January 2014 – Tessellatum

Counting our chickens

January 1, 2021January 9, 2014 by thetessellatum

Agricultural GDP is underestimated due to inaccurate non-cereal data. Written by Neelkanth Mishra | Updated: January 9, 2014 9:41:30 pm This article appeared in the Indian Express (link). It started with a mundane question: what is the chicken population in India? There are glaring inconsistencies in the available data. The National Sample Survey Organisation’s (NSSO’s) … Read more

India’s changing palette

January 1, 2021January 2, 2014 by thetessellatum

Written Neelkanth Mishra | Updated: Jan 2 2014, 02:56am hrs (This was published in the Financial Express: link) In an earlier column in this paper, we pointed out that expectations of a sharp revival in large-scale investments post elections in 2014 are misplaced (Elections won’t trigger revival, December 12, 2013, goo.gl/h3drK6). Middle-income consumption growth is … Read more