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Fountain pens and national ambitions: The forgotten story of India Ink

From the names of pen manufacturers to the minute differences in their makes -Inked in India is a marvellous journey for both the connoisseur and the uninitiated

'Must provide jobs to those not well-educated to go beyond freebies'

Harvard Business School professor Christian Ketels says it isn't useful to think of manufacturing versus services jobs; a range of sectors need to be mobilised for job creation

India will not miss estimated 11.1% FY23 nominal GDP growth: Bibek Debroy

Says country will the milestone assumed in the Budget despite the tense geopolitical situation

India can become an upper-middle-income country by 2047: Bibek Debroy

Indian economy's size will touch USD 20 trillion by 2047 provided the annual average growth is 7-7.5 per cent in the next 25 years, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy said on Tuesday. Releasing 'The Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100', Debroy also said the country's annual per capita income will be over USD 10,000 if the country grows at an average economic growth rate of 7-7.5 per cent in the next 25 years. According to him, India will also be among high human development category countries by 2047. India, which is the world's sixth largest economy with a GDP of USD 2.7 trillion, is currently classified as a developing nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an ambitious target of making India a developed nation by 2047. A developed country is typically characterised by a relatively high level of economic growth, a general standard of living, and higher per capita income as well as performing well on the Human Development Index

EAC-PM's report suggests scheme for urban jobless, universal basic income

According to the report, while growth has taken place in terms of an increase in wages earned, the benefits of that growth have been concentrated and this has marginalised the poor further

Hinduism decoded

In the last many years, Mr Debroy has translated several Hindu epics into simple English prose, even though they were originally written in narrative couplets

BS Awards: Debroy bats for GST Council-like body for expenditure reforms

He said the State Finance Commission's recommendations were not given much attention even as two-thirds of the public expenditure occurred at the state level

BS Awards 2021 highlights: Indian economy should recover well, say winners

The winners of various awards said that while it will take some time to get over the impact of Covid, the economy is picking pace and projections look good

BS Awards: EAC-PM Chairman Bibek Debroy to deliver keynote address

As the year 2021 draws to a close, the Business Standard awards would bring together the highest-achieving companies and their leaders together on one platform

India's GDP is likely to grow at 10% in FY22, says Bibek Debroy

India's economy is moving towards a higher growth trajectory and is likely to grow at around 10 per cent in 2021-22, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister Chairman Bibek Debroy said

Govt reconstitutes EAC-PM for two-year period; Debroy continues as head

According to a Cabinet Secretariat notification, the Council would analyse any issue, economic or otherwise, referred to it by the Prime Minister

Financial sector growth has been slow: CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

He said the Budget has made a significant push towards reforming the financial sector and adding vitality to it

'Decoding' the Bhagavadgita

Book review of The Bhagavad Gita for Millennials

Tracking a forgotten prodigy

Book review of Manmatha Nath Dutt: Translator Extraordinaire

Covid-19 flagged issues with health spends; lack of resources: Bibek Debroy

The EAC-PM chairman Bibek Debroy said it is also important to get data as decentralised as possible

CCI is examining 17 laws for compliance, says chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta

Gupta was speaking on the sidelines of a national conference on the economics of competition law.

Too many laws unnecessarily cause problems, lead to corruption: Debroy

Debroy added there are lots of talks about the economy, education etc but hardly anyone says anything about the judiciary

Railways are on the track to become a more horizontal organisation

The merger of cadres, while it affects only about 12,000 Group A officers, who lead this "army", creates a far larger noise.

Bibek Debroy's translation of the Markandeya Purana animates Devi Mahatamya

The description of how the Shakti was born and how the evil was annihilated towers above the other highly erudite chapters on Yoga, Dharma and Karma

Govt expands PM's Economic Advisory Council; appoints 3 part-time members

A notification by the Cabinet Secretariat announced the addition of Neelkanth Mishra, Nilesh Shah, Anantha Nageswaran's names as part-time members of the EAC-PM