S Subramanian

S Subramanian
S Subramanian

S Subramanian is an economist who lives and works in Chennai.

The Spirit Underlying Some Recent Proposals for Redistributive Taxation

In an economy characterised by a massively skewed distribution of resources, resulting in undeserved deprivation for the very many and equally undeserved super-abundance for a very few, surely there…
▶02-Jul-2024
S Subramanian
Book
Symposium on 2022-23 Consumption Data

The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23

The 2022-23 NSO survey tells us that welfare, inequality and poverty have improved since 2011-12. Considering all other data and developments of recent years, it would appear that either the 2022-23…
▶03-Apr-2024
S Subramanian
Covid-19

India's Lockdown

If the first option of dealing with Covid-19 by imposing a complete lockdown but accompanied by comprehensive State support is not possible, then we must think of alternatives. Here is an…
▶09-Apr-2020
Debraj Ray, S Subramanian, Lore Vandewalle

What is Happening to Rural Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality in India?

An analysis of the draft NSO report that the Government has decided not to put out shows a deterioration in 2017-18 in consumption and poverty levels in rural India. The reasons may be the…
▶27-Nov-2019
S Subramanian

Poverty in India

Contrary to appearance, measurement of income (or ‘money-metric’) poverty – by failing to be transparent about the assumptions and values informing it – can serve the purpose of apologetics.
▶19-Feb-2019
S Subramanian