In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon tells us about the challenges of a giant who has not finished growing with Andrée Schupp, correspondent for L’Express in New Delhi.
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The team: Xavier Yvon (presentation), Charlotte Baris (writing), Ambre Rosala (editing) and Jules Krot (directing).
Credits: Associated Press, Euronews, France 24, Franceinfo
Music and design: Emmanuel Herschon/Studio Torrent
Image credits: Punit Paranjpe/AFP
Logo: Anne-Laure Chapelain/Benjamin Chazal
How to listen to a podcast? Follow the leader.
Xavier Yvon: OK. We’ve gone through the episodes being prepared… we can move on to the topic ideas… who wants to start?
Charlotte Barris: So I had an idea… but I’m not going to tell you right away… to show you that it’s good, we’re going to play a little game… I’ll give you some numbers and you tell me what inspires you. If I tell you: 1.4 billion…
Jules Krot: That’s simple, we’ve heard a lot about it… It’s the number of inhabitants in India, which in 2023 will become the most populous country in the world.
Xavier Yvon: In front of China!
Charlotte Barris: It’s true, it was easy. Well, if I say: 40% and -25, what does that make you think of?
Mathias Penguilly: Mmh no idea I admit
Xavier Yvon: Is it to do with the weather?
Charlotte Barris: And no: 40% is the share of young people under 25 in India!
Jules Krot: oh yeah it’s huge
Charlotte Barris: Think that on a global scale, that means that one in five young people is Indian.
Xavier Yvon: I like this game. Got another number?
Charlotte Barris: 20% in 2047
Mathias Penguilly: The share of the agricultural sector in India?
Charlotte Barris: Failed again. In fact, it is estimated that 20% of the world’s working population in 2047 will be Indian! Want more?
Jules Krot: Yes even if I think we are convinced!
Charlotte Barris: 6% is the growth that the IMF predicts for India this year. And one last for the road: India could become the 3rd world economy by 2027, ahead of Japan and Germany. But behind all these figures, India has plenty of challenges!
Xavier Yvon: Well I think we have understood the interest of the subject, it is sure that it will make an episode! Go to next topic…
As you can see with this discussion and especially with all this data, we understand that India is increasingly essential… and that it was essential to devote a podcast to it.
In this episode, the figures you have heard will take on their full meaning: you will discover that the country is multiplying international alliances… Under the leadership of an increasingly authoritarian Prime Minister, who is trying – with difficulty – to make India the new factory of the world…
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