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Pronab Sen

Chair, Standing Committee on Statistics
pronab.sen@theigc.org

Pronab Sen is the former Country Director for the India Programme of the International Growth Centre (IGC). Pronab received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University specialising in open-economy macroeconomic systems, international economics and public finance.

Most recently the Chairman of the National Statistical Commission, he has also had positions as Principal Economic Adviser at Government of India's Planning Commission, the first Chief Statistician of India, acting as the functional and technical Head of the national statistical system in India, as well as Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India (2007-2010). As a representative of the Planning Commission he was principal author and coordinator of (a) the Mid-term Appraisal of the Eighth Five Year Plan, (b) the Ninth Five Year Plan, (c) the Mid-term Appraisal of the Ninth Five Year Plan, (d) the Tenth Five Year Plan, and the Mid-term Appraisal of the Tenth Five Year Plan.

Posts by Pronab Sen

The Covid-19 shock: Learnings from the past, addressing the present - II

In the first part of the series, Dr Pronab Sen discussed the performance of the Indian economy during the last two major economic shocks – Global Financial crisis in 2008, and demonetisation-cum-GST...

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The Covid-19 shock: Learnings from the past, addressing the present - I

The Covid-19 pandemic and the containment measures adopted to check the spread of the disease, have caused an unprecedented economic crisis in India as well as the rest of the world. Further, India is...

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कोविड-19 का राज्य वित्त पर प्रभाव

स्वास्थ्य का विषय राज्य सरकारें देखती हैं, इस लिए जब से भारत में कोविड-19 महामारी की शुरुआत हुई, तब से अलग-अलग राज्यों ने वे सारी प्रतिक्रियाएं अपनाईं हैं जो वे अपने राज्य-स्तरीय विधानों के तहत अपना स...

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Covid-19: Consequences for state finances

When Covid-19 pandemic started in India, given that health is a state subject, individual states reacted as best they could under state-level legislations. However, as more than 60% of all economic ac...

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Covid-19: Ashok Kotwal speaks with Pronab Sen

In conversation with Ashok Kotwal on the ongoing economic crisis caused by lockdown to mitigate Covid-19 spread, Pronab Sen breaks down the problem into survival of individuals and livelihoods, and th...

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उनसे ज्यादा अंधा कोई और नहीं जो देखना हीं नहीं चाहते

भारत सरकार के आंकड़ों के आधार पर, भारत के अर्थशास्त्रियों ने और सरकार ने अर्थव्यवस्था की स्थिति को लेकर दो विपरीत आख्यान स्थापित किए हैं। इस पोस्ट में, प्रणव सेन ने इस दो आख्यानों के बीच के अंतर पर प्...

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There are none so blind as they who will not see

Based on Government of India’s own data, the government and the community of economists in India have come up with different narratives about the position of Indian economy. In this post, Pronab Sen...

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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - IV

In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen traced the genesis of the present economic slowdown. In this part, they discuss the way forward to arrest the slowdown. They suggest a ...

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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - III

In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen presented an export-led development strategy employed by successful Asian countries and why India failed on this front. In this part, t...

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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - II

In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen described the generic process of development in a dual economy. In this part, they present the strategies employed by successful Asian ...

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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - I

The Indian economy, one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the last three decades, today shows telltale signs of an economic slowdown. In this four-part series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab...

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डॉ. प्रणव सेन का पी.टी.आई. भाषा के साथ देश की आर्थिक सुस्ती पर साक्षात्कार

भारत के वर्तमान वित्तीय वर्ष की पहले तिमाही के रिपोर्ट आने से यह ज्ञात हो रहा है कि कई कारणों से देश आर्थिक सुस्ती से गुज़र रहा है। इस बढ़ती हुई आर्थिक सुस्ती के ऊपर डॉ प्रणव सेन का कहना है कि देश की सर...

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