Pronab Sen

Who needs GST: Five ways FM Jaitley can thumb his nose at the Congress

The delay in GST could actually jeopardise the 0.9-1.7 percent boost to GDP that the National Council of Applied Economic Research had estimated it would bring.

GDP numbers not flawed, CSO on right track, says NSC chief Pronab Sen

CSO has estimated economic growth at 7.3 percent for 2014-15, slightly lower than its earlier advance estimate of 7.4 percent.

Manmohan Singh must act now to fix India story, say expert economists

The Prime Minister needs to address the country on the economy, investors have to be sent confidence-building signals and India's savings rate needs to improve.

GDP estimates: Why it's now looking worse than astrology

The National Stats Commission chief thinks growth was much higher last year. The FM will be hoping he is wrong, because higher growth in 2012-13 may mean less this year

Interest rate unlikely to ease soon: Pronab Sen

Food inflation, which is in deflation of over 3 percent, will not continue for long and by March-April it would be to 7-8 percent, said Sen.

Budget 2013: Revenue deficit is India's Achilles heel, says Pronab Sen

Among the untargeted subsidies, he would like to see the fuel and fertiliser subsidies being pared down. In the case of food, the cost of holding foodgrain stocks is much more than the actual subsidy, he points out.