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

‘People vote on the basis of what has helped them the most and who has helped them the most'—author & economist Surjit Bhalla Surjit Bhalla tells Shekhar Gupta in #ThePrintOTC Stay tuned for the full episode tonight at 7 pm

With #elections in full swing, @bdutt talks to economist & Author Surjit Bhalla on what matters to the voters and what his new book 'How We Vote' forecasts for both #BJP and #Congress. Full show: youtube.com/live/YUWf0VKgj…

Almost 11 months after a Sikh extremist’s killing, Canadian police have arrested three of the five suspects. In the 1985 Air India bombing that killed all 329 on board, Canada failed to bring a single suspect to justice, despite identifying Canadian Sikh terrorists as the

Correct. After Modi came to power, science just withered. ISRO landed a space craft on the lunar south pole by using magic. The digital revolution was brought about by playing carom. An indigenous covid vaccine was made in record time by regularly tweeting BS. #KuchBhi!

If you want to learn on how not to conduct an interview by frequent interruptions and using provocative language to rile the interviewee, please do watch #karanthapar interview with Surjit Bhalla. Badgering the guest seems to be Karan’s style. Sad.

Given the considerable interest in job creation in India, here are some stats from ongoing work: Total Employed Workers in India (NSS/PLFS/Labour Bureau Data) by Usual Status (Age>=15) 1999: 403 Million 2004: 470 Million 2011: 484 Million 2014: 497 Million 2022: 582 Million 27

This has been in the works for a while (jointly with Tirthatanmoy Das and Surjit Bhalla sir)! More substantial discussion on the employment question in Surjit Sir's recent book - How We Vote amazon.in/How-We-Vote-Fa… 2/2

Some interesting findings on unemployment rates in India over the last twenty-odd years (joint work with Karan Bhasin & Tirtha Das – NSS, Labor Bureau,PLFS) India has a lower unemployment in 2022 than in 2014 (Usual status >=15 years) 1999 : 2.3 2004: 2.3 2011 : 2.1 2014 : 3.4

Enjoyed this interview - interesting format - now wait till June 4th

Watch the final episode of #BattlegroundOnNDTV with Sanjay Pugalia (Sanjay Pugalia) at 8 pm. On the show, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar (Dr. S. Jaishankar), TeamLease Vice Chairman Manish Sabharwal and IMF Former Executive Director Surjit Bhalla (Surjit Bhalla) discuss how India's

As we await the results .....time to think of Lenin "What is to be done"

Interpreting Election 2024 - Introspection is the buzz word - livemint.com/opinion/online…

Earlier this year jointly with Surjit Bhalla we analyzed the HCES 2022-23 and found a substantial decline in consumption inequality in India. brookings.edu/articles/india… The recently released HCES 2022-23 report confirms the same.

Much confusion has been cleared on evolution of poverty in India. Recently released HCES22-23 data confirms the elimination of extreme poverty in India and the need for a higher poverty line. Bottom line - India experienced substantial inclusive growth over the last decade.

BJP’s communications team is so hopeless that it still hasn’t been able, 10 years later, to nail the lie propagated by the Opposition that Modi said he’d put Rs 15 lakh in every Indian’s bank account. That for the mathematically challenged is equal to Rs 2,250 lakh crore (Rs 15

A very important research publication titled "Poverty in India over the last decade" published in the Economic and Political Weekly Economic & Political Weekly by Dr. Surjit Bhalla, former Executive Director at IMF, & Karan Bhasin. Bottom line is Significant Poverty Reduction in the Last

Centre needs to lower Interest Rates and cut tax to boost the Indian Economy Watch: youtu.be/axuvc4Un6yI | #BTBudgetRoundTable2024 #FY26Budget #DirectTaxCode #RBI ICICI Direct Surjit Bhalla | Karishma Asoodani

I am really looking forward to present my findings on taxation (deservedly a hot topic after the Budget) in front of distinguished experts And all in time for hopefully reform of personal income tax rates in the February Budget?!

I hope my seminar @CSEP tomorrow will shed some light on the thorny issue of direct tax reform.