Health and education reforms enable sustainable economic changes in India
Ashok Bhattacharya (A.K. Bhattacharya) · Modi Govt Vs Raghuram Rajan, 1991 Finance Team, & India’s Brain Drain Challenge I A.K. Bhattacharya · May 3, 2024 · at 39:05
A.K. Bhattacharya argues that improving public health and education creates a capable populace, reducing political pushback against necessary economic reforms.
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“If we could take care of these two elements, health and education, then I would say that we will reach a point Where economic reforms will not be that big a stumbling block in the, in our road to political democratic journey.”
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