Rethinking India’s Growth Story

Grand Tamasha by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

May 20, 202600:53:24News & Politics

Abhishek Anand and Milan Vaishnav discuss the controversy over India’s GDP estimates, important reforms within India’s statistics ministry, and the debate over the Reserve Bank of India’s policies to defend the rupee. Pl...

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