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Building Blocks of the Indian Economy — 80 episodes

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1

The Union Budget - lots of Josh, not much Hosh.

2

India's cities need a freedom struggle.

3

Who is the boss of Mumbai?

4

Meet the Chief Minister's 25 million new sisters.

5

Why is the Government of India in so much debt?

6

Will the Government of India be in debt, forever?

7

Just how smart are India's cities?

8

Money flows into India's taps. How much water flows out?

9

India's free lunch costs $25 billion.

10

India's $20 billion Fertiliser Addiction

11

How much does it cost to keep rural India poor?

12

How much does it cost to keep India so unhealthy?

13

The Indian Teacher - the Goose that lays the Golden Egg?

14

The Indian Railways Jugaadu Economic Model

15

Would you like to build a road in India?

16

Jai Jawan, Jai Rafale?

17

Does India even need tariffs anymore?

18

GST - the Good & Simple (but still quite complicated) Tax.

19

Who pays income tax in India?

20

The mysterious case of India's magical corporate tax cut.

21

The Mad Mad World of Indian Venture Capital.

22

NRI is bigger than FDI.

23

Viksit Bharat will have Viksit Pensions.

24

Let Indian Insurance Companies Start Buying the World.

25

India's Shadow Banks are not so Shady.

26

Will Indian banks learn from the (quite recent) past?

27

Who is responsible for India's deposits crisis?

28

No More Cash, No More Corruption?

29

There is No Such Thing as a Free UPI.

30

The Reserve Bank of India has not lost its Independence.

31

What will the Russians do with all their rupees?

32

Could George Soros crash the Indian rupee?

33

Why India needs a stronger rupee.

34

Who wants the Indian rupee?

35

India's Biggest Casino - the Options Market

36

The Economics of India's Love for Gold.

37

India Wants Half-Price Gas.

38

India's new approach to farm reforms.

39

Does India's Futures Market Have a Future?

40

Will bond traders choose the Prime Minister of India?

41

The Global Rush to Buy Indian Bonds

42

India's Corporate Bond Market needs, Indian Corporates.

43

Who controls the Indian stock market?

44

India's invisible stock market scam

45

Make in India goes Back to the Future.

46

Indian exporters, need imports.

47

Are Indian manufacturers big enough to succeed?

48

India makes cheap steel, very expensive.

49

Foreigners have found out about Indian healthcare.

50

How many more doctors does India need?

51

How free is free healthcare in India?

52

Foreign funds are buying Indian hospitals.

53

The Global Trade in Indian Students.

54

Does anyone remember Skill India?

55

Is a teacher a chicken or an egg?

56

Should India spend more on education?

57

The Future has Arrived, at the Bandra-Kurla Complex.

58

Is Muscle Power required to provide Housing for All?

59

India needs more housing, so why are houses empty?

60

Land Acquisition, by hook and by crook!

61

Can India clothe the world?

62

Should India embrace Fast Fashion?

63

A future for the Indian textile industry.

64

Cotton, the White Gold of India?

65

Does India really export beef and import daal?

66

Should India feed the world or feed itself?

67

Should India celebrate bumper wheat and rice harvests?

68

India has a water crisis, but no shortage of water.

69

Can Vande Bharat trains be made in India, for the world?

70

India needs a bigger merchant navy.

71

How Indigo became India's most profitable airline.

72

Will electric vehicles help or hinder the Indian economy?

73

Can the Indian Railways get Fast and Furious?

74

Do India's highways have enough traffic?

75

The Adani group takes an interest in Indian airports.

76

Does India's ports infrastructure go deep enough?

77

The tantalising economics of solar energy.

78

Will India become a Gas Based Economy?

79

We are driving on (foreign) oil.

80

Switching on a light? You are switching on coal!