Dear Friends,

I am posting links to select recent articles, discussions and interviews.

Discussion in Hindi on the Electoral Bonds Issue. HindiSatya.com on March 16. https://www.youtube.com/live/aXZXvim0OpM?si=RF4rNTKXPJfoAijt

Discussion on Electoral Bonds and Why SBI wanted to delay giving the data. TV6 https://www.youtube.com/live/of4mjNS58DE?si=xsmc9On0RBGJqQ6G

How Robust is India’s Growth. The Leaflet. March 5

https://theleaflet.in/gdp-data-for-q3-2023-24-the-mystery-of-a-robust-growth/

Nehru’s Contribution to Indian Economic Development. Outlook March 4 https://www.outlookindia.com/national/economic-modernist-to-populist-personalism-how-india-developed-post-independence

Household Consumption Survey: Which Data to Trust. The Wire. February 29

https://thewire.in/economy/household-consumption-expenditure-survey-food-poverty-india-economy

Article in Hindi on Consumption Survey. Hindustan February 28. https://www.livehindustan.com/blog/story-hindustan-opinion-column-another-sign-of-the-country-prosperity-28-feb-2024-9412626.amp.html

Electoral Bonds: No Impact on the Black Economy. The Leaflet. February 22

https://theleaflet.in/black-economy-persists-with-or-without-electoral-bonds/

Interview on Farmers’ protest and Government’s stand. The Lucknow Post

https://www.youtu.be/b-kTvxC8mTc?si=6tM8yyBmgxNhqBKS  

Farmers’ Problem: Solution lies in the Macro. The Wire. February 17

https://thewire.in/agriculture/the-solution-to-farmers-problems-lies-in-the-macro

Interview on Unemployment in Hindi. Caravan Bat Cheet February 16

https://youtu.be/dTtx6ad4gQo?si=1cP4hv7xOYjHO2Ot

White Paper on UPA’s Performance: Biases to the Fore. Hindu Podcast Feb 14

https://www.thehindu.com/podcast/what-the-centres-white-paper-on-indian-economy-says-and-doesnt-say-in-focus-podcast/article67841379.ece

White paper brought keeping elections in mind. BBC Feb 11

https://www.bbc.com/hindi/articles/c1v101w45x7o

Interview on Budget: What it does not say. In HW News Feb 3.

https://hwnews.in/dialogue/dialogue-prof-arun-kumar-this-budget-is-not-about-what-it-said-its-about-what-it-didnt-say/

Talk on the Budget. 4 PM Channel, Feb 2. It is at: https://youtu.be/GQ6lOidD14Q?si=OMPtYoy164oXHlxN

Interview on the Budget and other issues. In Newslaundry, NL Charcha 304. Feb 2, 2024

https://hindi.newslaundry.com/2024/02/03/nl-charcha-episode-304-on-interim-budget-nitish-kumar-u-turn-and-ed-action-against-opposition-leaders

Article on Budget, why it is not the start of Ram Rajya but an Election budget. In the Wire. February 2

https://m.thewire.in/article/economy/union-budget-2024-has-elections-and-not-ram-rajya-in-sight

Panel discussion on the Budget. In HindiSatya.com Feb. 1.

https://www.youtube.com/live/Ouwc7_lNNpI?si=G9iOVmgsikHdSTJl

Panel discussion on the Budget. In News24. February 1, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/live/BJVQoWhn-os?si=WMiBUJtpiUcRCxs2

Article in Hindi on Expectation from the Interim Budget. In Hindustan, January 31. https://www.livehindustan.com/blog/story-hindustan-opinion-column-the-country-has-bigger-expectations-than-a-small-budget-01-february-2024-9269190.html

Article on why the rate of growth is K-shaped and growing inequalities. Leaflet January 31: 

https://theleaflet.in/the-k-is-indian-gdps-reality-why-deny/

Article on Why Ram Rajya will not be liked by the ruling elites. The Wire, 28 January. https://thewire.in/politics/the-ruling-elite-can-create-ram-rajya-will-they

Decoding the Multidimensional Poverty data from NITI. Hindu Podcast January 25. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LitQGdEvioOIcpBuFqMoM?si=LGD5VvHOQPKIdvkkOyeiig

Article in Hindi on Pros and Cons of Bihar scheme. In Hindustan. January https://www.livehindustan.com/blog/story-hindustan-opinion-column-a-bold-plan-19-january-2024-9223596.html

If you have the time and inclination, please take a look at whatever interests you.

Best wishes; Arun Kumar; Retired Professor of Economics, JNU

Blog: arunkumarjnu.blogspot.com