How India's Economy Works

Global Bond Markets Are Shifting. What It Means for India

The episode examines how rising government borrowing, persistent inflation, changing bond investors and huge AI-related investment needs are reshaping global bond markets

What the Iran Conflict has Revealed about India's Energy Security

In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Mehra speaks with political scientist and economic historian Rohit Chandra, Assistant Professor at the School of Public

India’s 7.8% Growth Has an Unanswered Question

India’s latest GDP numbers show the economy growing at 7.8%, but how much confidence should we place in that figure? In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Me

India’s Self-Inflicted Outflows: How Policy Makers Are Driving Away Foreign Investors

In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Mehra speaks with Ananth Narayan, Economist and Former Whole Time Member, SEBI about the growing interconnections betwe

The Unintended Consequences Of India's Rural Homes Subsidy

India has spent heavily on housing schemes, but are we building homes in the places where people actually need them? In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, Puja Me

Why India's GDP Growth Isn't Resulting in Prosperity

India has been one of the world's fastest-growing major economies for years. Yet for millions of Indians, rising GDP has not translated into rising household prosperity,

India’s Engineering Crisis

In this episode of How India's Economy Works, Puja Mehra speaks with Electrical Engineer Sudhir Gera, Director of Operations at IEC Electric Power Ltd, who has spent over

How India's exports to the US jumped in the tumultuous year of Trump Tariffs

In this episode of How India's Economy Works, host Puja Mehra speaks with trade economist Dr. Nisha Taneja, Professor at Indian Council for Research on International Econ

India's Forex Reserves Aren't the Safety Net You Think

In this episode of How India's Economy Works, host Puja Mehra speaks with economist Renu Kohli, formerly at the Reserve Bank of India and the IMF and currently senior fel

What the RBI's role in the economy and its Relationship with Government is

In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, host Puja Mehra speaks with economist and Professor of Economics at SRM University, Dr. Parag Waknis to unpack one of the mo

India's Manufacturing is Broken. There's Only One Way to Fix It, says Rajiv Kumar

In this episode of How India's Economy Works, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with economist and former NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar about why India’s man

The Productivity Slowdown Bedevilling India’s Growth Story

In this episode of How India’s Economy Works, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with economists Arjun Jayadev and Amit Basole, authors of the CSIE working paper Ind

When Growth Doesn’t Reach Workers — The Hidden Stress in India’s Labour Market

In this episode, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with Rosa Abraham, economist and one of the authors of the State of Working India 2026 report, about the growing

The RBI’s Losing Battle for the Rupee

In this episode, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with Rajeswari Sengupta, Economist and Associate Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IG

Why the Iran Conflict will Last Longer than Generally Expected

In this episode, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with Safi Rizvi, National Security Expert, Risk Analyst, Former top Intelligence Officer and Former IPS officer,

How Global Conflicts are Rewiring the World’s Financial Architecture and India in this new world

In this episode, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with Hemant Mishr, Co-Founder and Group CIO of SCUBE Capital, and former Managing Director & Head- Financial Mark

The Legal Setback to Trump's Tariffs is an Advantage for India. This Is How

In this episode, journalist Puja Mehra speaks with economist Dr. Shekhar Aiyar about the recent US Supreme Court ruling that struck down the use of the International Emer

India’s Climate Governance Gap

In this episode, journalist Puja Mehra speaks with Economist Dr. Anoop Singh about the gap between India’s ambitious climate commitments and the institutional framework r

Coal Still Powers Much Of India’s Industry. Why Does It Remain A Troubled Sector?

In this episode, journalist Puja Mehra speaks with Subhomoy Bhattacharjee, Journalist and Contributing Editor at Business Standard, about the paradox at the heart of Indi

Capital Markets: The Missing Piece in India’s Growth Story

In this episode, journalist and author Puja Mehra speaks with economist Dr. Jahangir Aziz, Economist (Head Emerging Market Economics) at JPMorgan and a former finance min