PC Mohanan

Some observations on the GDP revision in today's Financial Express

@PIB_India C P Radhakrishnan of Guyana?

Vice-President, C.P. Radhakrishnan of Guyana Calls on Vice-President of India at Uprashtrapati Bhavan Vice-Presidents of India and Guyana Discuss Expanding Partnership Across Key Sectors India and Guyana Reaffirm Commitment to Strengthening Voice of Global South The discussions covered cooperation in healthcare administration and hospital management, agricultural research, and improving connectivity and logistics between the two countries. The leaders also explored potential partnerships in IT, Blue Economy, energy, space, defence, education, biodiversity conservation and climate action Read here: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa… @VPIndia

A short piece on the new Consumer Price Index that appeared in Financial Express last week

If you want to create social change using data and learn what data is and how to use it, this workshop is for you. Data for Social Change Workshop 🕰️ 21–25 February 2026 Sambhaavnaa Institute, Palampur (Himachal Pradesh) | @Sambhaavnaa_ ➡️Details and registration: sambhaavnaa.org/programs/data-… #DataForSocialChange

As 2025 comes to a close, @PrachiSalve11 speaks with @pcmohanan, @parakala, Prof Arun Kumar, and @sinhadipa to understand the current state of India’s data quality, periodicity and transparency, and what that means for evidence-driven policymaking in India indiaspend.com/governance/ind…

More datasets are being released, but clarity hasn’t improved. By end-2024, 16 major Indian #datasets were delayed; 10 have since been published. Experts say the issue isn’t volume—but opacity, weak comparability & shrinking #transparency in the statistical system indiaspend.com/governance/ind…

@mimpful @ProsaicView The Chowringee voters list in English was very useful as I could locate my name for filling up the new SIR form in Kerala.

The 2002 SIR WB list has names written in bengali for some assemblies and in english for others. For instance, the tollygunge area has a bengali list, while chowringhee is in english. It really makes me wonder how they've categorised people.

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@ProsaicView It shows armchair habits don't disappear.

A very weighty retired editor 😑😑

#agrarianchange2025 Meet the Speakers of the FAS International Conference on Agrarian Change! 🌾 Theme 2: The Role of Modern Science and Technology in Advancing Agriculture Rapid advances in digital technology are transforming agriculture and rural livelihoods across the world. But are these advances translating into better lives for the farming population? Eminent scholars will discuss and debate these developments in agri-tech and their wider social and economic impacts at the International Conference on Agrarian Change. Watch this space for updates on our speaker list for the other conference themes.

#agrarianchange2025 Meet the Speakers of the FAS International Conference on Agrarian Change!🌾 Theme 3: Poverty and Standards of Living in Rural Areas Standards of living in many parts of the world remain low, with poverty persisting as a major challenge—especially in developing countries. Experts from different parts of the globe will deliberate on the critical issue of poverty and living standards in rural areas at the International Conference on Agrarian Change. Watch this space for updates on our speaker list for the other conference themes.

#agrarianchange2025 Meet the Speakers of the FAS International Conference on Agrarian Change! 🌾 From today, we begin introducing the key speakers under each theme of the upcoming conference. Theme 1: Productive Forces and Relations of Production in the Countryside Across much of the world, deep class divisions define agriculture, with a small elite owning most of the land while the majority depend on precarious livelihoods. The agrarian question remains central to understanding capitalism’s national and global dynamics, shaped by class, caste, and gender. Experts from academia, policy, and agrarian movements will explore these themes at the International Conference on Agrarian Change. Watch this space for updates on our speaker list for the other conference themes.

An article looking at the state of economic statistics at the sub- national level especially the district domestic product. Financial Express 14.10.25

@Rukmini In a recent paper published in Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 15, no. 1. ras.org.in/growth_of_unor…. we looked at the unorganised enterprise survey data of NSS. The custom tailoring came out as a major activity for women.

🧵Over the last few months, we've been looking deeply into data on India's manufacturing workforce. The closer we looked, especially at data on women workers, the more we noticed one area of work in particular - 'custom tailoring'.

🧵Last week we published this ambitious mapping by @pramit_b and @nandlalsumit of the history and methodology of India's labour force surveys - what has changed, how the data is used, and questions/ debates around the surveys dataforindia.com/plfs-explainer/

A critical look at the Growth of Unorganised Manufacturing in India and its implications for Women Workers using the latest ASUSE data that appeared in the " Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 15, no. 1. ras.org.in/growth_of_unor…

Unorganised manufacturing in India has grown but not in modern sectors. @pcmohanan and Aloke Kar look at the trends in unorganised manufacturing in India, its gender dimensions, and other features: ras.org.in/index.php?Arti….

#Kerala doesn’t make a show of its efficiency. But in our time here, we’ve come to recognise the many invisible ways the state does its job, and in how the people here don’t just hope but expect it to perform. Welfare is seen as a right, not a favour. scroll.in/article/108538… ✍️@econ_aishwarya & @_rahulkamal

Of all the terrible things Donald Trump has said & done as president, d most dangerous one just happened on Friday. Trump, in effect, ordered our trusted & independent government office of economic statistics to become as big a liar as he is. @tomfriedman nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opi…

@MadhuraFAS 2/2 Public Lecture | Is India Food Secure? With economist Madhura Swaminathan @MadhuraFAS 📆 10 August 2025, Sunday ⏰ 4pm–6pm 📍 Science Gallery Bengaluru For details and free registration, please visit calorie.scigalleryblr.org/programmes?p=i… @JahnaviPhalkey