pulapre balakrishnan

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. thehindu.com/news/national/…

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 thehindu.com/news/national/…

"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. epw.in/journal/specia…

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. indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via @IndianExpress

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

Silence on West Asia Has Not Shielded India’s Economy thewire.in/world/silence-…

Sharad Sule and I on why economic policy must shift its focus to employment. indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via @IndianExpress

pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa… 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

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' thewire.in/political-econ…

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. indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via @IndianExpress

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. etvbharat.com/en/bharat/iisc…

Who’s Afraid of Donald Trump? m.thewire.in/article/diplom… My article on Trump's trade war against India.

Raghuram Rajan says India should reconsider Russian oil buys, asks who benefits who is hurt ecoti.in/Ac8TLZ 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.

My article on the Trump tariff on India appeared in The Indian Express today. indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via @IndianExpress

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. indianexpress.com/article/india/… via @IndianExpress

Herewith the link , courtesy IE, to an article on the standard of living in India today by @aman_raj05 and @PulapreB in @indianexpress indianexpress.com/article/opinio… Comments welcome.

@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.

Thanks for your response sir. Sorry, I didn't get what you meant when you say downward trend since there is no reference to 2011-12 equivalent estimates in your calculation. Nevertheless, my point was assuming these as the actual poverty lines, there would be a significant decline from 2011-12 to 2023-24 by 20-25 percentage points.

Your comments would be welcome. ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty… via @Ideas4India

@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

@Pramodph2019 @Saiarav @Ideas4India @Pramodph2019 In our study, we were interested in the standard of food consumption as reflected in HCES 2024. The trend is downward.

@Saiarav @PulapreB @Ideas4India My thoughts on this. One can have other disagreements about the methodology whether an all India price can be used for both rural and urban etc. (typically urban to rural price difference is 15-20% for food). But I was more concerned with the trend. x.com/Pramodph2019/s…