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T C A Anant

Mint columnist

TCA Anant is a visiting professor at the Institute for Studies of Industrial Development and former chief statistician of India

ARTICLES BY T C A ANANT

To revive the moral essence of Shubh Labh and a civilizational ethos that respects risk and profit, we need a business-friendly environment. (istockphoto)

Can India rekindle the spirit of Diwali in favour of risk-taking enterprise?

4 min read . 15 Oct 2025

India’s GDP estimates are robust, produced by a professional statistical system that makes the best use of available data. (Mint)

Misconceptions mustn’t prevail over the reality of India’s GDP estimates

5 min read . 10 Sept 2025

We must develop a work plan to accommodate the System of National Accounts (SNA) 2025 recommendations in the National Accounts System (NAS). (MINT)

TCA Anant: Improve GDP measurement for a well-rounded view of India’s emergence

5 min read . 27 Aug 2025

The challenge of measuring income is particularly acute in developing countries, where a large portion of the workforce defines itself as self-employed. (Mint)

TCA Anant: A household income survey will be valuable if clarity beats confusion

4 min read . 26 Jun 2025

Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (Pragati), is an e-governance initiative launched by the Prime Minister on 15 March 2015.

TCA Anant: How India’s statistical system could win the ongoing war of narrative

4 min read . 21 Apr 2025

Lack of updated Census data compromises many programmes, both in the statistical sphere and the operation of social welfare schemes. (Bloomberg)

TCA Anant: The budget missed an opportunity to strengthen Indian statistics

4 min read . 03 Feb 2025

In addition to the conversational dimension, the logistics of data collection pose constraints.

Lost in translation: Why pollsters go wrong so often

4 min read . 16 Oct 2024

We see that food inflation in urban areas spiked in July 2023 and has since stayed above 6%.

India's inflation targeting: Base it on reality and not perceptions

4 min read . 21 Aug 2024

In 2018, LTCG taxation on equity was reintroduced, but without indexation benefits.

Get tough: A lenient capital gains tax regime has been distorting incentives

4 min read . 15 Aug 2024

Agriculture is a high-risk profession with small operational holdings.

Tax reforms: India’s agricultural income exemption needs a rejig

4 min read . 18 Jul 2024

The long gap since the 2011 Census has created many problems for statistical work, particularly those using Sample Survey data.

Statistical reform: Suggestions for the new government’s first 100 days

5 min read . 19 Jun 2024

National sample surveys, in order to ensure better coverage of a heterogenous population, adopt a multi-stage stratification approach.

Consumer expenditure survey: Its new methodology is superior

5 min read . 12 Jun 2024

Consumption-based poverty measurement in India traces its roots to a Working Group constituted by the Planning Commission in 1962, which was subsequently re-visited and revised by a task force in 1979.

India’s poverty debate needs to move on: Let’s adopt new norms

4 min read . 15 May 2024

The IHD-ILO repor brings out an interesting and important facet: “the youth unemployment rate increased with the level of education, with the highest among graduates.”

India's youth employment needs close analysis, not casual commentary

4 min read . 11 Apr 2024

ASI data reveals that between 2011-12 and 2021-22, the number of factories increased by as much as 15%.

There's plenty that ails India’s index of industrial production

4 min read . 15 Feb 2024

The PLFS 2022-23 shows an unemployment rate of 10% in the age group of 15-29 years, as compared to an unemployment rate of 3.2% across all age groups.

Indian employment data generates both misconceptions and puzzles

4 min read . 17 Jan 2024

PLFS data gives us another insight into the contribution of the informal or household sector in that it reports average gross earnings. (AP)

India's informal sector may be adding more value to its economy than we know

4 min read . 13 Dec 2023

During 2015-16, as many as half of the commodities for which price data was collected exhibited long periods of negative inflation.

It might be time for India to reconsider its indicator for inflation targeting

5 min read . 15 Nov 2023

The measurement of inflation can be broad or narrow, depending on the range of goods and services covered, or the region for which the measurement is done.

The difficulty of understanding inflation and how it’s measured

4 min read . 12 Oct 2023

Youth unemployment has increased significantly between 2011-12 and 2021-22—nearly doubling.

India’s unemployment challenge can’t be tackled by doles as usual

4 min read . 14 Sept 2023