Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, has said that selecting the Old Pension Scheme instead of the New Pension Scheme is a bad idea. He noted that the New Pension Scheme (NPS) is adaptable and can be adjusted to accommodate any issues that may arise. Speaking to news agency ANI, … Read more
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who was Deputy Chairman of the erstwhile Planning Commission of India during 2004-2014, tells Shantanu Nandan Sharma that the economy is clearly recovering from the depressed levels of 2020-21. But he adds, “The critical question is whether, after the recovery next year, will we only get back to the growth rate of … Read more
Plato, in Euthydemus, complains that the philosophers known as the sophists are indifferent to what is actually true or false, but are interested only in winning arguments. In other words, they are no different from our modern political class on the current agriculture reforms, where many of them are only trying to spread bovine faeces … Read more
Isher Judge Ahluwalia with husband Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Express photo) Customs nomenclature now follows a harmonised system (HS). Earlier, there used to be Indian Trade Classification (ITC). That’s on trade. For industry, there was/is National Industrial Classification (NIC). Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) used to have a Foreign Trade Bulletin (FTB)—a bulletin, not a … Read more