Relative growth rates during NDA & UPA, India's poor data & analysis, youth unemployment, poor FDI inflows, the government's disinvestment policy — these are just some of the topics noted economist Surjit Bhalla dives into in ThePrint Off the Cuff, in conversation with Deputy Editor TCA Sharad Raghavan. A lot of the data and opinions mentioned are included in Dr Bhalla's forthcoming book to be published by Juggernaut "How We Vote", co-authored with Abhinav Motheram. #theprintotc Sponsor: AU Small Finance Bank --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.29 - Growth rates - UPA vs Modi Govt 4.49 - Modi Govt did better than UPA on growth 5.27 - India is growing while world is slowing 7.54 - Heavily outdated Indian data 11.14 - Shockingly bad data and analysis in India 13.40 - Govt shouldn’t have scrapped 2017-18 consumer survey 15.52 - The politics behind not releasing terrible data 21.48 - Difference between subsidies & revdi 24.34 - How Modi Govt moved from subsidy to revdi 28.25 - Free food is like a universal basic income 32.47 - Why unemployment isn’t as bad as it looks 33.35 - High education levels the cause of youth unemployment 37.14 - Why unemployment suddenly falls at age of 30 39.24 - Complications around disinvestment 42.15 - Businesses that government should not be in 45.47 - Falling FDI into India and its warning signals 51.59 - What the new govt must urgently address after elections --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theprintindia » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia » Find us on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/theprint » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8