Fake news and the misuse of official statistics
Governments all over the world resort to spin to present themselves in the best possible light. The boundary between gloss and outright lies can often be blurred. Statistical information is […]
Governments all over the world resort to spin to present themselves in the best possible light. The boundary between gloss and outright lies can often be blurred. Statistical information is […]
A year on the Prime Minister’s Great Idea may have turned out to be a dud Mao ZeDong’s Great Leap Forward [1] has to be the most outstanding example of
Horizon Green (Borivali East) has invalid OC and Inadequate Drainage built without authorization Mumbai, 26th December, 2016: Mumbai Police recently filed FIR against K Raheja’s Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt Ltd.Reason? Violation of Town Planning Act
Mumbai Police recently filed FIR against K Raheja’s Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt Ltd. Read More »
The RBI had removed from its website a transcript it had published of Shri R. Gandhi’s statement about the currency disbursed to the public by the RBI. It was later published as a few bullet points with controversial parts removed as an “edited transcript”
Transcript of Statement made by Shri R. Gandhi, Deputy Governor Read More »
Over the last few days, I’ve had many discussions with various people about going cashless. So far, I haven’t met anyone who applied for internet access if they didn’t already
The government/RBI (it is hard to tell the difference these days) has placed restrictions on the withdrawal of deposits of 500 rupee and 1000 rupee notes made into bank accounts
6 problems with the restrictions placed on the Jan Dhan accounts Read More »
For all the pretty speeches and tears and drama and claims and assurances, the policies of the government have consistently put the poor at a disadvantage. The manner in which
5 ways Modi sarkar is targeting the poor for destruction #demonetisation Read More »
The government began with focusing on fake currencies and black money as the reason for demonetisation. As deposits started rapidly piling in banks and it looked increasingly unlikely that there
The cashless India jumla as an answer to #demonetisation mess Read More »
There is an abundance of claims by the government both about the virtues of demonetisation as well as the duration of the “inconvenience” people have to go through. Here is my
Problems with the tall claims made about demonetisation Read More »