said the view he was weak and vacillating was unfair

Over 200 global economists seek junked NSO report details from govt

Chorus to make junk NSO report public grows

Economics and good intentions

Good intentions are best left to political parties, governments and religious establishments

Bring rigour in economic policymaking

Executing schemes or projects is only one part of the government's work

Certain amendments to RTI Act ordered to make CIC toothless: Jairam Ramesh

Why are these amendments being brought about now? It is very interesting

Was disbanding the Planning Commission consultative panels justified?

ARUN MAIRA
Chairman, The Boston
Consulting Group, India

I am not competent to judge whether or not the