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Join journalist Puja Mehra as she breaks down one story to give you all the context you need to understand how it fits into the larger picture of India's economy.
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Global Bond Markets Are Shifting. What It Means for India (opens the original)
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The episode examines how rising government borrowing, persistent inflation, changing bond investors and huge AI-related investment needs are reshaping global bond markets. In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Mehra speaks with Dr. Anoop Singh, economist and Former Director of the IMF. Singh explains why the US Treasury market matters far beyond the United States, why central banks have less control over long-term borrowing costs than many assume, and how the world is entering what
What the Iran Conflict has Revealed about India's Energy Security (opens the original)
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In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Mehra speaks with political scientist and economic historian Rohit Chandra, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy of IIT, Delhi. They talk about what those crises taught India, how the country’s energy system has changed, and what the latest Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption reveal about India’s continuing vulnerabilities. Chandra explains why India was better placed to absorb the latest shock than it was in the 1970s, t
India’s 7.8% Growth Has an Unanswered Question (opens the original)
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India’s latest GDP numbers show the economy growing at 7.8%, but how much confidence should we place in that figure? In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Mehra speaks with economist Rajeswari Sengupta about the complexities of measuring India’s GDP, the latest base-year revision and the methodological changes behind the new estimates. Sengupta explains why India’s large informal economy, limited data, rapid structural change and the absence of comprehensive income data make GDP est
India’s Self-Inflicted Outflows: How Policy Makers Are Driving Away Foreign Investors (opens the original)
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In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Mehra speaks with Ananth Narayan, Economist and Former Whole Time Member, SEBI about the growing interconnections between India’s interest-rate, equity and currency markets—and the unintended consequences of intervening in each of them separately. Narayan argues that the RBI’s aggressive intervention in the bond market, including record purchases of government bonds, has kept interest rates artificially low and weakened the appeal of fixed-incom
The Unintended Consequences Of India's Rural Homes Subsidy (opens the original)
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India has spent heavily on housing schemes, but are we building homes in the places where people actually need them? In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Mehra speaks to economist Dr. Vidya Mahambare, Union Bank Chair Professor of Economics and Director (Research and Fellow Programme In Management) at the Great Lakes Institute of Management in Chennai, about why India’s housing policy needs to be rethought as part of a broader strategy for employment and economic growth. Mahambare
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