India's growing population

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Devina Gupta reports on India's growing population and what that means for people living, working and running businesses there.

66 year old Radha Gupta and her daughter Aashima Gupta live in India’s capital city, Delhi. They tell us how population dynamics have changed their lifestyle over the years, and business woman Vineeta Singh tells us how she has capitalised on a growing number of consumers in India and how this is attracting global finance.

Presenter / producer: Devina Gupta Image: Kolkata market: Credit: Getty Images

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0:00.0	abnormal transactions.
0:03.0	Some kind of cyber attack on a bank.
0:05.1	Tens of millions of dollars.
0:07.0	Something I don't think anybody has seen before.
0:09.1	It's a cybercriminal group.
0:10.7	From the BBC World Service.
0:12.5	The Lazarus Heist is back for season two.
0:14.7	It was really like in the movies.
0:16.2	Find out more at the end of this podcast.
0:21.4	India is set to be the world's most populous country this year,
0:25.8	overtaking China.
0:27.4	So what has led to this population boom?
0:30.5	And what does it mean for over 1.4 billion people
0:34.6	who are living and working here?
0:37.4	Find out with me, Devinina Gupta, on Business Daily.
0:46.7	This is a busy bazaar in India's capital city, Delhi.
0:51.2	It's a congested lane with three-storied houses on one side. Most of them have a small shop on the ground floor.
0:58.8	On the other side of the lane, there are sellers with their shopping cards. They are selling clothes, trinkets, spices, fancy wall hangings, fruits and much more.
1:11.6	Some are shouting the best deals to attract customers.
1:16.2	It's a hot afternoon and the place is packed.
1:20.6	The air has a lingering smell of sweat and spices.
1:25.4	And one thing you can't miss is the energy of the crowd.
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