S Mahendra Dev appointed editor of EPW – ThePrint – PTIFeed
S. Mahendra Dev
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S. Mahendra Dev
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Prof. S. Mahendra Dev ,
Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Govt. of India;
Former Director,IGIDR; Former Chairman, CACP
Hyderabad, India
Joined January 2015
- After completing my tenure and serving 12 years as Director and vice chancellor of IGIDR, I will be shifting to Hyderabad. Will be joining as Distinguished Professor at ICFAI Business School and also will be Chairman of the Institute for Development Studies, AP.
- Received Distinguished Alumni award yesterday fr I’m Delhi School of Economics. Good to see DSchool and meet friends physically after a few years.
- Yesterday Dr. YV Reddy, former Governor of RBI visited our house at Hyderabad. We discussed on various issues relating to Indian Economy including his experience at RBI.
- In this paper, Piketty and others published in EPW propose a comprehensive wealth tax package and create valuable fiscal space for crucial social sector investments
- Government should have released the data on CES even if it is not a normal year due to demon and GST. It is well known that rural areas were badly affected. What is the guarantee that 2020-21 would be normal year?Abhijit Sen: Scrapping CES means that GDP base year revision will have to wait till 2025. Changing weights in CPI will have to be put on hold.This is usually done every 5-6 years to reflect structural changes in the economy. Important for policy making. m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/con…
- Consumption-based poverty estimates have relevance - The Hindu
- Last week, EPW brought out a special issue on ‘Review of Rural Affairs’. It uses national level secondary data and village studies.
- Jean Dreze and myself showing that eggs can solve the problem of child malnutrition to some extent. At the annual conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutes (IASSI) at BIT, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
- My article on Dr. MS Swaminathan in Business Standard. Swaminathan's advice was not to turn Green Revolution into greed revolution
- It is good news that BCCI has introduced equal pay for India’s men & women cricket players for international appearances. Another glass ceiling is broken. It should be introduced in other sports as well.
- Hunger in many places in spite of bloated godowns with 78 million of foodgrains. Distribute to all with and without ration cards.
- Today’s issue of EPW ( Economic and Political Weekly) is a special issue on Trade policy, FTA ( Free Trade Agreements) and Value Chains. 7 papers analyse the global value chains which are reshaping the trade landscape.
