Leasing Out Assets Worst Option, Kaushik Basu Tells NDTV

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In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Kaushik Basu, Professor of Economics, Cornell University; former Chief Economist of the World Bank and former CEA, says "the broad idea of putting of putting to good use the government's assets is a very good idea, but the way in which the monetisation plan is being worked out is not the way to go. Leasing out the assets is the worst option; it would have been better to sell them."

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