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EP-420 | Falling Rupee, Inflation, AI, Foreign Investment & India's Growth Story | Dr Shamika Ravi
· 1 h 22 min · Episode 420
Episode EP-420 | Falling Rupee, Inflation, AI, Foreign Investment & India's Growth Story | Dr Shamika Ravi
Dr Shamika Ravi is a Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and a Secretary to the Government of India. Her research focuses on development economics, with a special emphasis on finance, healthcare, urbanisation, gender equality, welfare, and poverty.
In this episode of the ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, Dr Shamika Ravi discusses how the West Asia crisis impacts India's economy. She responds to critics who argue that India's growth story is over and shares her views on foreign direct investment, India's position in the artificial intelligence race, the falling rupee, rising inflation, and the country's economic outlook in 2026.
Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction
00:48 – India's Economic Future
04:29 – Foreign Direct Investment
07:11 – India's Approach to AI
11:09 – Indians' Purchasing Power
15:13 – Nuclear Reactors
17:28 – COVID-Like Crisis Coming?
19:56 – Advice for Investors
22:09 – India's Economic Growth
25:16 – Freebies and Welfare Politics
29:24 – Rural vs. Urban Consumption
30:52 – Economic Reforms
40:43 – PM's Advice Against Buying Gold
44:43 – World Abandoning Free Market?
48:43 – Market Privatisation in India
50:26 – Market Solutions for New-Age Problems
56:20 – India's Demographic Dividend
1:06:03 – Demographic Change in India
1:10:06 – Women's Reservation
1:18:24 – PM Modi's Economic Vision for 2047
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