Chief Economic Advisor Dr Raghuram Rajan has said that forecasting growth around turning points in very difficult and conceded that there is a steady decline in growth, adding that steps need to be taken in that regard urgently. ...
10:20 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan says after the controversial FDI decisions, the government must now focus on banking reforms. ...
08:10 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Raghuram Govind Rajan is the chief economic advisor to the Government of India. Born in Bhopal on February 3, 1963, he graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in electrical engineering. He went on to secure the Master of Business Administration degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1987. He moved to the US and got his doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),...
10:00 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: India will have to devise a strategy to deal with the global economic situation which faces serious challenges, new Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram G Rajan said in New Delhi on Wednesday. "World economy faces very serious challenges right now and India is no exception...I hope that over the coming days, I can help in whatever solution we devise", he said after taking over as CEA in the Ministry...
08:57 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Washington: After the furore over his remarks to a think tank, Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu feels India will see "some important" reforms in the next six months, including on subsidies and may be partial diesel decontrol and FDI in retail. However, he feels the "biggest reform" GST (Goods and Services Tax) may be tougher because it is good and not everybody wants it to happen under the present regime....
03:08 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Kolkata: The recent deflation in food prices is expected to continue for the next few weeks, following which a scenario of low inflation in food prices will be witnessed from February, Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu said on Saturday. "The deflation in food prices could continue for a couple of weeks and in February, we will see low inflation," Basu said on the sidelines of the Amlan Dutta Memorial Lecture...
09:59 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu on Tuesday said the sharp rise in interest rates by RBI was unexpected, but the difficult decision was needed to rein in inflation which is nearing double digit. He said both the Government as well as RBI are working together to check inflation. "We (Ministry of Finance and RBI) are trying to make synchronised move," Basu said, when asked whether the government was...
10:27 PM, Jul 26, 2011
Summers was said to have earned $2.7 mn (over Rs 13.5 crore) in speech fees. ...
07:19 AM, Apr 06, 2009
