Friday, March 10, 2017
Authors Posts by P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram

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Statistics is growth: let’s eat statistics

The Central Statistics Organisation (CSO) is an honourable institution. Dr Pronab Sen, the former chief statistician, and Dr T C A Anant, the current...

Wanted expansion, got contraction

A budget is contextual.  When the new year dawned, some things were abundantly clear. Firstly, the external environment was no longer benign (rising oil...

Muddling through another budget, another year

Budget day has come and gone. Millions of words have been spoken and written since Wednesday. Not many will remember the numbers or the...

Navigating through the do’s and don’ts

Every budget is determined by the context and the context is determined by the circumstances — economic, political and the year in the term...

It is a balloon, it is a kite!

It is the Budget season. The good, bad and ugly (ideas) will be on display. One idea that is in the realm of speculation...

Prepare for ‘slow down India’

There are four engines of growth: government expenditure, private consumption, private investment and exports. Two of the engines — private investment and exports —...

Will 2017 be a happy new year?

We should be happy that the Indian economy, according to the government, grew at an average of 7.4 per cent (new series) in 2014-15...

Cashless economy: A distracting mirage

Every now and then a new word or phrase is introduced into the conversation. On November 8, 2016, it was demonetisation. It was portrayed...

Across the aisle: No jobs, no credit growth, no private investments

Between the gathering storm on the India-Pakistan border and the massive disruption to the economy, Saturday, November 26, passed almost unnoticed. The day marked...

Demonetising notes or demonising cash?

I am obliged to return to the subject of ‘Old Notes for New’ because the hardship and suffering of the people continue. It is...