According to Kumar, the objective of the Rs 20 trillion-economic stimulus package announced by the government was to revive aggregate demand and not just consumer demand
Organic or natural farming is the sunrise sector of Indian agriculture, Kumar said, adding exports from this sector have risen significantly and have great potential for growth.
India was not an autocratic country, Kumar said and added that whatever needed to be done had to be within the democratic framework
Rajan's policies on NPAs led to the slowdown in the economy and not the government's demonetisation drive: Congress leader
Reduction in tariff has benefitted 1.2 billion subscribers who on an average spend Rs 108 per month for telecom services
Even the NITI Aayog Vice Chairman has often talked about the legacy inherited by the current government and how it has affected its performance
The Vice Chairman said there were a lot of choices facing India in its journey towards development and urbanisation
In this March 2011 interaction with Kanika Datta, the former NCAER head had suggested the tradition of scholar-practitioners in govt must be strengthened and research made more demand-driven