Praveen Chakravarty, Senior Visiting Fellow at IDFC Institute interviews Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog for BloombergQuint. In the interview the VC stresses the need to improve business and agriculture to make India globally competitive. On stimulating the economy, Kumar notes...
In this Live Mint article, Karthik Sashidhar examines the underlying dynamics that inform the calculation of Inflation statistics in India. He argues that, "The weights attached to different product groups for the purpose of calculating the inflation rate present a fascinating pi...
In a Forbes article, IDFC Chief Economist Indranil Pan pegs GDP rise at 7.7 percent for the current fiscal. Excerpts below:
"... Pan says he is 'cautiously optimistic' about India’s growth story. 'This is the best year for the government to get the house in order. I...
The Reserve Bank of India recently announced measures to cut the repo rate cut by 25 basis points and ease lending norms for affordable housing.
This Hindu article explains:
"... The listless real estate sector has been facing a liquidity crunch, and the b...
