Ruchir at his best.. This is one of the best hours spent in a decade. Worth repeat-watching in loop mode. So much leading information to process and digest. True intellectual and nicely elucidated by Prannoy Da.

Fascinating discussion! This is the kind of quality analysis we expect from the media.

So insightful, intelligent & unbiased. Amazing information…. This it one of very few programs I watch in NDTV…Such a charm to listen to Ruchir Sharma.

What a wonderful show. I have very high regards for Mr. Ruchir Sharma since 2012. I have seen Mr. Prannoy Roy since the days of The World this Week of DoorDarshan. The way Mr. Ruchir Sharma analyze data as well as his previous projection is more humbling then any Economist. Dr. Prannoy Roy is such a great anchor with very solid study it makes this show more spectacular. I request him please do anchoring Mr. RaghuRam Rajan too.

Amazing work, 👏 It's India's story. Country needs such presenter of India's story at the top.

One of the out standing discussion of Dr.Prannoy Roy And Ruchir Sharma i ever heard. Expected more from both in future.Keep it up.

Great efforts put in by Ruchir Sharma on procuring such a vast data of 75 years of Development of India to public forum , Thanks to him and Prannoy Roy😊

Well done Dr Roy and Mr Ruchir ! It's a superb presentation of the country's economy, both past and future. Hopefully, things unravels in a more positive way. You mentioned "The world this week". Was a big fan of that show.

Absolute gold episode. Kudos NDTV & Prannoy for this holistic macroeconomic conversation with Ruchir.

Generally not an NDTV fan. Shekhar Gupta of The Print led me here. What a fascinating analysis. Wealth of information summarised succinctly and explained lucidly. Grear job Ruchir Sharma and Prannoy Roy. Dr. Roy - give us more of these - unbiased , no spin, no ideological bias kind of programs. We would love that.

Pronoy Roy & Ruchir Sharma has given an excellent, innovative presentation which is a feast for our eyes and mind.Extremely valuable. SAJU GEORGE.

Prannoy Roy And Ruchir Sharma, always love them to hear. They never disappoint.

35:52….spoken like a true economist…hatsoff

Its always a treat to listen to Ruchir Sharma's view on India. He is a very intelligent man.

Amazing research and analysis by Ruchir Sharma and his team. Extremely informative and enlightening. Great discussion, thank you 🙏

Undoubtedly Ruchir works very hard and it shows. His India specific books have made a lot of impact on the students of economics generally and helps both directly/ indirectly to the planners in the Govt...Not to mention the interviews also are one of the most sought after appearances on NDTV we wait for...!! Be it a book launch or annual formal analytics. Thanks Ruchir...and NDTV

I'm come here after shekhar sir recomandation. It's really necessary we have to seem in mirror before celebrating victory we have to still do a lot of hard work.

Full-power to these two Economists

Very simply, Deng Xiaoping opened up China's economy and US Companies poured billions into the Chinese Economy, which allowed China to move people from inefficient government-owned entities into these American companies. Ruchir fails to mention this important fact...without America pouring this money into China there was no possibility. Of course, China was able to "capitalize" on American investment by boosting infra and building like crazy.

Great job. The 18 year period for doubling of per capita income does not account for inflation. Realistically, it will double in 10-12 yrs.

Excellent discussion highlighting both sides of the coin, very informative!

P.S. it is so refreshing as always to have Ruchir on TV shows.

I have met Ruchir and have chatted with him at various gatherings in New York. I am unsure about his contention that India could have opened up the economy much earlier. It is important to understand India's economic and political history. To start with, India's per capita income remained static for almost 200 years from 1757 to 1947. Add to that the Bengal/Bihar famine of the early 1940s. There was no option for Independent India but to adopt the socialist Planning model. There was no scope for capitalism to take root. First, there were only a handful of capitalists or business enterprises, and embracing capitalism then would have led to the problems we now have in a different manifestation - handing over the country to a couple of favoured businessmen whose net worth has rapidly accelerated to over $ 100 Billion each.. Second, there was no capital in global markets due to the Second World War and the Marshall Plan to rescue Europe, and Japan's revival. And Britain became severely impoverished due to the war. Nehru's embrace of socialism was very appropriate for the time. Given the huge population to be taken care of, and the big challenge that the country does not collapse and descend into total chaos, the slow growth model of the 50s and 60s had to happen. And with the Emergency and change of governments, the 70s were a marginal improvement over the 60s. It was only when Rajiv Gandhi became PM did the country slowly open up. At best, what forced our hand in 1991 could have happened perhaps 5 years earlier. Unfortunately, what we have now is the mortgaging of the country to a couple of businessmen who are close chums of the PM - add to that the usurious GST formula, and the result is a SME and informal sector that is being repeatedly decimated, with the demonetisation and the pandemic adding to the woes. India does not have the framework to grow at 7 or 8% - the political exigencies and polarisation are critical negatives. Next, the unemployment rate is high and add to that an emerging workforce that has missed 2 years of critical education and training. If India is to survive, it has to go back to a socialist model, re-nationalise some of the industries and sectors that have been handed over to the private sector on a platter. India can rethink privatisation perhaps 5-7 years from now.

Always love to listen your interview with Ruchir , great learning about indian economy Thanks NDTV

Wonderful program...Once in a way telling something good of the nation...

Fantastic interview. Highly informative Thank you so much.

Explained complex ideas with such a simplicity. Hats off to Ruchir Sir ❤

What an excellent interview. I learned a lot. Thank you Ruchir..

Incredible assessment of current economic situation and forecasts. Engaging

Great Discussion in a long time!! Thank you so much Pronoy Da... Such a pleasure to watch showing the whole picture from over the years... I know I know you will say, "It's all in a day's work". That is why you ae such and inspiration 💝💝💝

What an enlightening discussion! Great research and an amazing talk! Loved it! Thanks for sharing!👌👌👌👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

I wish if population and land size was taken into picture in historical terms in comparison to other countries while painting the picture, so that folks understand the gravitas and potential for future. Without the bigger picture, its again more of opinions.

Brilliant video and layman friendly discussion. Thank you. My previously pessimistic view of continued India growth is now quite optimistic. India has to get more women in the workforce. 21% is a shameful statistic, even if a lot of women want to stay at home. It's also a shame that India is falling back into economic protectionism when that clearly kills growth (witness India's very slow progress in the 50's, 60's, 70,s and 80's). I also have no hard feelings of India overtaking the UK in nominal GDP in the next few months! Lastly, the Nehru family should feel so very proud of robbing India of 40 years of normal growth in the cause of pro-soviet socialism.

Generally I don’t watch NDTV because of it’s negative coverage of the developments in the country, but, Ruchir Sharma tempted me. This discussion is very informative.

Thanks to Ruchir and Roy for presenting a very interesting study... Keep it up.... Best wishes....

Excellent...episode. Discussion 👍💐

What a great discussion on macro-economics. Looking at economic trend and forecast based on such breadth and depth of data is commendable. Great effort from Ruchir Sharma and team.

India will continue to defy both the optimist and the pessimist.

Fact based reporting with good analysis. I was a big fan of NDTV 10-12 years before. After a long time I watched any discussion on NDTV.

Thanks a lot sir for your informative vedioes and interviews.

It's always pleasure to listen these two guys indepth

poverty alleviation, employment, health and education and a couple more...some areas perhaps not adequately covered..The duo is superb as usual !!!

Absolutely amazing stuff...Refreshing to see TV dishing out intelligent research like this...

Great work full of hitherto unknown facts. It reminded me of the beautiful program called WORLD THIS WEEK anchored by Roy in his soft and inimitable style. God bless both of you.

So insightful interview. Thank you so much.

Fascinating study! Hope Indian Economists, Policy makers, and political leadership takes note of the study, the trends, and prepare the National policies & programs accordingly.

Congress party & it’s leaders policies kept the country poor for almost 6 decades. India remained poor because of the congress leaders socialist politics. It is no wonder that India ranked 6 in GDP terms in 1950 fell to 13 in 2000. Current Congress leaders should introspect instead of blaming Modi & RSS.

Lucidly explained for a common man to understand. Several revelations never seen before. Good suggestions for the future governments.

Watching Ruchir on NDTV is like visitng a Pilgrimage, once a year. Fabulous insight !!!

this is the best example why india needs privatisation.

India agricultural sector needs technology and value addition for upliftment of massive population dependent on the sector. If this sector is helped properly then massive growth as a nation is possible. urea coating with neem along with liquid urea is great achievement.

One observation regarding ownership percentage of govt. I don't think govt lost value. the number of shares held could be same, meaning higher in value but with reduced ratio in ownership.

My favourite Mr. Ruchir Sharma. The mind of Ruchir is very strong in terms of business.

Earlier the welfare schemes were announced as alms to beggars which never really reaches the people, now the schemes are not just announced but also given as a right to the people. That's a respect the poor have never gotten but getting it now. This is profound and it's effect will last for at least a decade on election results. Pranoy, may be somewhere in some village a few old ladies with no smart phone shaby grandchildren may have been cheated by some bank clerk, but the fact is that 99% of the beneficiaries don't have to go to the bank as they use UPI payments. Even if they don't have it there is always that village "Bhaiya" who will help them transfer it in his account and pay the old lady cash for a small fee. So next time you do a village survey, do it thoroughly.

A very well informative hour of year so far ...

It is one of the best and most realistic analysis of India's growth story vis a vis the world.

wow..so comprehensive.i wouldnt be able to grasp more than this if i read a book.

Enlightened as always. Thanks for doing this.

Thank you pranay ji and ruchir sharma ji, Good information. Enlighting session.

Amazing cover up. Anybody here provide me any other link to understand value of our currency ? They explained it nicely but I want to understand it in depth ..

Good primary education plus change in higher education structure can change in our per capita income with in 15-20 yrs. It will help increase in labour participation of women.

Wow it will take 18 years to double our GDP per capita from 2000 dollars to 4000 dollars. This metric for was mind boggling.. Kudos Ruchir and pranay . Good study

Thanks for amazing content. This is truly indepth and very well researched.

I see Ruchir Sharma, I click..

Another interesting take is on Life expectancy, Infant Mortality and Education. We practically opened up in 1992. So our growth is a bit skewed from that angle. Also on one side you compare India with its peers in same per capita income, but to pain a contract you put china which is 6 times our per capita income. Please realise, that medical benefits put in India is for 1+ Bn population where as our peers in per capita income are usually countries with a few millions. So infrastructure required both medical and developmental is much greater to achieve same levels. I will take heart from these numbers as they reflect the right direction where india is heading. If you want to paint a grim picture then you will use per capita as basic stat, but if you want to paint an encouraging picture then you will count the people we have benefitted. This is all a matter of what story you want to bring forward. A story of challenges and pitting us as an average, or a positive story of numbers where we are encouraged to beat our records and improve further. One problem with using per capita income as base, is that when you see percentages, moving from 70-75% is a huge challenge, but providing 8 crore more people a credible healthcare case looks like an achievable target, if gets divided in states and given as an achievable goal for state govts.

The only NDTV video that I am fascinated by. Maybe the best journalistic piece across the spectrum of channels. Kudos to the teama and ofcourse Ruchir!

Very helpful in understanding India's progress since independence.

Absolutely amazing stuff. Thanks to Ruchir.

Quality journalism by NDTV as always. Fantastic statistics by Ruchir sharma. Kudos to Pranav Roy.. what a man. Goat interviewer

Port development in india is rising along with availability of improved road and rail transportation from manufacturing base to port helps in cost reduction on export.

Whether all the comparisons of growth rates,rankings etc etc are basing on Purchasing power parity or datavas they are?

Very insightful interview worth listening to !

Another twist of stats is Govt firms losing value in stock valuation, in reality, the influx of amount invested in stock market by foreign entities through FDI and domestic investors who are benefited by the wealth creation have increased in the overall pie. PSUs may have grown as general 8-10% growth, but foreign investment and wealth creation done in stock market has multiplied the size of the market by 5 times, which means if PSUs were stagnated then they would've been at 3% instead of 5%, so growth of PSUs is there but not at the same pace at which domestic & foreign investors have pourned in the money.

Tourism industry influx in India is very low as on today. Medical tourism in india can play huge role. Herb park with yoga and vipasana are another area where India can play major role.

Really informative.. thank you for sharing such valuable content

Excellent. My dear Prannoy Roy brother Greetings. Humble request. Could You could have allowed brother Ruchir to complete his interpretation of the data in multiple areas.... Request you to take it in the right spirit. Thank you for the information and best wishes to both.

Absolutely amazing analysis

About education data, instead of showing education data there should be important factor quality of education which is really going to give the clear picture of level of intelligence of Indian people and students as well.

The narrative of Mr. Ruchir Sharma was informative and thought provoking. The one thing I disliked (and Mr Prannoy Roy will excuse me for saying this) is the fact that Mr Roy spoke perhaps more than the interviewee. One interviews a guest to obtain his/her views and gives the individual time and opportunity to elaborate; the interviewer is there to ask questions, seek clarifications but not to jump ahead of the interviewee with facts and views that the guest is invited to share with the viewers.

🇮🇳 India shines from hereon , research gives more confidence things going right way

Excellent discussions. I learnt so many new things today. Thank you.

Sharma ji is so versatile and visionary 😇❤️❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗

Very informative. Fantastic research by Ruchir

Dates are gold mines. Such crucial introspection are necessary to assess our actual strength and weakness.

The fact in 1950 we were 6th largest and we are back there again now shows post 1991 reforms basically reversed the damage of socialism/Licence Raj era under Nehru/Gandhi. While Japan and China grew we only caught up to where we started off.

Very very insightful! Thank you. It seems Prannoy has read Kishore Mahbubani's piece!

Sounds Good to see this program an absolute unbiased …pranav roy is a gem even though i don’t agree with his channel on most of the issue

Please pass this on to the opposition

Is there any study done on our education? How could we get more pass percentage in our govt schools, when we all know the standards of our govt schools?

Wonderful insights !

I am an Indian Who many Person of Indian soldier died in Display intaly

Informative and Insightful !!!

Great presentation

Great discussion, but how smartly Roy replaced 'Nehruvian socialism' with 'Indian socialism'.

Ruchir should publish book on his reasearch on India.

While periodic stock taking is a sound practice one wonders if such an exercise has any meaningful impact on the usually vacant space that lies between the ears of our luminous leaders and lawmakers?

Looks like after he British left, India under congress started to sink. Then something changed around 1990, and India started to do better and is now about reaching the same level as when the British left? This story needs to be told.

After 15 years I see PRoy did a good job. He did not bring in his personal biased politics in his analysis and discussion good work both guys

There is an American Indian saying that says that only when all trees are burned, all rivers are poisoned and all land sterile will a man learn that money can't be eaten. we will produce billionaires at the fastest rate in the world but our per capita income will only double in 18-20 years; a recipe for social political stability.

Schooling data shows the quantity. What about quality?