Abhay Sharma 🇮🇳
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@abhay2000s
Seeking a higher indifference curve • @iitdelhi • International Economic Policy @ColumbiaSIPA
Having just become the world’s 5th largest economy, India is now in a crucial phase in which it will soon become the 3rd largest. Then, 2 of the world’s 3 largest will be developing countries and 3 out of 4 largest in Asia.
"Many in the west believe that spending will save the economy in the wake of Covid-19. @APanagariya argues debt must be kept under control if economies are to survive the crisis, and that India is showing early signs of getting it right." [July 2020] iai.tv/articles/spend…
With 14 medals including 7 Golds (of which 5 were won by women athletes) and a Gold in Greco Roman after 32 years, India's performance at the Cadet (U-17) World Wrestling Championship has been the best ever. India has also topped the medals tally. Congrats to our contingent.
For the record, I supported Demonetization when I was NOT YET CEA. I've always formed my views using empirical evidence even if it meant standing alone based on my courage of conviction. So, to help evidence-based assessments, putting out a #Thread on #EvidenceOnDemon 1/12
Congratulations to Abhay Sharma MPA ’22 @abhay2000s — the recipient of this year’s Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service.
Congratulations to Abhay Sharma MPA ’22 @abhay2000s — the recipient of this year’s Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service.
Took Air India from New York to Delhi. What a change—extremely friendly and courteous cabin staff. The flight even arrived an hour early. They do need newer aircraft but understandably that will take time. A big privatization success story in the making.
With a heavy heart, IRTSOA mourns tragic demise of Sri Yadavendra Singh Bhati, IRTS'18 who met an accident while on duty organising work at Amlai station in Madhya Pradesh. IRTS fraternity expresses deepest condolences to his wife and family in this time of grief. ॐ शांति ।
Those days, we thought of the neighbor’s phone and car as public goods. So it was perfectly legitimate to give the neighbor’s phone number to friends and to ask the neighbor to lend their car in case of emergency!
