{"id":9324,"date":"2020-07-09T09:26:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T03:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/?p=9324"},"modified":"2020-07-09T09:26:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T03:56:59","slug":"episode-4-the-roving-bandits-of-uttar-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/episodes\/2020\/7\/9\/episode-4-the-roving-bandits-of-uttar-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 4: The Roving Bandits of Uttar Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"iframe-class\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15141116\/height\/90\/width\/640\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/cc5c00\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; 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Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul lay them bare in episode 4 of Econ Central. Also discussed: the unseen effects of the PMGKAY, a book you must read to understand India&#8217;s post-independence economics and why no country has an &#8216;ideal&#8217; economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><b>Also check out<\/b>:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/pmgkay-cost-put-at-rs-1-5-lakh-crore-actual-expenditure-may-be-rs-50k-crore-less-6484086\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/pmgkay-cost-put-at-rs-1-5-lakh-crore-actual-expenditure-may-be-rs-50k-crore-less-6484086\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHLX-lNrqc0fAzPQDDwPp0HHQxhAg\">PMGKAY\u00a0Cost vs Actual Expenditure<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Harish Damodaran.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiabudget.gov.in\/budget2016-2017\/es2015-16\/echapvol1-04.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.indiabudget.gov.in\/budget2016-2017\/es2015-16\/echapvol1-04.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEyDwgt8YtILbxihIUJHKYhDttPQQ\">Agriculture: More from Less<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Economic Survey 2015-16.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2017\/11\/26\/episode-44-the-delhi-smog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2017\/11\/26\/episode-44-the-delhi-smog\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG12EhvJI5sz-jD7MFTqdMXU0oAiQ\">The Delhi Smog<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 44 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul).<br \/>\n4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Politics\/ifyxQQDrP9tq6JNuIpcoqN\/The-real-reason-behind-the-north-Indian-smog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Politics\/ifyxQQDrP9tq6JNuIpcoqN\/The-real-reason-behind-the-north-Indian-smog.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtoaJJIDE1UuRz_3Xj5kzWJpM2rw\">The Real Reason Behind the North Indian Smog<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Vivek Kaul.<br \/>\n5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2018\/9\/16\/episode-86-the-state-of-our-farmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2018\/9\/16\/episode-86-the-state-of-our-farmers\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTKjGaKtUOBgmZLGqi4ZrVHqOW_w\">The State of Our Farmers<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 86 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gunvant Patil).<br \/>\n6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/9\/29\/episode-140-indias-agriculture-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/9\/29\/episode-140-indias-agriculture-crisis\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHlM8PmIKjyUajPimhKMbf9lO3_Xw\">India\u2019s Agriculture Crisis<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 140 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Barun Mitra &amp; Kumar Anand).<br \/>\n7.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2020\/1\/6\/episode-154-the-art-and-science-of-economic-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2020\/1\/6\/episode-154-the-art-and-science-of-economic-policy\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0jOrp1jUzMVsHhxb6ZTuaVhN4JA\">The Art and Science of Economic Policy<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 154 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vijay Kelkar &amp; Ajay Shah).<br \/>\n8.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Service-Republic-Science-Economic-Policy-ebook\/dp\/B081HXR95C\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=In+Service+of+the+republic&amp;qid=1578275973&amp;sr=8-1?tag=maswe-21?tag=maswe-21?tag=maswe-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Service-Republic-Science-Economic-Policy-ebook\/dp\/B081HXR95C\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3DIn%2BService%2Bof%2Bthe%2Brepublic%26qid%3D1578275973%26sr%3D8-1?tag%3Dmaswe-21?tag%3Dmaswe-21&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdKHESZvNXjxgnQ02ltCTvZGEIDQ\">In Service of the Republic<\/a><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 Vijay Kelkar &amp; Ajay Shah.<br \/>\n9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/security\/kanpur-bloodbath-understanding-the-anatomy-of-an-encounter-of-the-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thewire.in\/security\/kanpur-bloodbath-understanding-the-anatomy-of-an-encounter-of-the-police&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNERLBmiEo-MwQAUfe4zuhwzi94ckA\">Kanpur Bloodbath: The Anatomy of an Encounter<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; NC Asthana.<br \/>\n10.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Power-Prosperity-Outgrowing-Capitalist-Dictatorships\/dp\/0465051952\/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=mancur+olson&amp;qid=1594265991&amp;sr=8-3?tag=maswe-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Power-Prosperity-Outgrowing-Capitalist-Dictatorships\/dp\/0465051952\/ref%3Dsr_1_3?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dmancur%2Bolson%26qid%3D1594265991%26sr%3D8-3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896914000&amp;usg=AFQjCNED5Y40rf6DOY7bVgLUwOcKocvOYw\">Power and Prosperity<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; 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Gurcharan Das.<br \/>\n14.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/publications\/policy-report\/swedens-lessons-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cato.org\/publications\/policy-report\/swedens-lessons-america&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594352896915000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwhnmGlL0lv2RWgGXGCTYhg0Cxwg\">Sweden\u2019s Lessons for America<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Johan Norberg.<\/p>\n<p>You can show your appreciation by buying us coffee or a book <a href=\"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/gift\/\">here<\/a>. 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Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul lay them bare in episode 4 of Econ Central. Also discussed: the unseen effects of the PMGKAY, a book you must read to understand India&#8217;s post-independence economics and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Episode 4: The Roving Bandits of Uttar Pradesh\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/episodes\/2020\/7\/9\/episode-4-the-roving-bandits-of-uttar-pradesh\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Episode 4: The Roving Bandits of Uttar Pradesh\">Read show notes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[155,156,154,153],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9324"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9326,"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9324\/revisions\/9326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}