Who is Sanjeev Sanyal?

Data shows that around 7.5 million people have fallen into poverty in the past two years. However, this figure may not fully reflect Haryana's poverty situation due to registration limitations

EAC-PM chairman Debroy resigned as Chancellor of the GIPE on September 27, a day after the Bombay HC extended interim relief to Vice-Chancellor Ajit Ranade, who was earlier removed from his post

In FY22 the number of patents granted stood at 34,153 from 82,805 filings and at 30,074 in the previous year from 66,400 filings

India needs to resist efforts by some Western ratings companies to push ESG norms on emerging markets even as PM Narendra Modi's government is committed to zero out greenhouse gas emissions by 2070

According to Sanyal, therefore, India needs to continue to be very vigilant

The "government has not intervened anywhere," Sanyal, a member of prime minister's economic advisory council, said in an interview in New York

The ship will be about 20-metre long, will have no GPS and would be similar to the ships made in ancient days when India had close connections with Southeast Asia via maritime trade, he said

Global agencies such as the International Monetary Fund and the World bank, for instance, have forecast India's growth will be 6.1% and 6.0%, respectively, next fiscal

India is following an "investment and export-driven growth model" and against the backdrop of "turbulent" global times

Addressing an event organised by the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry, Sanyal said India is the fastest-growing major economy and its economic growth rate will be twice of China

Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Sanjeev Sanyal has said that 'open-ended' freebies should be 'discouraged' as the amount can be utilised for building infrastructure

Former P&G CEO Das, who proposed the idea, said this individual should be a leader who would coordinate among different entities to raise competitiveness of the economy

"Taking all these measures into account, I think that we are broadly in a good situation economically and will be able to keep inflation under control in the medium term," he added

'There are a lot of claims about how important the sector is, but nobody really knows. So it's only when we begin to tax it will we get the scale of it', he said

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The government will take a balanced view on the issue of regulation of cryptocurrencies as they have implications on the country's financial stability, Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal said.

He also said the government will not shy away from creating new public sector entities where ever required.

Weak contract enforcement is the "single biggest hurdle" for economic growth and Narendra Modi government will be focusing on legal and administrative reforms, a senior finance ministry official said

Sanyal says ministry's assessment of inflation remains on a par with RBI's

The economy is slowly getting back to normalcy as the number of Covid-19 cases is declining, he said