MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA PODCAST: Top Economist Explains India’s High Growth Years On The Neon Show

[@divyaakashdutta4038]

I can't believe he's 80 years old😲

[@TheNeonShoww]

We couldn't believe it either when we were in conversation with him, such was his radiating energy! Thank you so much for tuning in 🙏

[@bhargavk1515]

Man is so sharp! Our nation is built on one of the pillers he made...what a man!

[@jacobkalathiparambil5186]

Thank you to Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia + other upright officers both living & dead in the government of India. I salute their experience, wisdom, and their courage to conceptualize, communicate, persuade the political class, and then implement the vital and much needed economic changes that our country so much needed. Surely, our country has many other patriots whose intellect, skills, experience, and wisdom can be harnessed for the common good of Bharat. Thank you, Neon, for Ahluwalia vs. Ahluwalia. You surely realize you've got a lot of catching up to do.

[@TheNeonShoww]

Thank you for penning down all your thoughts for us and we really appreciate the kind words as well... Please let us know who you'd like to see next on the channel?

[@xijinpig8982]

Indian states gdp per capita 2024 (US$): *(More than 5000$)* Sikkim: 8691 Goa: 8370 Delhi: 6690 Chandigarh: 5905 *(More than 4000$)* Telangana: 4745 Karnataka: 4637 Haryana: 4581 Tamil Nadu: 4323 Gujarat: 4306 Puducherry: 4231 Kerala: 4176 Andaman & Nicobar: 4134 *(More than 3000$)* Maharashtra: 3926 Himachal Pradesh: 3777 Uttarakhand: 3724 Arunachal Pradesh: 3585 Mizoram: 3584 Andhra Pradesh: 3421 Punjab: 3195 *(More than 2000$)* *All India Average*: 2677 Odisha: 2430 Tripura: 2404 Rajasthan: 2393 Jammu and Kashmir: 2349 Nagaland: 2277 Waste Bengal: 2203 Chattisgarh: 2142 Madhya Pradesh: 2086 *(More than 1000$)* Meghalaya: 1850 Assam: 1841 Manipur: 1811 Jharkhand: 1444 Uttar Pradesh: 1333 *(Less than 1000$)* Bihar: 813 No recent data: Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

[@drindianguru1]

Fantastic can you give the source for more research

[@xijinpig8982]

​@@drindianguru1 The actual values itself are taken from the creator behind the KZbin channel "India In Pixels", but the GDP and population values used to calculate these values come from the latest report on the GDP of Indian states as of 2024 as well as the United Nations population projection for India (2024).

[@shravanshetty9519]

Thanks for bringing him 🙏

[@TheNeonShoww]

Thank you so much for tuning in and hopefully you gained some very valuable insights! 🙏

[@chunilalbaldaniya153]

During 2004 to 2014, rate of inflation were always higher than rate of GDP

[@KamalPreetSinghGill]

And also correct formula for both the metrics 😂

[@bloodwargaming3662]

Keep lying to yourself. Its the truth that happened post 2014 when Income rose by 98% but prices 156%

[@bhikariman-sigmamale]

That's why we need lateral entry. But babus and politicians blocking lateral entry

[@AJET-INTGERAL]

an actual backstage hero

[@TheNeonShoww]

We can't speak highly enough of our interactions with him and we hope you enjoyed the episode just as much as we enjoyed shooting it!🙏

[@PB2325bh]

Bring some former Foreign secretary like Shivshankar Menon, Nirupama Rao etc.. For a good podcast and their perspective of what has changed and what can done for more improvements Would be good insights for all audiences

[@Openmind-on4kx]

Young generation shall listen to it shall never think about socialism and communism. Also think really reducing bureaucracy and stop mindless trade unions killing our economy. Free economy means no power to bureaucracy and trade unions.

[@ashok.vardhan.g]

Try defanging trade unions and the urban naxal leftists in the nation will grind everything down to a halt. KL & WB will lead the charge, and every other Marxist leaning "activist" will be out on the street baying for blood, in their virtue signalling to protect the "little guy".

[@wirelessmaster]

Yeah and support our rich lords like the slaves we are

[@Santosh-i1g]

How can you regulate and exercise the power without officers And if How lateral entry is justified. Govt alredy has the protocol to recruit experts and take expert advice. Wirhout merit appointment of lateral entry with let's the nepotism and corruption of the post.😂❤

[@MamtaLalwani-j5l]

A great interview. Please continue like this type of. Thank you.

[@sbray15ful]

A very articulate lecture from a great man.Enjoyed!

[@rekhaagarwal73]

Congress policy on economy and Muslim appeasement destroyed early days of development of Bharat and He was part of that group and saw like a mute destruction and loot of Banks during 2004-2014.

[@sunilkhamer]

average gdp growth rate from 2004-2014 is higher than average gdp growth from 2014-2024 inspite of the corruption , 2008 economic crisis and policy paralysis.

[@AlorSharma]

No issues with criticism But mam factually u r wrong... We had better growth in UPA era

[@AKT-oc7ex]

UPA inherited a booming economy from Vajpayee which continued for some time in their first term because of good work done by Vajpayee. By the end of their second term the growth had dropped to 5% and inflation had risen to 10%. Even 5% happened with huge debt to be paid for by Modi Govt. The banking system was in deep distress. Even oil that was imported from Iran on credit because of sanctions had to paid for by Modi Govt. There were mega scams under UPA. The average growth rate may have been 7 percent but you have to look at where it started and where it ended and what happened to inflation.

[@AKT-oc7ex]

At the end of Vajpayee term India's economy was considered a miracle. UPA inherited a strong economy. At the end of UPA 2, World Bank listed India as one of fragile 5.

[@AKT-oc7ex]

Manmohan Singh was involved with economic policy making since 1968 and those policies brought India's economy to its knees necessitating the IMF bailout, with the humiliation of being forced, for our benefit, to follow IMF orders on reforms. India had to send our Gold to England and Switzeland on Girvi. The gold was brought back recently.

[@GURBANIKATHA6766]

Former Prime minister Manmohan Singh started off with $700 billions in 2004 and ended his first term with $1.3 trillion Indian economy by 2009. His second term ended with $2 Trillions dollars economy in 2014 which is almost 200% growth despite world financial crisis in 2007. UPA regime was a golden period for growth and development in the modern independent India. Since 2014 till 2023 in 9 & half years GDP has grown to 3.75 trillion a growth of 80%. That is the much hyped fact about growth that it has actually halved since 2014 to less than 3-% annualised compounded. If Manmohan Singh Govt continued then Indian Economy would have been 6 Trillion Dollars instead of 3.75 Trillion Dollars today

[@kevinpatel4331]

I respectfully disagree with Mr. Montek Ahluwalia's view of devaluing the currency. Doing this will make India a poor choice for foreign investments. These investments are critical in improving our supply chain efficiencies and boosting economic growth

[@premkumarmk2885]

Great pod. Really good insights and i didn't mind a bit about sir bringing up his book every now and then. A tip, use 1.5x speed

[@akjolly2415]

Very respectfully Sir, You are missing a point that in the current circumstances, the tariff war is on. Keeping the own currency at a low isn’t gonna help in increased in export or reduction in imports… since there would be higher tariffs on both sides.

[@ravindragr7837]

Great personality speaking unbiased on Indian economy, from roman days to vikasit bharath 2047.

[@spoofmy284]

😂😂

[@Shiva-y3i]

Great stuff! Subscribed.

[@Harpreet-t2h]

A great man.. Modi ji should again take his services.

[@bharatpandit4796]

This is a man who ruled roost in economic policy domain for years.

[@105vivek]

monty the great reformer.

[@mamleshwargoutam3974]

What an insightful man 🙏🏻

[@TheNeonShoww]

We're glad you were able to find some valuable insights in this episode and please let us know who you'd like to see next on the channel! 🙏

[@bhargavk1515]

Would love to see a conversation with VP, shri Venkaiah Naidu ji.

[@TheNeonShoww]

Hi there, thank you so much for your suggestion and we shall definitely work hard to bring the former vice president on to the Neon Show! 🙏

[@mintusaren895]

M Singh bhadra lok amar bhalo lage. Planning must for development not political gain.

[@pittsburghpatrika1534]

You are a very good interviewer. You don’t unnecessarily interject with your hist when did speaker discussed difficult topics making them comprehend easily. Good podcast. Kollengode S Venkataraman

[@TheNeonShoww]

Your kind words have really made our day and we are so glad you enjoyed Siddhartha's hosting style... Thank you so much for tuning in and please let us know who you'd like to see next on the Neon Show 🙏

[@kartiktiriya2612]

AS I REMEMBER JUST OUT OF SCHOOL GETTING INTO JUNIOR COLLEGE HE WAS FAMOUS, HE WOULD BE OUTSPOKEN ABOUT HIS VIEWS AND EVEN SPEAK AGAINST GOVERNMENT WHEN HE THINKS LIKE IT. WE DON'T HAVE PROFESSIONALS LIKE HIM TODAY.

[@cmkar1013]

*States should benchmark it's policies* 1:40:06

[@counterpoint9260]

talking about 30-yr old past stories dont help..the current CEA and NITI economists who advise Vishwaguru should be questione don what they are doing NOW to solve jobs crisis

[@first6969]

My Only Wish Is That The Govts Of The Day Who Ever Are At The Helm At Center Should Utilize The Services Of Bright Minds Like Montek Singh Or A Nandan Nilekeni. Just Because They Were Associated With Opposition Parties Before, They Should Not Be Treated As Pariah. They Would Have Plenty Of Ideas But Because They Are Not Approached, They Wouldn't Feel Like Sharing. The Present / Future Govt(s) Should Look Into This Just Request.

[@shreevatsarao3260]

Current economic advisors like Sanjeev Saynayal and Subramanyam are best in the world we don't need old liberandus

[@first6969]

​@@shreevatsarao3260 Sir, Please Stop Using The Phrase "Best In The World"... Let Them Be Good At What They Are Doing... What Do You Mean By Best...? Is It That In A Gold Medal Event They Would Win Gold Medal Or Something Or World Cup Winner In Finals...

[@shreevatsarao3260]

@@first6969 during covid post covid inflation and. Economic policies were best in world compare to western countries also .... global leftist media will never tell you this.

[@teenovisionmotivation9368]

Economic policies needs to change according to the need and the mood of the nation. His policies was ok at that time now the situation is different so a different policies are required. This does not mean they were not good

[@gagan3440]

@@shreevatsarao3260 Dollar is at 85, way away from the promised 40 by Dhongi Baba gang and Rajiv Dixit too FDI lowest in 23-24 at $37B 1% GDP, at 20 year old levels of 2006-07. Tax terrorism on Petrol/Insurance/Cars and High unemployment are also realities, BUT ANDHBHAKT NAI MANENGE.

[@ashok.vardhan.g]

Why do people like Tharoor, MSA, etc. who are loyalists to the "Nehruvian Economics" dynastic party, always sound the same: a tinge of queen's english and coconuts to the boot. The Bhagat Singh in me boils when I hear them in public life.

[@raghuramkondapuramraghuram5158]

@@ashok.vardhan.g In the language of bhainse aur mangalasootr queens English kabade match karegi?

[@hannanhub1717]

Bhagat Singh too wrote books in english

[@ashok.vardhan.g]

@hannanhub1717 there is a distinct difference between learning a language for communication (I learned 7, out of which 2 are European and 5 are Bharatiya) and having an internally colonized allegiance (i.e. coconuts). Comprennez?

[@Mel08996]

​@@ashok.vardhan.g People like you who get jealous when others who have a stronger command over a language compared to yourself are straight up low IQ weirdos. Not to mention your inability to comprehend Montek's economic ideology and to call it Nehruvian due to again the low IQ. People like you are a drain on any country they live in

[@ajitnandakumar]

Hi can you tell about the lighting and camera setup you have used?

[@TheNeonShoww]

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[@TheNeonShoww]

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[@ajitnandakumar]

@TheNeonShoww appreciate your effort and willingness to answer this. Can you share what lighting equipments you have used? I like your lighting.

[@Arhant18]

He is looking like Mahesh Manjrekar Marathi director

[@TheNeonShoww]

There is indeed an uncanny resemblance!

[@TheManabopo]

Solve corruption all the top and bottom levels first. Anti corruption is the foundation of everything that Singapore built. Non-corrupt and efficient government. Translates to non corrupt and efficient businesses.

[@RDesai_indiancapitalist]

We can minimise corruption by minimising government where it is unnecessary.

[@jeganvenkatasamy]

Can the path to 1991 liberalisation made into a movie?

[@Aditav8680]

Can u do a podcast with Mr Amit Sangwan?

[@TheNeonShoww]

Hey there, we will definitely look into bringing Amit ji on the podcast and thank you so much for your suggestion! 🙏

[@peace-hu5pn]

There are many lobbying group supporting private sector in govt but not for public sector

[@jallapavan]

Far better person than shakthi kanth das , puri busch , gujarathi jumla and nirmala thaiee

[@dealsisle]

It is pity that such a bright economist with wide experience in public administration and policy is not being used at the highest levels of economic policy making in India today.

[@raghuramkondapuramraghuram5158]

@@dealsisle Areh bhai sahab modiji engaged one Chiku from a bank as economic advisor and first thing he did was abolishing the economic planning commission., that means he is doing Indian economy with a foreign structure like Dubai where human capital is not a available. And now country is being run from the railway platform. Economy is damaged and now China economy growing at 6 times that of India and world before 20-3 predicted that India overtake China in 6 to 7 years and they totally stopped comparing with China and European press declared that India takes 250 years to match china’s. Still we are the best and someone is super guru. Rubbish

[@shivakumar-xk1bd]

When used during UPA what happened India went to fragile 5 Inflation was 12percent Corruption in all schemes Banks had huge NPA No money for border Roads,defense expenditure. Paper tigers can not hunt

[@kaushamlani]

He’s a total Dim-Wit preaching Cambridge University EDUCATION IN INDOCTRINATION SARDAR: you’re 80 retire your think tank

[@dealsisle]

@ : Much of what you are saying is not backed up with facts. Chinese gdp is growing at a slower rate than India’s at present. The fact that India’s economic policies are not currently determined by a Planning Commission need not be a defect. (India’s former finance minister - I think, he was the second - had resigned his post because of his disagreement on the heavy role of the Planning Commission in policy making). India’s future economic success depends on the extent to which it can achieve structural improvements ( such as eliminating public sector corruption, clean environment, rule of law, public sector rewards based on outcomes, reduction of government debt etc). It can be done.

[@Sam-zg4vc]

Webseries can be made on these stories

[@pittsburghpatrika1534]

O my! Mr Ahluwalia is do honest and humble. He even acknowledges his colleagues. This podcast informs viewers on the intricacies of his thd government works. Hats off to him.

[@TheNeonShoww]

We're glad you were able to enjoy it and please do let us know who you think we should bring on the channel next!

[@vaasna78]

Oki. So 2004 ko montek laid ground work in china for pappu to sign MOU with chinese premier in 2008

[@raghuramkondapuramraghuram5158]

This economist forgot or did not bring up the major issue of developing all four pillars of the economy and educating the public to prepare for entrepreneurship and privatisation. Without human capital development, the privatisation will end up in pakoda making,. One needs basic technical and analytical capability. Apart from this India had tp carry forward with 50% reservations to backward classes. India needed an educated population to handle imports and match local production. It is because of lack of funds India developed human capital which cannot increase revenue but benefits enormously in the years ahead. He is economist and without financial constraints, the narrative will be different. Actually the GDP during the congress period from 1947 to 2013 is 50 times, a world record. The current govt. with all four pillars of economy developed and major human capital prepared unable to double up the economy in 12 years.

[@mkgrpd]

Ahluwalias 😊

[@atul58]

@ 1.4.20 "People don't do it for corruption". Biggest joke I ever heard. 😂😂😂😂

[@JashanBajaj-n8p]

Bro please add subtitles for better understanding

[@TheNeonShoww]

Hey Jashan, the subtitles have been added in and we hope you are able to access it now... Thank you so much for tuning in!

[@zakirzayak2022]

Show length should be less than 45 minutes

[@TheNeonShoww]

Hey Zakir, thank you so much for tuning in. We understand the episode lengths can vary drastically from episode to episode, but Siddhartha has a great admiration for Montek sir and hence the conversation kept flowing... We hope you understand and do continue to tune in for some thrilling future episodes as well! 🙏

[@msnraju97]

​@@TheNeonShoww small tip: you can recommend 1.5X speed pop up would helpful. Great work, found video very interesting.❤

[@Aditya-ok9hl]

Congress 's mixed economic policy changed into bjp 's crony capitalism.

[@navneet8269]

Yojana Aayog ka Bashmasur. Ye janab Anti cong.states ko paise paise ke liye tersa te the. Raghu Ram Rajan v unmay se ek tha. Inke bagair Yojana Aayog aur RBI maje may chal raha hai...

[@Hypocritial]

2004-14 was the lost decade

[@karolbagh3793]

Two Sardar who destroyed Indian Economy by implementing Socialism of Congress party 1: Manmohan Singh 2: Montek Singh Alh.

[@first6969]

Beg To Disagree...

[@peace-hu5pn]

I strongly disagree

[@vijayk.anne3445]

@karolbagh3793 What are u smoking mate???

[@gauravshukla75]

@@vijayk.anne3445both sardars were patriots who within the political constraints did a lot for this country

[@VamshiRajM]

This statement shows how much understanding you have on our economic history, and how much brainwashed you got

[@KiranPawar-v2o]

Credit for indias comeback is hidden potential, modiji and okk.🙏Montekji has broder vision to confess & and to support indias growth. True patriot.

[@kailashkashyap6364]

GUJARAT MODEL 🎉 UP MODEL🎉

[@singhvinodk1]

not impressed from him, just gained due to the background

[@gagan3440]

Dollar is at 85, far away from the promised 40 by Dhongi Baba gang and family. FDI lowest in 23-24 at $37B 1% GDP, at 20 year old levels of 2006-07. China got 2-3% GDP easily when developing. IT Tax terrorism + 40-50% tax on Petrol/Cars and High unemployment even at IIT are also realities, BUT ANDHBHAKT NAI MANENGE FOR 80vs20

[@Unknown-o3b]

Uu

[@rgg1642]

Indian bureaucracts should be only be hired after they've had atleast 2 years of experience in a company

[@parveenchopra4718]

Diasater man menber of the anti India govt. Shamne on him and congress of one family. shame

[@gagan3440]

Dollar is at 85, way away from the promised 40 by Dhongi Baba gang and Rajiv Dixit too FDI lowest in 23-24 at $37B 1% GDP, at 20 year old levels of 2006-07. China gets 2-3% easily when developing. IT Tax terrorism + 40-50% tax on Petrol/Cars and High unemployment even at IIT are also realities, BUT ANDHBHAKT NAI MANENGE FOR 80vs20

[@TIGER100001]

2 hopeless lot montak alluwallia and manmohaan singh kolhi....as fm in narasima rao government manmoohaan singh kohli was a flop and as pm for 10yrs only saw scams.......useless and hopeless lot...and i heard even in 1968...they had great prospect to do well..butmanmohaan singh kohli blundered it

[@CognoFusionTechnologies]

Economist who spends 35 lakhs on his tolilets 😂😂

[@kunzk]

If a two bhk cost 2 crores today i may end up spending 50 lakhs on toilets

[@bhikariman-sigmamale]

He is talking a lot of sense. Not some bs like RR

[@karolbagh3793]

That too! in UPA term 10 years back 😂😂

[@kaushamlani]

Is this Panjabi economist the best india can muster Screw Wests “Education in indoctrination” scrap the text books and start thinks of solutions to overcome colonial laws and buffers and WEALTH CREATION WILL COME INDIA’s current wealth creation ability in hibernation is an annual US$ 85 trillion Send this IAS economist back to pray his economic policies at Amritsar Golden Temple Sit 1-hour with my team of Gujarati and we will teach you Dexterity in Wealth Creation With people like this preaching western economics India is doomed another 1090 years

[@bhargavk1515]

I think is very short sighted view to reject the man's contributions. It would certainly be productive to carefully listen and iteratively correct the policy and society. Again, we must realise that sideliners have very little skin in game -- Actually, they are irrelevant!

[@kaushamlani]

@@bhargavk1515 It’s not Bill Gates the world’s richest landowner. I singularly in control of 110,000,000 acres of land in cognitio across Africa And… I’m putting my money here my mouth is, in next month unveiling a UNIVERSAL VALUE CHAIN that will elevate India Wealth Creation to surpass $85 trillion Universal Basic Income of INR 40,000 per rural poor So you sit back watch because that is all that Indians are capable of doing, and if I may add what is your hour of FAME towards JAY HIND

[@kaushamlani]

@@bhargavk1515 Montak Contributed my foot, Ask him to spend 5-mins and brief you what actually GDP means and why he not measuring indian economy in GNI per Capita?

[@rd12322a]

यह तो मलाई वाली पोस्टिंग ढूंढता था और अपनो को सैट करना चाहता था