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India's power sector is going through major transformation. A focus on clean and sustainable power generation sources has been driving this transformation over the last few years. Increasing urbanisation and industrialisation in the coming decades will mean that India will need access to reliable and clean power. As of September 2020, India's renewable capacity stood at 89.22 GW with a target of 2...

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the  week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the Wistron disturbance  in Karnataka, the revised GDP forecast, the 30GW renewable energy plant  in Kutch, and more.   If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel  and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at  Bharatvaarta by follow...

In this episode, we speak to award-winning musician, Kaushal Inamdar, and noted television actress, Nivedita Tiwari, about how Indian traditions and culture are depicted in mainstream arts and cinema.  We begin this discussion with Kaushal ji explaining very eloquently how the representation of culture has evolved over time in our movies and music, while Nivedita ji speaks about the impact that OT...

Revolutions are impossible when they begin and inevitable at the end. The liberation of Bangladesh in 1971 is one such revolution. You have heard facts and figures before about the war, but learn from our experts Aadit Kapadia (Co-founder, MyIndMakers) and Mohal Joshi (Host, India Rising Podcast) about the circumstances leading up to the war, what really happened in the 13 days that went by, who w...

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was. This week, we'll be talking about the new parliament building, PM-WANI, the results of the Rajasthan local polls, and the real estate boom in Mumbai. on Facebook, and @bharatvaarta on Instagram).If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated wit...

In this episode, we discuss the Indian Capital Markets and investing with Aashish Somaiyaa (CEO, White Oak Capital Management) and Govind Agarwal (Public Markets Investor). India has seen a record number of retail investors enter the markets this year; around 3.4 million new DEMAT accounts were opened in the September quarter, according to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) data, wh...

On this episode of the Bharatvaarta podcast, we discuss the rural – urban dichotomies of India and challenge some long held notions about India’s politics and policy with our guests Abhinav Prakash Singh (Professor, Columnist) and Rohit Jayaraman (Political Commentator).    Abhinav begins the discussion with laying the context for the reality the demographic numbers reflect while Rohit talks about...

In this episode of the Bharatvaarta podcast we analyse and discuss the significance of the recently concluded Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Polls, where the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) emerged as the single-largest party, winning 55 of the 150 wards in a closely-fought election.  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made huge gains to bag 49 wards, followed by The All India...

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was.    This week (November 22nd - 29th), we speak about Rajnikanth in Politics, Canada's intervention in Indian politics, Nagaland's infrastructure push, and more.   If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by f...

Sandeep Parekh is India's leading securities lawyer and partner at FinSecLaw. He has practised in Mumbai, Delhi and in the USA, where he completed his LLM degree. Sandeep is closely associated with SEBI, working on several committees which give direction to India's securities markets via policies and rulemaking.   Sandeep is also a regular columnist in leading Indian media publications and is quot...

In September 2019, the Indian government introduced an FDI regime that allowed up to 26% FDI in the "News Digital Media Sector". The Government issued a clarification that it covers aggregators and will apply to entities streaming or uploading news and current affairs on websites, apps or other platforms.   In this episode we have Muthuraman Natarajan (Co-founder and CFO - Swarajya) and Sreemoy Ta...

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was.    This week (November 22nd - 29th), we speak about the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Cyclone Nivar, and FII inflows crossing over 50k crore in November.   If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta...

The internal working group of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come up with a slew of recommendations around letting NBFCs above a certain size acquire a banking license, letting Payments Banks and Small Finance Banks become full-fledged banks and letting certain large corporates set up banks   In this episode, Srivatsa Subbanna hosts Nirav Kanodra (Investment Banker) and Karan Bhasin (Economist &...

In this episode, we discuss the Indian Agriculture sector with Mr. Sivakumar Surampudi, Group Head – Agri & IT Business at ITC Limited, which is one India’s best-known conglomerates. Mr. Surampudi is a renowned thought leader with interests in agribusiness, rural marketing, retailing, infrastructure, and poverty alleviation. He led the World’s largest rural digital infrastructure program, ITC eCho...

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was.    This week (November 15th - 22nd), we analyse the collapse of Laxmi Vilas Bank, Twitter's apology on the India map, BPCL divestment, growth of Parler and more.   If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by...

It has been a busy couple of weeks, with elections in Bihar and Bypolls in 56 Assembly seats across 11 states.    In this episode, our resident political commentators, Aashish Chandorkar, Rohit Jayaraman, and Vivek Khaitan, discuss how these elections have panned out and their political significance. We cover the various political parties’ performance in Bihar and the future for Nitish Kumar and t...

In this episode, we discuss the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s ubiquitous digital payments system that recently crossed 2 billion transactions in a month.    Joining us in this discussion are Deepak Abbot, Co-founder of indiagold and former head of Product and Growth @ Paytm – India’s most valued payments company, and Nikhil Kumar, Co-founder of Setu and former Head of the Developer Eco...

Babasaheb Ambedkar, Pandit Nehru, and Sardar Patel are among the foremost architects of modern India. They are also among the most debated personalities for the far-reaching consequences of their actions and ideologies even today.   In this episode, Harsh Gupta (Author, Investor) and Abhinav Prakash Singh (Professor, Columnist) discuss the legacy and significance of these stalwarts and debate the...

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was.    This week (November 8th - 15th), we analyse the Bihar elections and its implications, Atmanirbhar 3.0 stimulus and how it impacts real estate and other industries, PLI incentive scheme for ten additional industries, Mumbai Indians' dominant IPL victory and more.   If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to...

Sandeep Balakrishna is a veteran writer, author, editor, speaker and independent researcher with about 20 years of writing on Indian history, culture, literature and temples. He’s also the Founder and Chief Editor of The Dharma Dispatch, which is to quote: “a unique online platform offering rare, valuable, original, and in-depth content aimed at crafting and promoting a cultural narrative rooted i...

Shankkar Aiyar is a veteran journalist and author. In a career spanning over three and half decades, Shankkar has worked for leading publications like the Indian Express and India Today. His 1991 story on Indian government pledging the gold reserve highlighted the severe balance of payment crisis faced by India then and shot him to national limelight.    His most recent book - The Gated Republic:...

he Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was.    This week (November 1st - 8th), we look at the controversy around the US Presidential elections, NPCI's UPI diktat, India's new coastal shipping bill and the Indian Government's reform to reduce the compliance burden of BPOs and the IT sector.   If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our cha...

Indian economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic has been a subject of much debate. After a very poor first quarter in the financial year 2020-21, the short term high frequency indicators have also bounced back in a big way. The news flow has been very positive, from investments to trade to consumption data. Is this economic recovery stable? What else does government need to do to help the eco...

It has been over a year since the Government of India revoked the special status, or limited autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir.    To discuss what has happened since, and how things might pan out going forward, we are joined by Sunanda Vashisht, an Author and Columnist with family ties to Kashmir, and Sreemoy Talukdar, Senior Editor with Firstpost...

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was.    This week (October 25th - Nov 1st), we look at India-France Relations, Indo-US 2+2 talks, Pakistan claiming credit for terrorist attack on India and we talk in detail about PM Modi's interview to the Economic Times..   If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this conten...