Infrastructure, Education, and the 22% Internet Tax: A Deep Dive into India's Growth Hurdles

Описание: India pays more for slower internet than most countries — and millions of lives are buffered by it.

This episode of The ARC Show pulls no punches. Hosted by Amit Katyal with Raunak Maheshwari, we cut past slogans and look at the everyday reality: dropped calls during work, buffered lectures during exam season, stalled online classes in coaching towns, and a broadband market shaped by regulation, AGR-style license costs, and underinvestment in last-mile infrastructure. The result: consumers paying top dollar but getting worse outcomes than many smaller economies.

What you’ll get in this episode (fast, usable insight):
• A consumer-first view of why broadband feels unreliable — not a tech lecture, but real problems people face every day (video calls, OTT streaming, online exams, remote work).
• How policy decisions — including spectrum, licensing and AGR-style revenue burdens — push costs into the consumer bill and slow rollout.
• Comparative perspective showing what other countries deliver for the same or lower spend, and why India still lags.
• A look at Kota Factory and education hubs: when coaching and learning go digital, buffering isn’t an inconvenience — it’s a disruption to futures.
• What realistic fixes look like: where policy, investment, and accountability need to meet.

Host: Amit Katyal
Guest: Raunak Maheshwari
Studio Partner: @collative

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Watch matters the most to you:

00:00 – 01:30 | Slow Internet, Limited Futures
01:30 – 05:30 | Kota: Rise, Saturation, and Decline
05:30 – 11:30 | Education Reality Check
11:30 – 16:30 | Economic Aftershocks & Migration
16:30 – 21:30 | Reverse Brain Drain & Structural Gaps
21:30 – 26:30 | Why India Pays More for Worse Internet
26:30 – 33:00 | Digital Divide & Infrastructure Limits
33:00 – 38:30 | What Actually Fixes the Internet
38:30 – End | The Road Ahead

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