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Fiscal Fitness was The Pritish Nandy Business Show, India's first weekly business show, on Zee TV telecasted in the year 1991. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Pritish Nandy's Biography - Bollywood.com".
  2. Prasad:I did a programme called Fiscal Fitness on Zee TV (1991) and later did a few business programmes which Pritish Nandy anchored.
  3. Thus began Fiscal Fitness on Zee and The Pritish Nandy Show on DD, India's first signature chat show, aired twice a week on prime time. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/big-ideas-pritish-nandy-on-satellite-tv/1/164599.html