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Expect more economic pain in 2023

by admin|24 December 202224 December 2022|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer December 24, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. By all estimates, 2023 is going to be a tough year on the economic front. The latest, and perhaps the strongest, warning...

Audio podcast: The flight of capital from India

by admin|04 June 202204 June 2022|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer June 4, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Reserve Bank of India data tells us that India’s capital account has been negative over the past three years. In layman’s terms,...

Audio podcast: How Sri Lanka’s economic collapse affects India

by admin|16 April 202216 April 2022|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer April 16, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. The situation in Sri Lanka is alarming – inflation is at a dizzying 17%, people are dying of hunger and even while...

Audio podcast: ‘COVID changed crowdfunding in India’

by admin|06 April 202206 April 2022|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer April 6, 2022 At a time when the underprivileged are suffering the most because of the economic impact of the pandemic, when credit remains tough to get and when monetary pipelines are squeezed, can crowdfunding fill the vacuum?...

Audio podcast: Public-sector banks’ privatisation may not be such a great idea

by admin|02 April 202202 April 2022|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer April 2, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. You must have heard of the nationwide strike called by bank employees earlier this week against the government’s move to privatise some...

Audio podcast: ‘Lockdown led to a sharp rise in underage marriages’

by admin|08 December 202108 December 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer December 8, 2021 The lockdown imposed forced many families into debt and poverty. Unable to care for their children, many considered the weddings of their underage girls as necessary for survival. According to the Union Ministry of Women...

Audio podcast: How soaring government debt, inflation, fuel prices affect you

by admin|31 August 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. Here’s what a badly planned lockdown and mismanaged economy can do to you. A few days ago, India woke up to the news that government debt is likely to hit a...