Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacts with renowned economist and former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to discuss India's ongoing economic crisis as a result of the ongoing lockdown and measures to address the problem.
Rahul Gandhi will have a series of these meetings with experts from India and around the globe. He said, "This is the first of a series of talks with leaders of global and Indian thought."
The interaction between Rahul Gandhi and Raghuram Rajan is streaming on the Twitter, Facebook and YouTube social media platforms.
9.30: Conversation is now over.
9.27 a.m.: Rahul Gandhi asks Rajan, "What do you think of the authoritarian model?" Rajan replies, "It's appealing to the disempowered people, and it gives them the feeling that here's a strong figure and you're going to be cared for."
9.25 am: Rahul Gandhi: the degree of deprivation that you see in India can't be seen elsewhere. The measures taken in the US can not be compared to those in India. There are very different cultures in our. Caste is one element like that.
There can be no easy solution for India as a whole, as unlike the US, we have a different system in society.
9.20 am: Rahul Gandhi: discord and hatred infrastructure which causes great damage to society in the midst of such a crisis.
Raghuram Rajan: We can't be a split house in times of like this crisis. One main mechanism is social harmony.
9.15 am: Rajan asks Rahul Gandhi about the efficacy of India's panchayati raj system. Rahul Gandhi says, "It was once successful. We're moving towards more power centralization, and more bureaucratic or DM-based Northern states."
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