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Meet Arvind Subramanian, chief economic advisor and a professor at heart

Chief Economic Advisor has a freewheeling lunch with Rahul Jacob over food from a North Block dhaba

War of words breaks out between CEA, other members of FRBM panel

FRBM panel disagrees with CEA, a fellow member, on why and how to address deficits

India not politically fixing GDP numbers, says Arvind Subramanian

CSO had also retained the growth projection for the 2016-17 at 7.1%

More outsiders needed in governance, says Arvind Subramanian

Said issue of growing economic disparity between the haves and the have-nots cannot be brushed asid

Banks may have consolidation or more pvt sector ownership in future: CEA

Infrastructure projects needs to look at other forms of financing, rather than from the banks, and the public sector banks should have better governance in future, said Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India. He was commenting on the concerns on the Non Performing Assets (NPA) level in public sector bank compared to lower NPAs in the private banks.Speaking to the students of various institutions after delivering a talk on 'Economic Survey 2016-17: How India Surprises' at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, he said that the anti profiteering clause under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime would ensure that the trade and industry pass over the tax reduction benefits to the customers, and the tax hikes are not passed over to a higher level. Commenting on the bank NPAs, he added, "In future, we could either consolidate the banks or we could at some stage even have more private sector ownership of the banks and less public sector ownership."When analysing .

Boosting private sector investment remains a challenge: Arvind Subramanian

GDP growth for the October-December period came in at 7.0 percent

Why CEA Arvind Subramanian is a fair choice for an extension

As CEA, he came up with ideas like bad bank, Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile, universal basic income

BJP's landslide win can strengthen reform push, says Arvind Subramanian

Nobody was able to predict magnitude of UP election, just as Brexit vote or US election: CEA

Protectionist West can have a big impact on India: CEA

He called 2016 as a watershed year for advanced economies

Wonder whether Air India should 'exist at all': CEA Arvind Subramanian

He adds Air India's performance has improved with competition posed by private players

India's economic, political systems yet to mature, says Arvind Subramanian

He said there is a need to find ways to expedite the process of taking and implementing decisions.

India needs to create bad bank quickly: Arvind Subramanian

He has proposed setting up a public asset rehabilitation agency to fix the balance sheets

BRICS ratings agency may help bypass 'big three' indifference: CEA

Subramanian was speaking on Facebook Live, on the finance ministry's official page

Rating agencies follow 'poor, inconsistent' standards: Arvind Subramanian

S&P had in Nov ruled out an upgrade in the country's rating, citing its high fiscal deficit

GST tax structure to bring down inflation, says Subramanian

He further said that the mood at the GST Council meeting was 'very good' and rate structure was decided on the basis on unanimity

Arvind Subramanian's Twitter account hacked

Obscene comments posted on the site by unidentified hackers

CEA Arvind Subramanian's Twitter account hacked

Subramanian is Assistant Director in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund

With inflation slowing, there is space for monetary easing: Arvind Subramanian

Interview with Chief Economic Advisor

There are no free lunches in this business: Arvind Subramanian

Interview with Chief Economic Advisor

Arvind Subramanian to submit report on incentivising pulses output next week

The report will include the level of MSP, kind of procurement it needs and the implications of this on other crops