Chief Economic Adviser at Express Adda today

Agriculture) Harish Damodaran.

Subramanian’s insight will help illuminate discussion on the Budget, the roadmap ahead, the ambivalence on reforms to the twists and turns en route to the Goods and Services Tax. Last October, he chose Sabarmati, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, to flag the idea of a “universal basic income” scheme. He dwelt on it at length in the Economic Survey, too, suggesting this could well replace the 1,000-odd benefit or subsidy schemes that are currently run by the government.