In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets:

Story 1: India’s New Energy Security Dilemma

We will look into how India is balancing two parallel energy strategies — rapidly expanding renewable energy while also investing heavily in oil refineries. The story explores how energy security is changing in an electrifying world, the challenges of financing clean energy, and why fossil fuels still remain important despite the green transition.

Story 2: India’s Missing Poor

We will talk about the challenge of measuring poverty in India after a decade-long gap in official consumption data. The story examines new research that attempts to reconstruct poverty trends, reveals a slowdown in poverty reduction, and highlights why reliable statistics are crucial for policymaking and economic planning.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:36 India’s Energy Balancing Act

12:06 Did Poverty Really Fall?

21:36 Tidbits

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