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EPISODE · Nov 28, 2025 · 42 MIN

India’s Growth Leap: Insights from EAC-PM Member Shamika Ravi | Ep 21 | Growth is Good

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What really pulled 302 million Indians out of poverty?In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia sits down with Dr Shamika Ravi, Member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM), to unpack what the latest data actually says about poverty, growth, inequality and jobs in India.They talk about her journey from development economist to growth thinker, why a famous ultra-poor experiment changed her mind, and why reforms in labour laws and regulation matter so much.Video version available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/riqw6NL0fMg📩 For more research, data stories and episodes, subscribe to the FED newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/fedev.org/creating-100000-jobs-andhras-export-roadmap-and-indias-next-growth-wave-fed-october-newsletter

What really pulled 302 million Indians out of poverty?In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia sits down with Dr Shamika Ravi, Member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM), to unpack what the latest data actually says about poverty, growth, inequality and jobs in India.They talk about her journey from development economist to growth thinker, why a famous ultra-poor experiment changed her mind, and why reforms in labour laws and regulation matter so much.Video version available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/riqw6NL0fMg📩 For more research, data stories and episodes, subscribe to the FED newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/fedev.org/creating-100000-jobs-andhras-export-roadmap-and-indias-next-growth-wave-fed-october-newsletter

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