Welcome to the third part of a larger conversation with Kumar Anand (Center for Civil Society) where we dispel myths about money, inflation, price and profit. 0:00 Is Profit a Dirty Word?4:32 Should there Be a Limit on Profits?7:50 Can Govts. control Profiteering?11:11 The Solution is Competition12:52 Equal Distribution of Profit Doesn't Work19:10 The Problem of Unemployment 23:00 People are not Saints 24:10 Profit's Image Problem 26:00 Steps needed for Change

Welcome to the second part of a larger conversation with Kumar Anand (Center for Civil Society) where we dispel myths about money, inflation, price and profit. 0:00 How is Price Fixed?8:50 Failures of Planned Economies15:42 Problems with Labour Theory of Value18:21 Value is Created from Demand19:45 Price Gouging Solution

Welcome to Part 1 of a conversation with Kumar Anand (of Center for Civil Society) on the themes of CCS's political axis, personal freedom, and money and inflation. 0:00 What does Center for Civil Society do?1:10 The Political Axis of Center for Civil Society2:56 Conventional Political Spectrum4:18 Personal Freedom as a Better Political Marker6:18 The Evolution of Money13:27 The Value of Gold and Silver15:25 What is Inflation?20:00 Why the Govt increases Money Supply 26:06 Wrapping Up

This audio is in Assamese. School Leaders discuss what makes a good school, role of teachers, regulatory hurdles, opportunities and challenges brought on through policy changes.Viewers may read the reports mentioned in the discussion here -

1. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/education/our-insights/how-the-worlds-best-performing-school-systems-come-out-on-top

2. What Makes a School a Learning Organisation? | OECD

3.ASER: Annual Status of Education Report

4. In India, why teachers are walking away from the classroom | The Indian Express0:00:00 Introduction0:04:10 What is a Good School?0:21:20 Critical Role of Teachers0:43:36 Getting the right people into schools1:03:55 Lifelong Learning and Regulatory environment

Welcome to the comprehensive uncut episode about education where we talk with Dr. Amit Chandra and Vijay Shah (who runs a school in Siliguri) about various facets of education such as its definition, independence in curriculum design, problems with regulation and possible reforms.

0:00 Introduction of Guests

4;28 What is Education?

19:56 Should values be Imposed?

26:18 Which ability indicates education?

36:03 Are institutions designed for creativity and critical thinking?

47:23 Independence in curriculum design

56:03 Challenges for educational autonomy

1:02:01 Dr Amit's experience with Bureaucrats

1:04:38 Education should be wisdom-centric, not job-centric

1:09:31 Should we regulate education at all?

1:14:26 The problem with regulators

1:29:34 Public Choice Theory in Education

1:41:53 Voucher school programmes

1:44:07 Ideas obstructed by controlling mindsets

1:55:04 Reforms in today's political economy

2:06:10 Profit in schools/concluding remarks

We discuss with Amit Chandra and Nitesh Anand (Centre For Civil Society, Research and Outreach Division) a few roadblocks, in the form of policies, on our journey to a developed India. We talk about how markets can reform agriculture, price regulation, the liberalisation of 1991 and a host of other topics. Timestamps:0:00 Introduction1:16 What is a Viksit Bharat?7:41 The need to grow right now15:26 How markets can reform Agriculture30:51 How price is determined33:15 Government control of markets36:16 How do we increase production?41:26 Possible consequences of Agricultural reforms51:25 Impact of 1991 reforms1:08:57 Criminal provisions in business laws1:21:33 Social image of entrepreneurs1:24:45 Decriminalization is the way1:29:08 Minimum wage regulation1:37:35 Job Security1:50:03 Wrapping upReferences: 1. https://ccs.in/ - Centre For Civil Society: The organisation that Mr. Nitesh Anand works for.2. Source of Chart shown at 37:38 - https://www.usda.gov/More Resources to learn about agricultural policies in India: FEED INDIAhttps://swatantra.org.in/Documents/FeedIndiaPaper17Feb22.pdfDISCUSSION PAPER: Agriculture Policyhttps://swatantra.org.in/Documents/Discussion/DiscussionPaperAgriculture-draft.pdfReport of The Supreme Court Appointed Committee on Farm Lawshttps://swatantra.org.in/Documents/Report_2021_Supreme_Court_Committee_Farm_Laws.pdfOECD - Review of Agricultural Policies in Indiahttps://one.oecd.org/document/TAD/CA(2018)4/FINAL/En/pdf

Anil Ghanwat is a farmer leader from Shetkari Sangathana, one of the largest farmer organisations of India. He was a member of the Supreme Court appointed committee that was formed to study the 2020 farm laws. He is also the President of Swatantra Bharat Party. This discussion takes a deep dive into the problems faced by the farmers of India. FEED INDIA https://swatantra.org.in/Documents/FeedIndiaPaper17Feb22.pdf DISCUSSION PAPER: Agriculture Policy https://swatantra.org.in/Documents/Discussion/DiscussionPaperAgriculture-draft.pdf Report of The Supreme Court Appointed Committee on Farm Laws http://swatantra.org.in/Documents/Report_2021_Supreme_Court_Committee_Farm_Laws.pdf OECD - Review of Agricultural Policies in India https://one.oecd.org/document/TAD/CA(2018)4/FINAL/En/pdf