Surjit Bhalla @surjitbhalla Twitter profile

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Surjit Bhalla

6 months

Election 2024 is here and there is speculative dancing in the street. For a preview of what might happen, and much much more, check out How We Vote

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Surjit Bhalla

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5 years

Sorry Rajdeep I have watched most English news channels what you are saying can easily be classified as fake news

Rajdeep Sardesai

@sardesairajdeep

5 years

In the imagination of many news channels, it appears as if every Kashmiri Muslim is deemed a terrorist.. it's a shocking, unforgivable demonisation of a community. For god sake, are we journalists or jingoists? Wake up to your conscience ahead of TRPs please..

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Surjit Bhalla

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4 years

The pandemic has affected (motivated) journalism in India - no one is afraid of propagating fake news-this @BT_India chart shows Indian GDP YOY -23.9 % vs. US QOQ -9.5 % - like with like, as honest journalism should be, the US is -38 %- But who will tell bell the @BT_India cat?

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4 years

India is NOT at war with itself - The old elite is at war with the poor, the middle class, the professionals, and the new elite

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@PostOpinions

4 years

India cannot afford this inflammability, @BDUTT writes

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5 years

Some professional news: I have been appointed as Executive Director of the IMF for a period of three years. Thanks to all my well-wishers (and the critics) over all these years.

Govt appoints Surjit S Bhalla as Executive Director for India at IMF

Surjit Bhalla earlier served as a member of the prime minister’s economic advisory council but resigned earlier this year.His appointment has been cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet...

www.livemint.com

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4 years

That is a very important "context" you have provided - is the logic that any flag, sacred to any religion, should can be hoisted at the Red Fort and "as per NDTV" it will be "supported"- please clarify b'cos I am sure you don't mean to support the act

Sreenivasan Jain

@SreenivasanJain

4 years

As per NDTV’s @ghazalimohammad , the flag hoisted by protestors at the Red Fort is sacred to Sikhs, seen outside gurudwaras where it is called the Nishan Saheb. It did not (mercifully) replace the tricolour, which remains aloft at the Red Fort at an elevation.

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5 years

Fake Analysis with a heavy does of ideology; Parle "chimed in and said jobs were at risk for as many as 10,000 of its workers." Parle sales GROWTH declined by 2 %,from 9 to 7 %, about same as inflation decline, & profit growth 21 % yoy;When will media shelve pursuit of ideology?

Shekhar Gupta

@ShekharGupta

5 years

Columnist @andymukherjee70 writes: “Indians unable to buy Rs 5 biscuits shows how badly wages are suppressed”

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@surjitbhalla

4 years

Yes, and in order that the correct vaccine be developed, the wise women should go talk to a covid patient

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@_sabanaqvi

4 years

I request many of the wise men who opine on farm laws nightly on TV to just go to border and meet farmers. They are very articulate and clear in their thinking. #farmers

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4 years

This can't be right-hope I am wrong-but is Prof. @kaushikcbasu , former CEA under INC, actually taking two decade end-point years, both outliers, and constructing a hypothesis to fit? Is there anyone else in the world, for any country, using 2020 as a stable indicator of a trend?

Kaushik Basu

@kaushikcbasu

4 years

India’s growth has collapsed from over +10% in 2010 to around -10% in 2020. This is so rare, observers worldwide are puzzled. My hypothesis: There’s evidence that growth depends on not just economic policy but on trust in society. The rise of divisiveness & hate is eroding trust.

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4 years

India turns out to have one of the largest stimulus packages in the world, contrary to much opposite speculation, especially in Indian media. Also the only country, so far, to institute major economic reforms in response to COVID

PM Modi has used COVID crisis to reorient India towards reform, long awaited destiny

No matter how the calculation is done, India is a positive fiscal stimulus outlier; by IMF-PT calculations, the stimulus is close to the largest among major emerging market economies.

indianexpress.com

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

This is not a tsunami, not a wave - it is a earthquake - shaking the foundations of what we thought determined voting - like caste, dynasty; the Lutyens elite is vanquished it is now Down Under because of the Earthquake

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@surjitbhalla

6 years

are you saying a liberal is a liberal regardless of his/her views as long as that view includes anti-Modi; what is teh difference between you and an authoritarian fascist? Just asking

nikhil wagle

@waglenikhil

6 years

Nothing wrong in liberals supporting Raj Thackeray this election. Raj has become voice of anti-Modi brigade. Opposition leaders including Rahul failed to do that. Raj has occupied that space. Only time will tell if Raj has changed his stripes or not!

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5 years

I challenge you @drshamamohd to show me any document, or newsclip, or even hearsay evidence where I have said that the economy is not slowing down-I even said on TV that U don't need an economist to tell you that economy has slowed down;what other fake news have U peddled?

Dr. Shama Mohamed

@drshamamohd

5 years

#GDP falls to 5% in Q1 from 5.8% in the new method, that means considering the old method it is 3 %! Then you have pseudo economists like @surjitbhalla who says economy is not slowing down! Shame on Bhalla who is lying to the Indian people !

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@surjitbhalla

4 years

how does that line go : "When will they ever learn"

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@iAnkurSingh

4 years

NDTV during UPA explaining how Contract Farming is beneficial for farmers. Now it has become 'Kaala Kanoon'

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4 years

Possibly beginning of end of many reputations of epidemiologists (& journalists?) across the world who bet the ranch on COVID explosion, especially deaths;naivete, ignorance, or bad political calculation? Unfortunately, world paid a heavy price for the miscalculation

Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳

@KanchanGupta

4 years

On 21 March 2020 I had promised @BDUTT I'd reply to her tweet on Independence Day 🇮🇳 2020. As of now 2.46 million #COVID19 patients in #India of whom 1.75 million have recovered, 48040 have died. NOT 300 million to 500 million cases and 1 million to 2 million deaths by July-end.

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

5 years

And for those of us born post-independence, Savarkar was not even in the history books;

Tavleen Singh

@tavleen_singh

5 years

Compared to what Savarkar and other revolutionary freedom fighters endured in prison, Gandhi and Nehru’s prison terms were just rough boarding schools. Reading Savarkar’s two recent biographies I am constantly astounded that they survived.

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Surjit Bhalla

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5 years

Are you saying that Nehru and Congress were right wing governments? As you well know, India was way behind other developing countries in the first 50 years post-independence; For most of the time Congress was in power; why did it hold back education? Right-wing authoritarianism?

Kaushik Basu

@kaushikcbasu

5 years

Poorly-educated masses is the major source of strength and support for right-wing governments. Hence, through history, when right-wing governments come to power you can guess what happens to the quality of education in the nation.

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5 years

Liberals, please react and let us get some discourse going

Pratheesh Viswanath

@pratheesh_Hind

5 years

Dear @AmitShah @smritiirani . This is happening in Kerala. See the atrocity CPM labour union CITU showing towards a woman who chose to work ignoring the strike initiative. This is how Kerala lost indusries and our youth forced to work abroad. @sgurumurthy @rajeev_mp @republic

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5 years

Please read and retweet this important thread - 259 tweets documenting the fact that crimes against individuals is not limited to Hindus against Muslims - there are many reverse crimes as well ; let us not politicise crimes - rather work towards swift justice

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6 years

Rumour going around that UPA had higher growth; therefore no policy paralysis; "new" GDP data does not change reality that macro-economic INSTABILITY was highest under UPA-highest inflation ever, highest center+state fiscal deficits, highest corruption & highest policy paralysis

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5 years

Earthquake Modi :Before we get to what the @narendramodi govt will do next, imperative that we understand what did happen in India in 2014-2019 & what might have led Modi led NDA to win with highest % ever (>=48.2) in any election in India-my attempt

This election was about past record of Modi government and expected performance

The stage has been well and truly set for the next generation of economic reforms. There is no going bacK and the people believe Modi and trust Modi to deliver. That is why this election was about...

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5 years

In 1957 Nehru won 7 more seats than 1952 - Modi appears to have won 21 more seats - except for sympathy wave sikh pogrom 1984 this is by far the biggest @AdvaitaKala

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8 years

Big difference between Modi's expenditure plans & socialist populist plans of past;interest rate rebates if you invest, not loan waivers!

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4 years

It has long been known that beef consumption is one of the easiest things to cut for the benefit of climate - Let us see if the western world co-operates

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4 years

Let's eat less beef.

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6 years

Jan ki Baat, in a few short years, has established a reputation as a very credible pollster - @pradip103 presented results of his extensive polling yesterday on @republic ; The first opinion poll to suggest a comfortable 300+ margin for the NDA - We all await 23rd May !

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4 years

Long overdue labour reforms argued by every serious economist (& serious policy makers & #HLAG ) for the last 40 years are finally happening-kudos to state governments (& central) for taking this step-we will all be surprised by tepid opposition; the bluff has been called-Finally!

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5 years

Times Have Changed - even @BBCWorld stoops to Fakenews to grab eyeballs - Is the competition that strong or is BBC really dead (with apologies to Simon and Garfunkel)

Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳

@KanchanGupta

5 years

#FakeNews on #India by @BBCWorld

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5 years

Obama:Some on the Left have weaponized political correctness to shut down debate, stifling legitimate arguments."This idea of purity, & you're never compromised, & you're always politically woke, & all that stuff, you should get over that quickly”.Wisdom for all, especially India

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@surjitbhalla

4 years

Except to the (knee jerk ideological) blind, it is obvious to everyone that far reaching economic reforms are being undertaken in India

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4 years

The end of Inspector Raj in India’s IT sector Why yesterday's announcements are radical.

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4 years

Stop the protests! 2018 article by @PSainath_org documents relationship between politicians, arhtiyas & poor farmers in deep debt to arhtiyas; Must read for policy makers & all those supporting "poor" rich farmers & their passionate middlemen supporters "

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6 years

Cannot recall hearing 3 very good news about economic reforms in just 2 days. Maharashtra junking APMC regulation (make no mistake - this is mega reform & sure political winner),record jump in ease of doing business, & GST crossing 1 trillion. Still expecting trolls to find fault

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Surjit Bhalla

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6 years

The first of two articles on Congress's minimum income guarantee scheme; There is no other way to say it — Congress’s ‘expert’ formulation of a ‘unique’ concept of minimum income guarantee is intellectually embarrassing and deeply flawed.

Congress confused over NYAY; scheme cutoff nothing but updated Tendulkar formula

Congress consulted extensively with economists to define minimum income for NYAY—-all it did, really, was to update the tendulkar poverty line to today’s prices

www.financialexpress.com

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

5 years

Arundhati Roy in her book on dams in 1998 said that millions of people displaced by dam construction in India were living in situation worse than Nazi concentration camps - she is probably the first one to let her one-book fame license her to spread Goebbels propaganda

Saad Mohseni

@saadmohseni

5 years

What an ill informed and moronic statement by someone who should know better

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Surjit Bhalla

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6 years

just for research, when was Raghu critical of UPA except in summer of 2013 when economy had hit below rock bottom and he was brought in to rectify it - at that time, even the Pope was critical - but when beside that?

Rupa Subramanya

@rupasubramanya

6 years

@TheJaggi @TVMohandasPai He has a right to talk in whatever capacity he wishes.He was critical of the economy/jobs situation even during the UPA when you were lapping it up in your columns, but let's face it back then he was useful to you,not anymore.Your response has zilch to do with your original claim

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Surjit Bhalla

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5 years

Very tricky move by Gehlot government, and really far from great - - what happened to Freedom of Expression ? Free Speech? Free Views and all that Jazz? Oh, I forgot the mantra is as one popularized by Khrushchev - What is mine is mine (views), what is yours is negotiable.

Dr. Shama Mohamed

@drshamamohd

5 years

Now traffic fines for car stickers indicating religion, caste, & political party affiliation in Rajasthan. Why do people need to display castes or religion on cars? This only fans communal flames. This is a great move by the @ashokgehlot51 govt.

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Surjit Bhalla

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4 years

The problem with the web is that there is no place to hide anymore ☺️

Nupur J Sharma

@UnSubtleDesi

4 years

Even as NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar continues to rant against new Farm Laws, he had argued for similar reforms in 2015: Read details

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

5 years

Repeat: Not a single mismatch so far. Looking for the nutting nawabs of negativism to come out and defend their irrational moments

Yashwant Deshmukh 🇮🇳

@YRDeshmukh

5 years

Almost 1/3 rd of total VVPAT counting is over, and not a single mismatch so far. Repeat: Not a single mismatch so far. Now waiting for a 100% result of VVPAT counter-check to come in the same way, and trust me, i am going to celebrate THAT result more than anything else.

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Surjit Bhalla

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5 years

The govt needs to be congratulated for beyond BIG TIME reform; history would likely judge it to be equal to if not bigger than 1991 reforms -a govt that makes correct policies for all and for India - thank you @narendramodi and thank you @nsitharaman

Pradeep Bhandari(प्रदीप भंडारी)🇮🇳

@pradip103

5 years

A big booster to the economy. Corporate tax rate slashed by @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman . This step will further send positive signals, and aid in boosting demand. The govt of @PMOIndia @narendramodi listens, & is proactive to the needs of the people. We now have apt rates.

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

7 years

Thanks to all for support (including the critics!) hope to provide inputs to help Indian economy and working with EAC and @bibekdebroy

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

6 years

Economists world over have talked about the elusive nature of inclusive growth - @TVMohandasPai documents how @narendramodi has delivered; will be a text book example in years to come for all nations; A succinct must read summary -

Here’s how PM Narendra Modi transforming India

For the five-year term of the BJP-led NDA, India’s GDP is estimated to grow by over `76 lakh crore, with a relatively lower inflation, fiscal deficit, and CAD.

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Surjit Bhalla

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6 years

Have not seen it but if the Ganga is cleaner by even 33 % the Modi government should really adverize it better one thought this was at all possible

Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳

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6 years

Spent three peaceful, happy days in Varanasi with my Loyola School class mates. What struck me the most: 1. The ghats of Banaras have never been so spotlessly clean. 2. Ganga looks pristine. Achieving both goals in less than 5 years must have been a Herculean task. #Varanasi2018

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4 years

20-50 years ago, anti-poor policies were defended with the invocation "I begin in the name of the poor"; today, there is no polite pretense-old elite has taken all masks off - open support for rich farmers, benefitting at the expense of the poor farmers

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Surjit Bhalla

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6 years

Lot of funny interpretations going on about the income criteria of 8 lacs - please can we just understand one simple fact - 8 lacs is Household income; tax criterion of 3 lacs is Individual incone

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Surjit Bhalla

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5 years

Some leading left &/or Congress economists r saying that Big Bang tax reform is only a supply side measure and does nothing for the demand side-all the economics I have learnt says that tax cut leads to more money in pocket and greater demand-Please help-am I wrong or LC's wrong

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Surjit Bhalla

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4 years

On the new, and old farm laws in India; Embarrassing but never has so much "liberal" support been given to a pampered rich elite group of farmers -

Protesting farmers are arguing for the perpetuation of colonial rule

Surjit S Bhalla writes: A minuscule minority of farmers is protesting against the farm laws. They don’t want an end to the system that has benefited them.

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

2 years

Argumentative Indians love to debate-Fortunately, with release of NFHS data there is now NO debate that Multi-dimensional poverty declined faster, much faster, 2011/21 (& 2015-21) than between 2004/11. Poverty improvement inclusive of data on nutrition.

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6 years

Faking encounters to implicate non-Congress politicians: I hope liberal intellectuals, in media and elsewhere, will respond to Sohrabuddin & CBI under INC - no mea culpa expected but at least acknowledgement that maybe life and liberty wasn't liberal perfect prior to Modi's BJP

Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳

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Remember the fake studio-simulated videos telecast with impunity during primetime by TV channels? The 'white beard-black beard' stories? The tub-thumping shrill commentary? Two cowrie journalists became stars. Their maliks couldn't stop counting the cash. #MSM disgraced itself.

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5 years

It is just fantastic that the govt has got into big bang reforms Modi 2.0 - and this was also a recommendation of of the HLAG report for the ministry of commerce which I had the Honor and privelege to chair

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4 years

This is structural change as Modi 2.0 is continuously providing & building on Modi 1.0. Decade 2014-2024 will be remembered for when India graduated from its misplaced "socialist" policies & started emphasizing concrete delivery of benefits over "in the name of the poor" rhetoric

PMO India

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The public sector is essential but at the same time the role of the private sector is also vital. Take any sector- telecom, pharma- we see the role of the private sector. If India is able to serve humanity, it is also due to the role of the private sector: PM @narendramodi

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Embarrassingly bad and ill-informed article - I thought the critics were supposed to have good "bench-strength" but they can't even get basic facts about GST right - Is this just Cambridge Analytica or is there more?

The truth behind Modi government’s “all is well” GST narrative

www.newslaundry.com

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

5 years

I objected to national anthem being played in movie theatres and I similarly object to it being "milked" for political goals, goosebumps or no goosebumps

barkha dutt

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At the stroke of the midnight hour, the national anthem. Goosebumps.

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Surjit Bhalla

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4 years

As you know, this issue has been publicly debated for at least the last 40 years-How long can we keep publicly debating? Ii interests of public debate, a list of reforms that were not rammed through would be most useful to all

Tavleen Singh

@tavleen_singh

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The farmers agitation on the borders of Delhi comes as proof that reforms even good ones cannot be rammed through. They have to be publicly debated with those whom they affect most.

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3 cremation sites in Gujarat,1 each UP, MP & Bihar; "meticulous" gathering, but only in BJP+ states? 0 in Maha, Delhi or Kerala, states with the largest rate of infections? last 30 days, Maha is reporting (per case) only half as many deaths as Gujarat @karanbhasin95 @jburnmurdoch

Subramanian Swamy

@Swamy39

4 years

A friend meticulously collected this from media named and sent it to me. Govt must confirm or deny

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6 years

Article is based on verifiable facts - something rare in India - so article is after my own heart and mind! Let the facts win ( @thesuniljain )

Demonetisation is a success and the naysayers have got their facts completely wrong

So let us again rewind the declared aims sought to be achieved and analyse each one independently. | OpIndia News

www.opindia.com

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

5 years

Two days left before a reality check - Until then an update to my #CitizenRaj forecast for BJP and INC alone; 300 for BJP alone is well within reach - for that to happen, West Bengal will have to deliver for BJP

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Surjit Bhalla

@surjitbhalla

2 years

An equal argument can be made that British colonialism was responsible, because they "gave" us railways and we economists know that infrastructure is critical for growth.

Kaushik Basu

@kaushikcbasu

2 years

If anyone gets credit for India overtaking UK’s GDP, it’s Narasimha Rao & Manmohan Singh’s govts. India’s growth spurt from 1994 & even faster growth from 2005 made this inevitable, despite the sharp slowdown since 2016. It’s like a relay race won inspite of the last runner.

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Surjit Bhalla

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6 years

A bit disingenuous no? Rupee was 4.75/$ in 1947 what you have said can be said of all. The fastest and largest decline of 50 % was under sonia gandhi UPA!

Salman Anees Soz

@SalmanSoz

6 years

What no government could achieve in 70+ years, Modi ji has done within 4 years. The rupee has hit a lifetime low of 69.05. #WahModiJiWah

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Surjit Bhalla

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6 years

Number crunching may want to include the proportion of yadav-dalit vote that typically votes for BJP - it is not zero

Rahul Kanwal

@rahulkanwal

6 years

47 seats in UP have combined Muslim-Yadav-Dalit population exceeding 50% of voters on that seat. This means despite Balakot, SP-BSP alliance poses single biggest threat to PM Modi’s re-election campaign. @IndiaToday Data Intelligence Unit crunched numbers.

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I saw the interview and I was personally embarrassed how a senior professional was treating a youngster with a much better psephologist record than him! Even if your record was not good, no way to treat professionals - no class

Pradeep Bhandari(प्रदीप भंडारी)🇮🇳

@pradip103

6 years

When all my points proved better than Mr Yogendra Yadav's point he started taunting -"inko inki bhavishavani vani mubarak" My response- " I do analysis, prediction after speaking 2 thousands on ground unlike lazy Delhi predictions". @surjitbhalla @ndtv @narendramodi

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Got an opportunity to share a copy of Citizen Raj and The New Wealth of Nations (NWN) to Hon'ble PM @narendramodi . His policies emphasize the deep understanding within the govt. of how education is the NWN and successful democracies are all about good governance or Citizen-Raj!

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Surjit Bhalla

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6 years

An objective summary and listing of social sector achievements by the Modi govt - tragically, and shockingly, never mentioned by the so-called liberals; indian liberals are the new Left

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@desiboho

6 years

The Modi govt is being dissed for being "anti women" by liberals. Here's a thread on all the progressive initiatives of this govt that have directly or indirectly helped and will help Indian women across regions, religions and income levels in the last 5 years and times to come.

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@surjitbhalla

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It is okay - why should we fret about this - @INCIndia has a right to fire people they don't agree with - poor guys were out of power for 15 years

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@ndtv

6 years

Jabalpur school headmaster suspended over comment on Kamal Nath

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

And still support demonetization 😀

INDIA is my hope

@JacquelineDsou4

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This man supported Demonitisation !!

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@surjitbhalla

8 years

. @ArvindKejriwal is right - Goa and Punjab did create history today - by making AAP history

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@KanchanGupta

8 years

It's scary to think that thousands of his fans have gone to bed believing AAP has indeed created history in Punjab and Goa.

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6 years

I don't know if I am in a hopeless minority of one in my forecast that BJP will end with a razor thin majority on its own in 2019, but I do hope that I will be close to the actual result on May 23rd - a psephologist lives with fingers crossed till judgement day

Westland Books

@WestlandBooks

6 years

“He’s unconventional, he contrarian, he takes an unusual position and when he starts, he’s a hopeless minority of one...”says @arunjaitley about author of #CitizenRaj @surjitbhalla at the book’s launch in #Delhi

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

How come hacking did not happen in Dec 18 or karnataka April 18 or most famously in Bihar and Delhi 2015 ; the fact that Delhi media laps this up shows their sad state of intellectual dishonesty

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@thesuniljain

5 years

Now that the combined Opposition has said the EVMs have been captured/tampered with, you'll have charges of this being a rigged election. All of this with no real proof. Quite sad, the allegations being made. First, they raised issue of hacking, again without proof, now this 😡

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5 years

How much did mainstream media (MM) cover this - at least of the same importance as some of the other news MM rushes out to cover, No?

Sunil Jain

@thesuniljain

5 years

He spoke about 100+ BJP workers being murdered, polling agents being arrested, bomb blasts to keep voters from voting ... we've read all of this in bits and pieces ... it's like a totally different India we're talking of ... quite frightening

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@surjitbhalla

4 years

Don't know the source but this graphic should be widely circulated - to farm protesters and impressionable climate activists

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@Keshav_Equity

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

I am afraid, @TheJaggi , the answer lies in your question - But agree it is sad, terribly sad - but my sadness has decreased over the years - we can confidiently say that for over 99 % of intellectuals, psuedo or othrwise, Arundhati Roy is a non-entity

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@TheJaggi

5 years

Something seriously wrong with Arundhati Roy that she can speak lies so confidently without fear of challenge. And why are journalists who listen to such rubbish not questioning her claims?

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5 years

My 2nd & last article on @arvindsubraman method of evaluating over-estimation of Indian GDP-would not have spent time if he not ex-CEA; see what happens when his method is applied to 89 countries; Germany over-estimates GDP most;& other weird results 😔

The most off-track of them all

Arvind Subramanian’s method of estimating GDP suggests that Germany over-estimates and Brazil under-estimates it the most. India is only a mild outlier.

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@surjitbhalla

4 years

There is a fallacy here - in the assumption/statement that farmers are not supporting the new farm laws - I agree some 200,000 rich farmers, primarily in Punjab, will get hurt; should policy be dictated by the richest few farmers?

Mohandas Pai

@TVMohandasPai

4 years

How do you get farmers on board if they stick to saying that all the 3 farm laws should be repealed first? @kiranshaw you cannot negotiate saying that your way is the only way!Govt has agreed to amend sections on which farmers are concerned!

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4 years

Must read:"All of India would be labelled as cheats & narrative would be pushed-with generous help from sections of Indian elite-that the much lower deaths in India are because the numbers are “fudged”.Why is it that the sections of Indian elite are always the same defeated ones?

Nilesh Shah

@NileshShah68

4 years

Brilliant Article.

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4 years

Reforms must and will continue, and growth will accelerate - Many pointers in @nsitharaman 's Budget ; In FE and IE

Sitharaman has faced down critics to unshackle India’s economic growth story

Surjit S Bhalla writes: What is even more remarkable is that the good budget came in the year of the farmers protests.

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@surjitbhalla

6 years

Given innuendos & falsehoods emanating from @thewire & @_CMIE surrounding my article, I propose that @mkvenu1 or anther economist of @thewire to moderate and participate in a joint meeting of us 3 to be published. This is an open Challenge which I hope the parties will accept

The Wire

@thewire_in

6 years

The head of CMIE has accused Surjit Bhalla of distorting and “dishonestly presenting” its nationwide employment survey

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@surjitbhalla

6 years

Whether it will pass the constitutional test or not remains to be seen; in the meantime let us not call it an upper class quota when it is not

Shekhar Gupta

@ShekharGupta

6 years

Modi govt’s 10 per cent quota for upper caste poor doesn’t stand the test of Constitution Anurag Bhaskar @anuragbhaskar_ , Harvard Law School writes:

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@surjitbhalla

6 years

I have often disagreed with @sgurumurthy but I agree with him on demonetization ; and I believe history will record his appointment on the RBI's governing board as the most inspired

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6 years

All must welcome the choice of @DasShaktikanta as RBI governor; he is a knowledgable seasoned and mature policy expert ; monetary policy will become understandable again

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@surjitbhalla

6 years

This is true and has to do with the fact that blind-support for the INC comes primarily from the old elite, whose wings have been cut by the Modi and BJP led developments over the last 4.5 years

Pradeep Bhandari(प्रदीप भंडारी)🇮🇳

@pradip103

6 years

The irony of the narrative in India is that even if an individual gives numbers honestly, just manages to say that @BJP4India is not routed in #RajasthanElections2018 , gives a range in #MadhyaPradesh , #Chhattisgarh is personally abused. Only predicting INC is hailed.

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4 years

Why does Modi remain abundantly popular? Partly b'cos of the existence of condescending, patronizing elites who think of others as deplorables. Many of us will have to hunt for a dictionary "by the elites and for the elites" to make sense of this one!

At 70, PM Modi has come to represent the spirit of the times

You yourself have imbibed most of your deep insights into human nature, not at Oxford or Cambridge, but in India from your seasoned, kind and wise mentors of the Sangh Parivar.

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@surjitbhalla

4 years

That must have been said about 45 years ago - and so true for India for all these years - wonder what she would have said witnessing beyond gentleman farmers, pleading for more subsidies and supported by a willfully blind elite who are now powerless

Abhijit Majumder

@abhijitmajumder

4 years

One of the most brilliant, pragmatic and visionary speeches by Margaret Thatcher. Puts the issue of gratuitous farmer subsidies in context. Do watch. (Thanks @karanbhasin95 for putting out the video)

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

The world will invest and @nsitharaman 's economic move of shock and awe will increase investments, growth, and welfare of all Indians

Bhavesh Lodha

@bhav2406

5 years

Big Bang Tax Cut: India Now Has One Of The Most Optimal Corporate Tax Rates In World. It is reduced to 22% from 30% By @karanbhasin95 via @swarajyamag

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@surjitbhalla

3 years

The unfortunate role of political ideology in what passes for intellectual discourse cannot be overstated; Reality and history would have been different (will be different) if "eminences" had indeed been less careless about their interpretations and conclusions

Dr. Vikram Sampath, FRHistS

@vikramsampath

3 years

Amusing to see the microscopic scrutiny & questions on sources that my works r eliciting despite copious notes & references that I'm happy to share. If a fraction of such scrutiny had been done of works of "eminences" our historiography wouldn't be in the state that it is today!

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

Is @thewire_in known for objectivity - My own personal experience says not - glad the "other side" is finding out on its own ; the "secular" elite did not believe my complaints ; maybe now, with one of their own, they will

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

Over time this will be considered a Big Bang reform if not immediately congratulations to @nsitharaman for making history

Dr Arvind Virmani (Phd)

@dravirmani

5 years

One of the most important recommendations of tax economists, implemented. This will apply to new companies moving #SupplyChains to India. Three cheers 👏👏👏to @nsitharaman and @pmo 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

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@surjitbhalla

7 years

Given the well known and well advertised bias of the Economist in post Sonia gandhi India I would take the economist slap as very good news

Rana Ayyub

@RanaAyyub

7 years

The Economist editorials on Modi government are a slap in the face of the India story

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@surjitbhalla

4 years

Australia wasted a lot of balls playing Bodyline - and they got their just well deserved desserts

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@surjitbhalla

6 years

Tax revenues went up deficit went down and roads were built etc; plus growth maintained despite two severe drought years ; zilch you said? And inflation rate reduced ; still zilch?

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

Very very unfair to single out French-Left economists for NYAY-many leading Indian economists including Abhijit Banerjee & Rajan helped design NYAY program-as I have written before, it was a terrible design. It bombed not because it was not communicated well, it was bad Period.

Shekhar Gupta

@ShekharGupta

5 years

In 10 weeks across India during the campaign, I didn’t find one likely beneficiary who understood NYAY. Happens when you have a clumsy scheme designed by French-Left economists trying to game the poorest Indian voter.. My 12 reasons for Modi landslide...

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4 years

Swaminomics on farmer agitation - among several facts "Punjab farmers have huge political clout and extract massive subsidies invisible to the public" "the farm agitators surrounding Delhi are lakhpatis in annual subsidies and crorepatis in assets" "

Farmer agitation: Use iron fist in a velvet glove

The agitating Punjab farmers can be painted as saints or sinners. On the one hand, they spearheaded the Green Revolution in the 1960s when India was starving, helping India become not just self-s...

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4 years

Indian cricket has come a long way; all welcome the Supreme Court getting into agricultural policy because if it had not been for the SC actively setting the rules for Indian cricket, we would not be the best team in the world; so thank you SC for transforming IND cricket #think

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5 years

Interesting piece by @BDUTT where she contends that vote and popularity of Modi is because , reluctantly, people are voting for Modi because "aur kon hai"; wonder if electoral historians would describe Nehru's popularity thus ? Or Indira in 1971 or 1980?

Opinion: Lack of a national alternative means advantage Modi

Well beyond all the usual reasons offered by pundits for why the BJP may do well — the Balakot strike, nationalism, hindutva, machismo, the party’s deep pockets, polarisation — there is one bigger...

www.hindustantimes.com

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4 years

Interesting times - a new low for hypocrisy, lies, and fork tongues every day

Akhilesh Sharma

@akhileshsharma1

4 years

“किसानों को उनकी पैदावार की सही कीमत तभी मिलेगी जब वे बिना किसी बिचौलिए के अपनी पैदावार सीधे शहरों तक पहुँचा सकेंगे”: यूपीए अध्यक्ष सोनिया गांधी राजकोट में 3 अक्तूबर 2012 का भाषण

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5 years

Just to make explicitly clear-I did NOT resign from PMEAC in protest-I had best of relations with @bibekdebroy & other members of PMEAC & the govt; I still work with PMEAC, when invited; I thank PM Modi and PMEAC for a very rich experience; sadly, for personal reasons, I resigned

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@surjitbhalla

6 years

He is trying to be India's version of Khrushchev - what is mine is mine, what is yours is negotiable

Shazia Ilmi

@shaziailmi

6 years

While Rahul Gandhi wants to uphold the SC decision on Alok Verma he disbelieves SC on Rafale! He blames EC when he loses and believes EC when and if Cong wins! 😂

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6 years

1/3 It seems Cambridge Analytica is at work again, thru their favorite mouthpieces.The new policy on reservations has the following criteria: Annual income < Rs 8l; farm land less than 5 acres; home smaller than 1000 sqft; it is for economically weaker sections,as it should be

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@surjitbhalla

5 years

Well researched and brilliantly argued by @TVMohandasPai with all the facts on the table - on what has happened to EFFECTIVE corporate tax rates in India over the last five years - a must read for all interested in growth, taxation, and tax revenues

Reduce corporate tax to achieve $ 5 trillion economy

The Receipt Budget 2019-20 reveals that a small number of companies, 373, with profits before taxes (PBT) of `500 crore and above, contributed 52% of CT in FY18 and 16.35% of CT was contributed by...

www.financialexpress.com

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@surjitbhalla

6 years

The two comments together @shekharkapur and @PandaJay should be jointly read to comprehensively understand the problems India is facing. Sad - very sad.

Baijayant Jay Panda

@PandaJay

6 years

And don't forget those who not only treat the other side as more credible, but actually lionise their leaders, even demanding a Nobel Peace prize for those who tolerate, train, fund & patronise terrorists...

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6 years

Reality of jobs in India ? What we do know is that the latest NSSO PLFS data on employment is not the go to source to gain knowledge or understanding; paradoxically, our understanding will improve if the government were to release the flawed data

Is India’s unemployment really at a 45-year high? Here’s what data reveals

Indian institutions are operating with the same mindset and technology and outlook that the pioneers did 70 years ago. But the world, and technology, has moved on. Not us, though.

www.financialexpress.com

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@surjitbhalla

4 years

One message is that we should all become lawyers now - no need for other disciplines - From a nation of shop-keepers to a nation of lawyers - that is progress #Think

Sunil Jain

@thesuniljain

4 years

If agitating Punjab farmers don't go back home once SC suspends @narendramodi farm laws,will SC ask its police to force them out of Delhi? Oh wait, SC doesn't have its own police force! & if farmers or govt don't agree to panel reccos? Will India be run by SC's panels now? #THINK

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We have fake news; I discuss something far more dangerous - fake commentary by respected scholars ( @AshokaMody , Raghuram Rajan) on important economic outcomes and policy; this needs to be called out;

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