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80
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Nov 2025
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In Season 3 of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we explore the finances of the Government of India. Wouldn't you like to know how the government is spending YOUR money?
S3 E20 In this episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy, we bring together all our insights to answer the question - with so much money flowing through the Union Budget each year, why is there still so much poverty in India?History buffs, do check out the book -The Ring of Services: The Story of a Very Indian British Rajhttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B07F5Y3H1N/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3 E19 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we travel to Pune to explore the impact of the city's property boom on the Pune Municipal Corporation's budget. But we find out that, incredibly, Pune's elected corporators, do not get to govern their own city.History buffs, do check out the book -The Licence Raj: An Economic Comedy of Errorshttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B0876M8HYV/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3 E18 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy, we travel to the city maximum, Mumbai. We find out where India's richest civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, gets all its money from, and, who decides how it all gets spent.History buffs, do check out the book -The Ring of Services: The Story of a Very Indian British Rajhttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B07F5Y3H1N/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3 E17 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we travel to Mumbai to analyse the finances of the Maharashtra Government. Can the Maharashtra Government keep up its spending on schemes like the Ladki Behn Yojana, or is it heading into a debt spiral?History buffs, do check out the bookThe Licence Raj: An Economic Comedy of Errorshttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B0876M8HYV/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3 E16 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we look at just how much of the government's tax revenue gets eaten up by repaying interest on its debts. Could the Government of India get into a debt spiral? Should it even be in debt at all?History buffs, check out the book -The Ring of Services: The Story of a Very Indian British Rajhttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B07F5Y3H1N/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3 E15 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we look at the massive debt that the Government of India has built up. Every fifth rupee that the government now spends goes to repaying old loans. Is this addiction to debt permanent, or could the government go into debt detox?History buffs, check out the book -The Licence Raj: An Economic Comedy of Errorshttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B0876M8HYV/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3 E14 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we account for all the money that the Government of India spends on India's cities. Has all the money spent on metro rail, Swachh Bharat and PM AWAS housing for the poor transformed life in urban India?History buffs, check out the book -The Ring of Services: The Story of a Very Indian British Rajhttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B07F5Y3H1N/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3 E13 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we analyse the government's attempt to provide tap water to rural India - the Jal Jeevan Mission. We also ask - where did all the Swachh Bharat money go?History buffs, check out the book -The Licence Raj: An Economic Comedy of Errorshttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B0876M8HYV/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3E12 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we look at the Government of India's massive food subsidy. Food is now free for 800 million Indians. But there is no such thing as a free lunch!History buffs, check out the bookThe Ring of Services: The Story of a Very Indian British Rajhttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B07F5Y3H1N/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
S3E11 In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we analyse India's gigantic fertiliser subsidy bill. There has been an interesting experiment in Andhra Pradesh however, which could save India a huge amount of money.History buffs, check out the bookThe Licence Raj: An Economic Comedy of Errorshttps://www.amazon.in/dp/B0876M8HYV/Email: amarvkfilms@gmail.com
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