Ashwani Mahajan
Ashwani Mahajan | |
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| National Co-Convenor Swadeshi Jagaran Manch [1] | |
| Preceded by | Muralidhar Rao |
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| Residence | New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Ramjas College, New Delhi (B.A) Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi(M.A) |
| Occupation | Economist, Professor |
Ashwani Mahajan is the National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), an Indian political and cultural organisation. SJM is affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh.
Biography
Mahajan worked as an author and columnist. He is a Associate Professor at PGDAV College, Delhi[2]. Mahajan is Chief Editor of Journal of Contemporary Indian Polity and Economy since 2011. Mahajan is also a Visiting Professor and research guide at Pacific University, Udaipur and Mewar University. He works as a researcher and activist on World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international trade agreements, he has attended three ministerial conferences of WTO held at Geneva, Bali and Nairobi, as representative of Swadeshi Jagran Foundation, which is an accredited NGO with WTO.[3][4]
Author
Mahajan is a writer on the economy of India. In 2014, he co-authored Datt & Sundaram's Indian Economy. Mahajan has published a number of articles in various national dailies and periodicals including Deccan Herald, The Statesman[5], Pioneer, The Excelsior, The Economic Times (India),[6] Business Today, Organiser, Dainik Jagran (Hindi), Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi), Amar Ujala (Hindi) and Hindustan (Hindi). He has also published a number of research articles journals including Economic and Political Weekly,[7] Mainstream, Indian Economic and Almanac.
Publications
- Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy with Gaurav Datt, (2014, revised 2016, S. Chand Group) ISBN 9789352531295 Search this book on
. [8] - Bhartiya Arthvyavastha with Gaurav Datt, (2015, S. Chand Publishing, in Hindi) ISBN 9789385676444 Search this book on . [9]
Politics
Policy intervention
As National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch he has been instrumental changing in economic policies. His policy interventions include withdrawal of controversial ordinance on land acquisition,[10] getting field trials of GM crops policy revisited, FDI policy of the government especially retail trade and e-commerce.[11]
Views on development
A critique of globalisation, he believes that GDP growth-centric philosophy of development does not suit India. According to Mahajan, the mindset of the policy makers in the world and in India has to change, as development is not what they think is development[12] [13]. Staunch follower of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, he believes that need of the hour is to adopt the Indian philosophy, aimed at generation of jobs and equal distribution of opportunities, as enumerated by Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhaya, ideologue of RSS and the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party. According to Mahajan, every successive government in India has focused on increasing growth rate. But they did not think much about generation of employment and equality. Focus of policy making has to be whether the lives of people are improving or not. For this we need to go to the development model of Deendayal Upadhyay, which is steeped in humanism and based on empowering people by way of providing avenues of employment, especially by promoting entrepreneurship, small scale sector and decentralisation[14]. This model talks about the last men in the queue and favours integrating growth with employment generation[15].
He has been critical of foreign direct investment and ready to use therapeutic foods.[16][17]
References
- ↑ "Swadeshi Online official site". Archived from the original on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ↑ http://du.ac.in/du/uploads/Notifications/26122014ELECTORALROLL-AC-EC_2.pdf
- ↑ https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc9_e/swadeshi_jagran.pdf
- ↑ https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc10_e/swadeshippmc10_e.pdf
- ↑ https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/wto-s-future-in-an-insular-world-1492032826.html
- ↑ "Should New Delhi turn away aid?". www.indianet.nl.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Making a Show: The Black Money Bill". Economic and Political Weekly. 50 (23). 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "Indian Economy By Gaurav Datt". www.schandpublishing.com.
- ↑ https://www.schandpublishing.com/books/higher-education/economics/bhartiya-arthvyavastha/9789385676444/
- ↑ "'You can't build concrete jungles on agricultural land'".
- ↑ "'FDI drains India's resources'".
- ↑ "'Nation building can't be done by people on sabbatical'".
- ↑ "Present economic policies corporate-centric: RSS affiliate".
- ↑ "'What kind of growth is it when 90% of population is out of it?'".
- ↑ http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/bring-equality-for-steady-growth/
- ↑ ""We Want A White Paper On Costs And Benefits Of FDI"".
- ↑ "SJM wants fresh cooked food to fight malnutrition in kids".
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