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Audio podcast: Union Budget – the juggling act is on

by admin|15 January 202215 January 2022|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer January 15, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Even as the first advance estimates peg India’s economic growth for 2021-22 at 9.2%, there are a couple of factors looming over...

Audio Podcast Episode 100: ‘India’s resilience stands out’

by admin|04 September 202104 September 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer September 4, 2021 As the country goes through profound political and social changes, what are common Indians thinking? What do they want from the next decade and what keeps them up at night? Episode 100 of All Indians...

Audio podcast: Why small savings schemes matter

by admin|10 April 202110 April 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer April 10, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Recently, the Finance Ministry announced a slashing of interest rates offered by small savings schemes such as the Public Provident Fund...

Audio podcast: India is experiencing labour pains

by admin|20 March 202120 March 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer March 20, 2021 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer The prolonged lockdown imposed last year pushed India’s urban unemployment rate above 20% for the quarter ending June 2020, according to the Periodic Labour...

Audio podcast: 7 things the finance minister didn’t tell you about Budget 2021

by admin|05 February 202124 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer February 5, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. So much was expected from the Union Budget that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented on February 1, 2021. India needs an economic...

Audio podcast: What to expect from Budget 2021

by admin|08 January 202124 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer January 9, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Few Budgets would have been as critical as the one Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present on February 1, 2021. India...

Audio podcast: India’s first ever ‘technical recession’

by admin|30 November 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer November 30, 2020 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. India’s economy contracted 7.5% between July and September 2020, coming on the back of a 23.9% contraction in the previous quarter. This...

Audio podcast: We need new economic, political thinking

by admin|15 October 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer October 15, 2020 If ever there was a time for bold, break-out economic and political thinking, it is now. Our economy was tanking even before the pandemic and there is widespread social unrest. Time is running out for...

Audio podcast: Why I created All Indians Matter

by admin|29 September 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer September 30, 2020 Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. This episode is going live on World Podcasting Day 2020, so today I want to talk about why I launched All Indians...

Audio podcast: A high-stakes, high-altitude standoff

by admin|16 September 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Picture: On Finger 4, north of Pangong Tso lake (above), Indian and Chinese troops were deployed a few hundred metres apart. On its south bank, they were occupying heights that overlooked each other’s camps and vital road links. Podcast transcript...

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