How India's Economy Works

In this conversation, Puja Mehra and economist Amol Agrawal discuss the history and evolution of banking in India, the establishment of princely state banks, their merger into the State Bank of India, the emergence of new banking forms and much more. ABOUT AMOL AGRAWAL Amol Agrawal is a teacher of economics having taught economics at Ahmedabad University and now currently visiting faculty at Meghn...

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to economist Nikhil Gupta about the financial situation of households (including weakening income growth, growing debt, and reliance on non-mortgage personal loans), the intricate relationship between the household and corporate sectors, recent trends in savings, investments, and borrowings, and much more. ABOUT NIKHIL GUPTA Nikhil Gupta is Senior...

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to economist Amol Agrawal about the history of private banks in India, how the RBI was setup, banking regulation through the years, the beginnings of some of India's most iconic private banks and much more.  ABOUT AMOL AGRAWAL Amol Agrawal is a teacher of economics having taught economics at Ahmedabad University and now currently visiting faculty...

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to economist Rathin Roy about India's economic growth and challenges, the country's economic transformation, the need for inclusive development, the growing disconnect between the masses and the growth process and much more. ABOUT RATHIN ROY Rathin Roy was the Director and CEO of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in New D...

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to former secretary with the Ministry of Agriculture Siraj Hussain about agriculture policy, managing food inflation, minimum support price, wheat procurement, nuanced policies that balance farmer interests with consumer needs and much more. ABOUT SIRAJ HUSSAIN Siraj Hussain joined the IAS in 1979 and served the Govt for 37 years. He has worked as...

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to economists Maitreesh Ghatak and Rishabh Kumar about poverty estimation in India, historical trends in poverty reduction, defining the poverty line, poverty in rural areas vs urban areas and much more. ABOUT MAITREESH GHATAK Maitreesh Ghatak is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics since 2004. He is an elected Fellow of the Br...

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to Chakshu Roy about challenges faced by members of parliament in contributing to economic policymaking, the importance of research support, the limitations of the parliamentary system and much more. ABOUT CHAKSHU ROY Chakshu Roy is an expert on the rules and procedures of Parliament and its functioning. He anchors programs to strengthen the capac...

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to Vijay Singh Chauhan about streamlining cargo clearance processes in India, the challenges faced during COVID-19 in cargo clearance and much more. For more of our coverage check out thecore.in Subscribe to our Newsletter Follow us on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Linkedin | Youtube

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to Rajesh Vetcha about Airports, how they are run, how the systems that allow for the functioning of airports work, passenger charters and much more. For more of our coverage check out thecore.in Subscribe to our Newsletter Follow us on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Linkedin | Youtube

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to economist and deputy director at Carnegie India Suyash Rai about manufacturing policy in India, Apple's planned iPhone manufacture in India, whether PLI schemes actually work, industrial policy in India and much more. ABOUT SUYASH RAI Suyash Rai is a deputy director and fellow at Carnegie India. His research focuses on the political economy of...

In this conversation, journalist Puja Mehra speaks to Former Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Haseeb Drabu about the inner workings of the Kashmir economy, opportunities for businesses in the valley, what the abrogation of Article 370 meant for businesses and much more. ABOUT HASEEB DRABU Haseeb Drabu is an Indian politician, economist and the former member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative As...

Join journalist Puja Mehra as she talks to Economists, Academics and Researchers and breaks down one story to give you all the context you need - historical, macro-economic and policy-related - to understand how it fits into the larger picture of India's economy. For more of our coverage check out thecore.in -- Support the Core Report -- Join and Interact anonymously on our whatsapp channel Subscr...