India’s economic history, told through the stories of its Finance Ministers

How did India’s earliest Finance Ministers shape the economic story of the country? In his new book 'India’s Finance Ministers: From Independence to Emergency (1947-1977)', senior journalist AK Bhattacharya presents a detailed account of the work done by finance ministers in India’s first three decades since Independence. He speaks with episode host Divya Shekhar about how finance ministers like RK Shanmukham Chetty, John Matthai, CD Deshmukh, TT Krishnamachari and Morarji Desai balanced economic considerations with politics of their time, their relationship with prime ministers and other prominent political and economic figures, and how this book can be read in the context of the current political and economic scenario of the country.