“Bharatiya Civil Servants, Economists more Leftist than Political Parties: Amitabh Kant”, Swarajyamag, December 15, 2024:

“Bharat’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant stated on Saturday (14 December) that civil servants and economists in India tend to lean further Left than the country’s political parties.

While speaking at the launch of the book The Nehru Development Model, authored by Arvind Panagariya, Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission, Kant praised Panagariya for his strong advocacy of free markets.

“I have the greatest regard for Dr Panagariya for the simple reason that he is one economist who believes in free markets. He’s got an absolute conviction about free trade and he believes in free enterprise and there are very few economists like him in India,” Kant said.

“I have been a long-time believer that it will not be possible for Bharat to grow at a high rate for a long period of time without free enterprise and many of the things that I pursued in my career were born out of many of his readings,” Kant said……..”

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