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Satellite Data Shows Punjab Farm Fires Lowest In 3 Years
Stubble burning in Punjab, shows data, has been lowest in the last three years.
www.ndtv.com
There is a coordinated attack on the Ola group including the Automotive Forums and social media like Twitter.
But there is issue with how Bhavish handles the communication with masses. He should give this work to his PR team instead.
Our findings present a picture very different from Oxfam’s assertions. Household contributions to GST collections amounted to `6.19 lakh crore in 2022-23, representing 34 percent of total GST revenues of `18.07 lakh crore. The remaining comes from business-to-business transactions and government consumption.
another oxfam dishonesty exposed
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Last year, Oxfam published a report at World Economic Forum that claimed that the poorest 50% Indians pay 2/3rd GST.
This was widely carried by publications globally without any editorial curiosity. Like much disinformation targeting Modi govt, this claim too has stuck in popular imagination. Perhaps the stunning nature of it was part of that design. Oxfam published no calculation for this claim that doesn't even pass basic sanity test.
Thanks to a professor in Mumbai SP Jain, Dr Vidhu, the actual GST calculation based on NSSO data has been published. It shows the bottom 50% Indians pay 28% household GST and only 9% of overall GST.
Spreading such blatant fake news designed to create discontent and demoralisation amongst Indians is a very serious matter. Indian taxation is progressive as it should be. It is the middle class that feels they deserve a tax break. Such fake news limits the ability of the govt to take correct economic steps. It is time Indians realised such foreign NGOs are not our friends.
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?Taxing truths: Decoding appropriate GST shares
“But sir, most of GST is paid by the poor in India.” This innocuous comment by a student during a discussion on the state of the Indian economy made me realisewww.newindianexpress.com
View: https://x.com/parag_alavani/status/1843501717813391620
@ezsasa Guess benefits of FDI and self regulation gifted to Media?
didn't get this connection, FDI in media happened in 91, is it not?
FDI in print media was decided after due consideration: PM | India News - Times of India
India News: LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said on Friday the decision for allowing Foreign Direct Investment in the print media had been taken aftetimesofindia.indiatimes.com
Just like all other mediocrities, we have become too acclimatized to this one. "4th country after US, Russia, China" or "To soon join the exclusive club" have given us so much pride that we don't even yearn to become first.
You mentioned opportunity cost; it is no doubt a big reason why we're still archaic but in my opinion there's something even more important that we often exponentially overlook...the academia. Except for a few hundred people no one here even dreams to take up R&D.
Here's a little thought experiment.
Some 1.5 million candidates appear for JEE-Mains, ask them whether the reason they want to take this test is that they're deeply interested in a certain topic and want to use a certain department of a certain college to learn more or not. And then see how many answers in line with something like this "last year X department of this Y had the highest package of Z lpa, so that's why I wanna pursue technology"
We look at Northrop Grumman or Lockheed Martin with utter bewilderment that how come they think of F-117, B-2 and then at last console ourselves saying that they've a larger capital.
Yes they've, because firms there invest in academia. And this happens because MIT or CalTech works on ground breaking topics. It becomes a self sustaining cycle.
My usual brain rot yapping ends
Tata scion Ratan Tata ji is no more.
God bless his soul, guy launched and most important of all dared many new things, Tata Sierra and Tata Safari when launched were ahead of their time.