Research

1. "Four Facts on Inclusive Growth in India" with Surjit S Bhalla. March, 2025. 

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2. "Labor Markets in India: Measurement in Times of Structural Change" with Surjit S Bhalla and Tirthatanmoy Das. June 2024. 

3. "Poverty in India over the last decade" with Surjit S Bhalla. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 59, No. Issue No. 28. 

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4. "Indian Inflation Expectations: An Analysis Based on 271,000 Households, 2008-2022" with Abhiman Das and Kajal Lahiri. December 2023.

5. "Macroeconomic Effects of Formal Adoption of Inflation Targeting", with Surjit S Bhalla and Prakash Loungani. IMF Working Paper No. 2023/007, January 2023.

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6. "Pandemic, Poverty, and Inequality: Evidence from India", with Surjit S Bhalla and Arvind Virmani. IMF Working Paper No. 2022/069, April 2022.

To access media coverage, click here. A blog post on the need to raise India's Poverty Line is available here. A detailed contribution to an Ideas for India symposium can be accessed here. Poverty Rates by states and detailed poverty lines can be provided on request.