Mumbai: Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian refused to answer a question on beef ban saying he did not want "to lose his job".
"You know that if I answer this question I will lose my job. But thank you nevertheless for asking the question," he said on Tuesday while interacting with students of the Mumbai University.
He was asked if the beef ban will have any adverse impact on the farmers' incomes or the rural economy, and his reply was met with a round of applause.
"The way you react to social cleavages has a critical impact on economic development. India is a wonderful example. What have reservations done, what have they not done, what has religion done, what has it not done, illustrate the general principle that these things have a huge impact," he had said during a lecture in Bengaluru.
"You know that if I answer this question I will lose my job. But thank you nevertheless for asking the question," he said on Tuesday while interacting with students of the Mumbai University.
He was asked if the beef ban will have any adverse impact on the farmers' incomes or the rural economy, and his reply was met with a round of applause.
"The way you react to social cleavages has a critical impact on economic development. India is a wonderful example. What have reservations done, what have they not done, what has religion done, what has it not done, illustrate the general principle that these things have a huge impact," he had said during a lecture in Bengaluru.
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