From saints to scientists, CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian digs deep into mankind’s vast knowledge pool in Economic Survey 2021
Krishnamurthy V Subramanian, chief economic adviser (CEA), takes recourse to wisdom spread over millennia from the Upanishads to Aristotle, from Gandhi to Einstein, from Subhashita to Thiruvalluvar and Tagore, to reinforce policy choices.
Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy V Subramanian. (Twitter @BrookingsIndia)
Literature has much more to offer than odes, elegies, and poems. Sacred texts are not just about intangible moralising. Words of saints and philosophers, seemingly abstract, can offer profound insight into current day challenges.
From the Upanishads to modern literature, from Mahatma Gandhi to Albert Einstein, from Subhashita to Thiruvalluvar, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Krishnamurthy V Subramanian takes recourse to mankind’s continuum of knowledge base spread over millennia to reinforce contemporary policy choices and rationales in the Eco