Arth Unearth
By Akash Kumar and Ruchir Kaul
Hosted by Akash and Ruchir, both final year students at IIT Madras. New episodes every Sunday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @ArthUnearth
Arth UnearthSep 07, 2020
Unearthing Recent Geospatial Data Reforms | क्या नक्शा नीति में परिवर्तन से बदलेगा अर्थव्यवस्था का नक्शा?
In the sixth episode of Arth Unearth, we take up the recently announced geospatial data reforms by the Government of India. Akash talks to Shriya Karanam of Locale.ai on what it means for the industry and appears on Delhi-based economist Kumar Anand's YouTube show Janhit Junction where both of them talk about its possible seen and unseen effects on the economy, the modus operandi of the reform and how it connects to Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek's Conception of Information and Knowledge.
The First Part of the Show (with Shriya) is in English and the Second Part (with Kumar) is in Hindi. Skip Directly to 14:20 for the Hindi Discussion.
Unearthing NITI Aayog's New Model Bill on Land Titles | भूमि विवाद और नीति आयोग की नई पहल
Land disputes and lack of clear land titles have been a major hindrance in the path of Indians improving their economic well-being for decades. Institutional reforms in this direction have been slow. In the fifth episode of Arth Unearth, Akash and Kumar Anand talk about NITI Aayog's New Model Bill on Land Titles which seeks to change that for better. Follow Arth Unearth on Twitter and Instagram.
This episode is a rerun of a recent episode of Kumar Anand's YouTube show Janhit Junction. Kumar is a Delhi-based economist. In the past, he has worked with Centre for Civil Society as its Director for Advocacy and with National Institute of Public Finance and Policy as a Consultant.
Ep 4 | Unearthing Bambai Main Ka Ba | Migration & Urbanization | Chinmay Tumbe
Ep 3 | Unearthing Extraction: Part 3 | Should Drugs be Legalized?
Ep 3 | Unearthing Extraction: Part 2 | Private Mercenaries
This is the second part where they talk about private mercenaries and their history.
Ep 3 | Unearthing Extraction: Part 1 | Edward Said's Orientalism
Ep 2 | Unearthing Contagion & COVID-19: Part 2
Ep 2 | Unearthing Contagion & COVID-19: Part 1
Episode 1: Unearthing Panchayat | Amazon Prime Video
They deconstruct a variety of fascinating branches of economics like Nudge Economics, Population Economics and Public Choice Economics. They also discuss the Govt. of India’s MGNREGA scheme, female reservations in government as well as the need of judicial and bureaucratic reforms.