Growth Is Good

<p>Ajay Shah is back! And this time, he's going granular.In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia and Ajay Shah break down why firms — not policies, not savings rates, not grand macroeconomic plans — are the...

<p>In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia speaks with Dr. Rakesh Mohan — former Deputy Governor of the RBI, former Executive Director at the IMF, and one of the key policy minds around India’s 1991 reforms...

<p>In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia is joined by Anand Prasad, co-founder of Trilegal, for a wide-ranging conversation on India’s legal system, economic growth, and the incentives that quietly shape...

<p>What did it really mean to start a business under the Licence Raj? Why is socialism back as a “feel-good” word? And why do Amit Varma and Mohit Satyanand worry that we’re drifting away from the spirit of 1991, even...

<p>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...

<p>Shahi Exports, India’s largest apparel exporter, started in 1974 with one sewing machine. Today, it employs over 100,000 workers across 50+ factories, with women making up nearly 70% of its workforce.</p><p>In this...

<p>Entrepreneur and thinker Jerry Rao joins Growth is Good to reflect on India’s reform story — from the unlikely rise of the software and BPO industries to why simplifying taxes and fixing administration are key to...

<p>In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul speaks with Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and a central figure in India’s reform journey.</p><p>They discuss how reforms were...

<p>In this episode of Growth is Good, Arvind Panagariya returns to unpack his latest book, The Nehru Development Model—a sweeping intellectual and historical account of how India embraced socialism post-independence and...

<p>What drives India’s biggest reforms? How did campaigns like Incredible India and Startup India come to life? And what really goes on inside the engine room of government?When we talk about economic reform in India...

<p>When we talk about infrastructure in India, it’s usually in the context of potholes, delayed metro lines, or power outages. But our guest this week, Vinayak Chatterjee, brings a far deeper and more nuanced lens to...

<p>Our popular discourse is obsessed with what should or should not be taught in schools. This mostly relates to history-medieval, and even ancient Indian history. Our guest for this episode has her own lament in this...

<p>We’ve talked a lot in this podcast about what plagues India’s businesses. ‘Regulatory cholesterol’ is a term that comes up repeatedly. Our guest for this episode is a corporate lawyer who has helped his clients...

<p>Every episode of Growth Is Good has delved into why we must reform India’s economic policies to unlock our manufacturing potential. Labour remains a critical aspect where reforms are needed, often attempted, but...

<p>Our guest for this episode is an employer who went beyond merely railing about the excessive compliances that Indian businesses must put up with. Manish Sabharwal, Vice-Chairman at TeamLease RegTech, remembers the...