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Poverty has been ever-present in India since Independence, but recent  policy stands to change the status quo. Multiple undertakings and  initiatives have raised the standard of living for those below the  poverty line, but narratives continue to emerge that India's poor are  getting poorer.   A paper, written by Arvind Virmani, Surjit Bhalla, and Karan Bhasin,  aims to find the poverty and distributional consequences of the  government's pandemic support measures. The main argument of the paper  is that extreme poverty was kept low in India despite the pandemic. It  presents estimates of poverty and consumption inequality in India from  2004-05 to 2020-21.   Surjit Bhalla is an Indian economist, author and columnist, who is  currently the Executive Director for India at the International Monetary  Fund. He was also the part-time Member of the Economic Advisory Council  to the Prime Minister. Karan Bhasin is a New York-based researcher with  interests in Macroeconomics, Indian Economy, Institutional Economics  and Political Economy. He has also appeared on multiple Bharatvaarta  episodes speaking about his papers and findings in the economic field.  In this episode, they speak about their paper, findings, methodologies  and of the state of poverty in India.

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India-UK relations have a history from the times of the Mughal empire. Now, the heads of state of these historical countries have taken another step into solidifying the relationship with an upcoming free trade agreement. In this special episode covering Indo-UK relations, we have Nirav Kanodra, who is an investment banker based out of Singapore with extensive experience in sales and trading and Sunil Sharma, the Chief Operating Officer at the Conservative Friends of the Commonwealth, an organization supporting an outward-looking Britain.

Together with Roshan Cariappa, follow along as our guests break down significant parts of the Indo-UK relationship such as its long and storied history, the various possible synergies between the two nations, the significance of British PM Boris Johnson's visit, key features of the 2030 roadmap, and more.

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Free trade agreements are the cornerstone of any strong economy. With  India's policymaking and foreign policy shifting toward becoming the  next manufacturing hub, FTAs are integral for our growth into the next  global superpower.  Today, we have our guests Rahul Bajoria and Nirav Kanodra. Rahul is the  Chief Economist at Barclays, focusing on Asia–Pacific, with a special  emphasis on India’s macroeconomy and policy making. Nirav is an investment banker based out of Singapore with extensive  experience in sales and trading. He is also considered a prominent voice  when it comes to macroeconomic issues.  In this episode, they speak about topics such as the significance of  FTAs and their use as a strategic tool, how FTAs can ensure optimal  economic growth, Indo-Australia agreement, future FTAs that India might  sign, and more.

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For decades, nuclear weapons have been largely peripheral to U.S.-China  relations, but the nuclear relationship is now growing more competitive  as both countries pursue major programs to modernize their forces.  China’s efforts to strengthen its relatively small nuclear arsenal seem  largely oriented toward improving survivability and do not appear to  constitute a shift away from the country’s long-standing No First Use  (NFU) policy. Nevertheless, the improvements are provoking anxiety in  Washington, which has long resisted acknowledging a state of mutual  nuclear vulnerability with China.  David Santoro is the President and CEO of The Pacific Forum and a  published author. His latest work, 'US-China Nuclear Relations: The  Importance Of Strategic Triangles', handles the sensitive matter of  regulation concerning nuclear weapons.

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