pulapre balakrishnan

Citizen economist.

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

Why Kerala Needs Satheesan to Walk the Nehruvian Talk https://t.co/6BHuER03bs
The article looks at the immediate actions of Chief Minister V.D Satheesan who scored a significant electoral victory.
The /link to the article is https://t.co/h16vEkfgls

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

My piece on the state of the economy is published in the Express today.

https://t.co/KGG3FSSgsW

The link to the article is https://t.co/wCZSqbXhG2

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The people of Kerala will remember this with gratitude, Chief Minister. On ecological grounds, the government should also scrap plans for an airport and a rail line serving Sabarimala. Malayala bhoomi is not for monetisation.

https://t.co/51N3kYcQBq

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

To be useful, the panel must clarify whether Kerala
is being denied its financial entitlement by the Central government. Malayalees want to know!

Kerala’s UDF govt. forms expert panel to prepare White Paper on State finances https://t.co/Dgu9Qwt7Df

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

"The Thali Index" by Aman Raj @aman_raj05 and myself, 'EPW May 16, estimates the proportion of Indians whose food-consumption expenditure would afford them 2 thali meals per day, taken as a measure of the standard of living.
https://t.co/8k1VETkmLi

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

My piece with Yashwanth A.V., on the implication for south India of the defeat of delimitation bill in parliament is published in the Indian Express today.
https://t.co/aYPY7gVMT4 via @IndianExpress

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Ripening paddy in Palakkad District. In spreading this scene across Kerala, LDF and UDF have their task cut out.

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Silence on West Asia Has Not Shielded India’s Economy https://t.co/Gy3M3SCqb0

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Sharad Sule and I on why economic policy must shift its focus to employment.
https://t.co/RyD0geUlqF via @IndianExpress

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

https://t.co/Ic6oH4QxNq
In 1994 K. Pushpangadan and I published the first estimates of productivity in Indian manufacturing using double-deflated value added. Delighted that the methodology is finally reflected in India's national income estimates. @epw_in @SureshB58033065

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

My observations on the construct "Hindu rate of growth" referred to recently by the Prime Minister has appeared in 'The Wire'.

The Curious Case of the 'Hindu Rate of Growth' https://t.co/h1dIKDxUtt

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

My article on what India's political parties need to do to walk their talk on women's empowerment has appeared in the Indian Express.

In Bihar, Nitish and Tejashwi are talking about women, but neither is including them in governance.
https://t.co/vHmhnelGkL via @IndianExpress

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

Surveillance does not promote science. There are no working hours for thought. Isaac Newton was thinking even in the apple orchard! Over regulation will set India back. There must be social audit @MinScTechGoI @PMOIndia of the proposed practice at IISc.

https://t.co/dONOniuFRW

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Who’s Afraid of Donald Trump? https://t.co/sw42UVUev1

My article on Trump's trade war against India.

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Raghuram Rajan says India should reconsider Russian oil buys, asks who benefits who is hurt https://t.co/I8ucT63DHs via @economictimes

Not buying Russian oil at America's behest would be to yield to a discriminatory arrangement whereby Europe is spared and India is penalised.

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

My article on the Trump tariff on India appeared in The Indian Express today.
https://t.co/Gsw838ZaBO via @IndianExpress

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

R.I.P., Meghnadbhai, the brave and compassionate economist. Generations of Indian students in England drank of your wisdom and love. May flight of angels sing thee to thy rest @kishwardesai1.
https://t.co/yY0INQcYh4 via @IndianExpress

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

Herewith the link , courtesy IE, to an article on the standard of living in India today by @aman_raj05 and @PulapreB in @indianexpress
https://t.co/dn5RCaxTam
Comments welcome.

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

@Pramodph2019 @Saiarav @Ideas4India The trend in the thali index of food consumption is not in the article. But we know that it is downward, for we have computed the index for 2011-12 separately. As I said in my last reply to you, we were interested in a measure of the level of consumption in 2023-24 @aman_raj05.

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

Your comments would be welcome.

https://t.co/xceYIEymVF via @Ideas4India

[pulapre balakrishnan @PulapreB]

@Saiarav You're right, it is "between 30 and 40 percent of the population" who could not afford 2 vegetarian thalis, not "40 percent" as stated.
However, why should 2 meals of rice/roti, paruppu and subzi daily not be considered the consumption standard for India? @aman_raj05
@aman