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Concepts Budget Jamia De ning it as the economics of a plate of food in India, the annual report card on the economy stated that the cost of a thali has risen in recent months courtesy an increase in the prices of food items.
Budget 2020 Edited by Sandeep Singh Updated: February 01, 2020 08:36 am IST
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Economic Survey has a chapter termed as thalinomics to explain the concept of in ation.
The Economic Survey for the nancial year ending in March 2020 dedicated a full chapter to "thalinomics", a portmanteau of 'thali' and 'economics'. De ning it as the economics of a plate of food in India, the annual report card on the economy stated that the cost of a thali has risen in recent months courtesy an increase in the prices of food items such as vegetables and pulses. The mention of "thalinomics" in an o cial document was a reminder to the economics fraternity of the time the governor of Reserve Bank of India used the example of "dosa economics" to explain the concept of in ation.
In January 2016, it was then central banker Raghuram Rajan who cited the example of a pensioner buying dosas to explain how in ation works in relation to savings interest rates. He was delivering the CD Deshmukh lecture at New Delhi's National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
"What better way to make economics relate to the common person than something that s(he) encounters every day - a plate of food?" reads the introduction of the chapter, followed by:
Has a Thali become more or less affordable?
Has in ation in the price of a Thali increased or decreased?
Is the in ation the same for a vegetarian Thali as for a non-vegetarian one?
Is the in ation in the price of a Thali different across different states and
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There was a shift in the dynamics of thali prices in 2015-16, according to the 3 Cases Of "Shame" Chants In BJP In Love With "Godse's Sons": Pressure Builds Coronavirus In Parliament For EconomicPakistan, Sur vGaevye, prepared by Mr Subramanian and his team. "Many reform Congress As BJP On PM Modi After Kerala; All Anurag Thakur Padma Shri To A MP Says Gandhi measures were introduced since Budget2014-15 Fails t oT oenhance the productivityStudents Who of the Over "Goli Maaro" Pakistani: Swara Freedom Struggle Excite: Experts Returned From Slogan agriculturBhaskaral sector as well as e ciency and effectiveness of agricultural markets "Drama" China for better and more transparent price discovery," it elaborates.
In the 27-page long chapter on Thalinomics, the Economic Survey discusses the trends in the affordability of the constituents of different thalis (vegetarian vs non-vegetarian) in different parts of the country.
Thali in ation - or the annual rate of increase in thali prices - has shown signi cant reduction after remaining elevated, the Economic Survey states.
What Economists Say
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“Thalinomics is a theoretical construction which selectively looks at certain food items on the vegetarian and non-vegetarian plate and concludes that individuals are actually better off over the last few years. Therefore it is quite a useful indicator of selective food in ation,” Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, CARE Ratings, told NDTV.
“However, this is not quite re ective of the actual price of a thali or plate of food which we cook even at home as all the accompanying costs like transport, fuel, other inputs are not considered. But just like how one de nes a poverty line based on consumption of certain products, this thali too can be looked at in a similar way.”
Krishnamurthy Subramanian was appointed the Chief Economic Advisor of the government in December 2018. He earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business under Raghuram Rajan, who served as central bank governor from September 2013 to September 2016.
Mr Rajan was also chief economic advisor of the UPA II government from August 2012 to September 2013.
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