Ever since the Government started inducting a high profile academic as its Chief Economic Adviser, the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament a day before the budget has become a vehicle for presenting the CEA’s vision of development and policy priorities. Under Arvind Subramanian, more of a quant than many others, the Survey has also presented some very interesting data-based analysis to shake us out of lazy preconceptions about the Indian economy. But Subramaniam was, is and will continue to be a very active participant in the debates that are the current rage amongst policy economists and the economic commentariat.
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