The Indian Index

A lion takes one step back to make a longer leap😊

@ICC Just hours back many were writing his ODI obit.

Rohit Sharma becomes the first Indian to score an ODI century at Lord's 🙌 📝: icc-cricket.com/matches/264919…

Just yesterday he was being ruled out.

@HPCSmedia Time taken for a ship to dock and unload.

@IndianIndex What is a turn around time?

🇮🇳 India is emerging as a global hub for Commerce and Logistics🚢✈️ 🌍 COUNTRY — Turn Around Time (Days) 🇮🇳 India — 0.9 🇸🇬 Singapore — 1.0 🇲🇾 Malaysia — 1.0 🇳🇿 New Zealand — 1.1 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 1.1 🇦🇪 UAE — 1.1 🇮🇪 Ireland — 1.2 🇩🇪 Germany — 1.3 🇧🇪 Belgium — 1.3 🇺🇸 USA — 1.5 🇦🇺 Australia — 1.7 🇷🇺 Russian Federation — 1.8 🇨🇦 Canada — 2.0 🇿🇦 South Africa — 2.8 ⏱️ Turnaround Time: The average time taken to clear, process, and move cargo at ports—from arrival to onward dispatch 🚢📦 (The World Bank Logistics Performance Index 2023)

Major Countries with Rare Earth Mineral Reserves (in million metric tons)🌍: 🇨🇳 China — 44.0 million MT (largest in the world) 🇧🇷 Brazil — 21.0 million MT 🇮🇳 India — 6.9 million MT 🇦🇺 Australia — 5.7 million MT 🇷🇺 Russia — 3.8 million MT 🇻🇳 Vietnam — 3.5 million MT 🇺🇸 United States — 1.9 million MT 🇬🇱 Greenland (Denmark) — 1.5 million MT (USGS)

Fish diversity in Ganga rises nearly 61% in 11 years, reaches 230 species: ICAR-CIFRI study🐟🇮🇳 Pattern of fish diversity in river Ganga: 1822 - 271 1974 - 207 1991 - 172 1998 - 110 2004 - 162 2012 - 143 2023 – 230 (ICAR-CIFRI)

Eleven Years of CSR: ₹2.61 Lakh Crore Journey (FY2014-15 to FY2024-25)💰🇮🇳 Year-wise CSR Spending (₹ crore): FY2014-15: 10,066 FY2015-16: 14,517 FY2016-17: 14,542 FY2017-18: 17,098 FY2018-19: 20,217 FY2019-20: 24,966 FY2020-21: 26,211 FY2021-22: 27,141 FY2022-23: 30,932 FY2023-24: 34,909 FY2024-25: 40,794 Total (FY2014-15 to FY2024-25): ₹2,61,393 crore (Fulcrum Research)

We can, and should, do better.🧥👖🇮🇳 🌍 Top Apparel Exporters (2024) Share of Global Apparel Exports 🇨🇳 China — 29.6% 🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 6.9% 🇻🇳 Vietnam — 6.1% 🇹🇷 Türkiye — 3.1% 🇮🇳 India — 3.0% 🇰🇭 Cambodia — 2.1% 🇵🇰 Pakistan — 1.8% 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 1.6% (WTO (2024), compiled by Statista and industry reports)

Financial advisors putting your money in an index fund for you

This temple gives back donation cash back to bhakts as prasad.

@raj_goraxhpuri Bharat ke takle ek ho!

BJP gave us cheap Minoxodil, i think thats the biggest achievement which no one talks about

16th Finance Commission: Recommended Share of States in Central Tax Devolution (%)💰🇮🇳 Uttar Pradesh — 17.619% Bihar — 9.948% Madhya Pradesh — 7.347% West Bengal — 7.215% Maharashtra — 6.441% Rajasthan — 5.926% Odisha — 4.420% Andhra Pradesh — 4.217% Karnataka — 4.131% Tamil Nadu — 4.097% Gujarat — 3.755% Jharkhand — 3.357% Chhattisgarh — 3.304% Assam — 3.258% Kerala — 2.382% Telangana — 2.174% Punjab — 1.996% Haryana — 1.361% Arunachal Pradesh — 1.354% Uttarakhand — 1.141% Himachal Pradesh — 0.914% Tripura — 0.641% Meghalaya — 0.631% Manipur — 0.626% Mizoram — 0.564% Nagaland — 0.481% Goa — 0.365% Sikkim — 0.335% (Sixteenth Finance Commission)

@MODIfiedVikas @unrave20 + pollution issue. We're still badly dependant on fossils for power needs.

@unrave20 For mountains, for exports.

Innovation is always great but why the need for Hydrogen train in a fully electrified network I don't understand

PV SINDHU WINS THE JAPAN OPEN! 🏆🥹

India's Share in Countries' Pharmaceutical Import Demand (2025): 💊🇮🇳 🇹🇭 Thailand — 5.8% 🇻🇳 Vietnam — 4.8% 🇧🇷 Brazil — 4.1% 🇨🇴 Colombia — 3.6% 🇷🇺 Russia — 3.3% 🇲🇽 Mexico — 2.8% 🇹🇷 Türkiye — 1.9% 🇦🇷 Argentina — 0.8% 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei — 0.5% 🇨🇳 China — 0.2% (NITI Aayog, Trade Watch (Q4 FY2025–26))

How India's Governments Earn Their Tax Revenue:💰🇮🇳 Share of total tax revenue (Centre + States, average of 2021–2024) 🟠 GST — 32.4% 🟣 Income Tax — 17.7% 🟡 Corporation Tax — 17.0% 🔵 Excise Duties — 12.1% 🟤 Taxes on Sales & Trade — 8.1% 🟢 Customs Duty — 4.5% 🔷 Stamp & Registration Fees — 4.2% ⚪ Others — 4.0% (Sixteenth Finance Commission; Union Budgets, States' & UTs Finance Accounts)

Where Are the World's Top AI Researchers Educated?💻 Share of undergraduate education (%): 🇨🇳 China — 38% 🇺🇸 United States — 24% 🇮🇳 India — 10% 🇪🇺 European Union — 9% 🇰🇷 South Korea — 5% 🇨🇦 Canada — 4% 🌍 Others — 10% (MacroPolo Global AI Talent Tracker 3.0 (based on NeurIPS 2024, ICML 2024 & ICLR 2025 conference )proceedings).

Top Personal Income Tax Rates: How India Compares💸 🇮🇳 India – 39% 🇸🇬 Singapore – 24% 🇻🇳 Vietnam – 35% 🇮🇩 Indonesia – 35% 🇨🇳 China – 45% 🇬🇧 UK – 45% 🇩🇪 Germany – 45% (Financial Express; Official government tax schedules and PwC tax summaries.)

India's Major Suppliers of Rare Earth Metals (2023–24): 🇮🇳 🇨🇳 China — 59.0% (699 tonnes) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong — 19.7% (234 tonnes) 🇯🇵 Japan — 16.2% (192 tonnes) 🇲🇳 Mongolia — 5.1% (60 tonnes) 🌍 Others — 0.1% (0.13 tonnes) (Ministry of Mines, PIB)