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India is supposed to be a country that generates enough and more electricity. Why then, do we find, even in an industrial area, such frequent power cuts? Or shutdowns. Or irregular power supply. Or whatever the hell one wants to call it? WHY? How do we expect manufacturers to produce goods when the damned power trips every so often?

Noida Jewar Airport critics need to zoom out. Delhi is the ONLY major airport serving all of North India. Jewar will change that. It will serve UP, Haryana, Uttarakhand and beyond, reduce pressure on IGI, attract corporates and create massive jobs. #NoidaJewarAirport

You might see the government is suddenly obsessed with getting a gas pipe into your kitchen (PNG) instead of just delivering a cylinder (LPG). It actually comes down to a massive math problem we are trying to solve. Most people think gas is just gas but they’re actually totally different chemicals. LPG is the stuff in the red cylinders (propane & butane) and is basically a scrap product. When we refine crude oil to make petrol and diesel, we only get a tiny sliver of LPG (about 3%). Even though India has world-class refineries, we just can’t squeeze enough LPG out of a barrel of oil to feed 33 crore households. This forces us to import a staggering 60% of our LPG, mostly from the Middle East. If a war breaks out or a shipping lane like the Strait of Hormuz gets blocked, those cylinders stop showing up at your door as usual. Natural Gas (which is then sent as PNG), on the other hand, is a primary fuel (mostly methane). We actually have plenty of it sitting in our own ground in India. While we still import some, we aren't nearly as dependent on the Middle East for it as we are for LPG. By moving city folks onto pipelines, the government is essentially freeing up the limited supply of cylinders for rural villages where you can't easily dig pipes. It’s a huge logistical reshuffle to make sure a crisis in West Asia doesn't leave the masses unable to cook. There's also another angle here. Countries like the US and Qatar don't even need refineries to get LPG, they just suck it straight out of massive "wet" gas wells. India doesn't have those specific types of wells. So, for us to keep using LPG, we have to keep buying expensive crude oil and hoping the 3% we get as a by-product is enough. Over the long term, in hindsight, it was a losing game. Indian bureaucracy should have envisaged this and prepared in advance, esp. when Ujjwala Scheme more than doubled the number of LPG connections to ~32cr. That was a strategic mistake. Switching to PNG is basically India’s way of saying that let's stop relying on a byproduct that we lack domestically and start using the methane (natural gas) we actually produce at home. It’s safer, it’s underground (so it's harder to disrupt during a war), and it keeps the supply chain running even when global oil prices go crazy. For an average person, it’s the difference between waiting for a truck that might not come and having a tap that never runs dry.

@hvgoenka In marriage, dowry In divorce, alimony

Money has many names: In school, it’s fees. In business, investment. In work, salary. In shopping, price. In banking, loan. In travel, fare. In law, fine. In religion, donation. In government, tax. Same money… just different excuses to take it from you 😄!

Delhi extracted 99% of its groundwater in 2023. India uses 25% of all groundwater extracted globally. Wells that fed villages for centuries now sit dry. So we over-extracted for decades—agriculture, industry, unchecked borewells. Water table drops. GDP goes up. Then we sell packaged water in plastic bottles. GDP goes up again. India's bottled water market? ₹79,000 crore in 2024. Growing at 12.45% annually. Premium mineral water? Another ₹11,300 crore. Water purifiers? ₹8,500 crore more. The depletion economy profits. The hydration economy profits. Your aquifers pay for both while the same balance sheets celebrate. Your grandmother drank from the well. Zero cost. Now you spend ₹600 monthly on 20-liter jars, ₹40 per bottle on the go, ₹15,000 on purifiers—GDP contribution with every sip. 💧🏺💸 Who's winning here? Not the water table. #GDPTrap #16

@iKunaal Rajkumar has range? No.... If you want to learn what real range means, watch Pankaj Kapoor

I don’t know how to explain this, but what Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Pankaj Tripathi do isn’t range. What Rajkummar Rao and R. Madhavan do is range.

@brahma_4u Content creators are highly important too, just not the cringe one. We need variety in content. We don't have good content creators in thousands of the fields.

India needs more builders, not more content creators.

@theskindoctor13 City roads are ridiculous, village and small town roads are pathetic, power supply is laughable, it's all jobless growth here, can't see where the numbers are coming from. May be big players are doing good but for small industries & agriculture, each area needs reliable power.

There was a time when the term “UP” was used, and people immediately associated it with backwardness, non-existent law and order, and lack of investment. From that to reaching the top spot in investment rankings, UP has come a long way in the last 9 years. And the credit goes to stability, safety, policy support, and faster decision-making, which have improved confidence. Investments worth lakhs of crores are coming in, projects are visible on the ground, and jobs are being created. Better infrastructure, expressways, freight corridors, and connectivity, has turned UP into a strong industrial hub. What stands out is that growth is not limited to big industries. Small businesses and artisans are benefiting through schemes like ODOP, MSMEs are expanding, and new sectors like data centres, electronics, and defence manufacturing are growing. Startups are rising, many led by women, and even rural areas are seeing digital jobs. For a layman, the biggest change is this: earlier people left UP for opportunities; now opportunities are coming to them. The state is moving from being known for its problems to being recognised for its progress. #SamriddhPradesh

UP is rising on so many parameters but the cities here are just pathetic. UP must be having at least 15 big cities with wide roads, good sanitation, filled with business opportunities, and big enough to accommodate people from 4 surrounding cities. #9YearsOfRisingUP

@narendramodi Gorakhpur to Prayagraj Expressway Pryagraj to Puri Expressway Plan these as well

देशभर में कनेक्टिविटी का तेज विस्तार हमारी सरकार की प्राथमिकताओं में है। इसी कड़ी में आज नेशनल हाइवे के बाराबंकी से बहराइच सेक्शन के 4-लेन को मंजूरी दी गई है। इससे जहां यात्रा का समय कम होगा, वहीं इस क्षेत्र के आर्थिक विकास को भी बल मिलेगा। pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

A landmark step towards accelerating India’s industrial growth! The Union Cabinet has approved Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA). This will enable the development of 100 plug-and-play industrial parks, boosting manufacturing, investment and jobs across the nation. The scheme will significantly enhance Ease of Doing Business through streamlined approvals and single-window systems. It will boost logistics and services sectors too. pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

@pandeyshashank_ @up_10t_army @UPGovt Yadav is really tasty

@up_10t_army @UPGovt Bro Apsara and Yadav are good Namkeen brands from purvanchal. But they are not scaling like Balaji

After some research, I found UP is actually a hub of masala manufacturers. But most never scaled to the national level. @UPGovt should prioritize this; it’s a billion-dollar opportunity for an agricultural state.

@mohitowit @PiyuduttaPiyu Exactly where you can't read

@fondofdev @PiyuduttaPiyu and where’s it said???

We often ignore who their parents are and what might have been the reason for VCs racing to fund them: 1. Zepto/ Aadit Palicha’s father : Kavit Palicha is the Chief Investment Officer for the Jafar Family Office in UAE. 2. Pronto/ Anjali Sardana’s father : Raj Sardana is a billionaire and founder of a tech Co in the US.

@priestlyclass Bihari dialects? Bhojpuri and Mathili are proper languages with their grammar and literature. And Bhojpuri isn't Bihari, it's spoken in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and some parts of Nepal as well.

NCR is such a linguistically diverse region, so many languages & dialects gujjari, kauravi, haryanvi, khari boli, braj, ahirwati, punjabi, marwari, bihari dialects like bhojpuri & maithili

@mohitowit @PiyuduttaPiyu He is saying don't fall for fancy headlines. Entrepreneurship isn't for everyone.

@PiyuduttaPiyu doesn’t change the fact that they’ve built (rather building) great businesses. what are you trying to derive from this?

@myogiadityanath @narendramodi So many airports to boast but only a few are functional. What happened to Azamgarh airport? Kushinagar was a flop show. Operate those airports, provide flights to major cities.

DGCA has granted the Aerodrome License to YIAPL for the Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar in Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. Under the visionary leadership of Hon. PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, India’s aviation sector is witnessing unprecedented expansion and transformation. The upcoming world-class airport in Jewar will strengthen connectivity for NCR and Western Uttar Pradesh, boost investment, tourism and employment, and further accelerate the journey of a New Uttar Pradesh contributing to a New India. pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

Dear two-wheeler riders, I’m writing to express a concern I’ve been having. Many of you attempt to squeeze onto my left and pass me while I’m turning left, despite my car’s left turn indicator flashing for the last half a minute. You also do so just as I start turning. You accelerate instead of slowing down. I’m curious about your habits. When you set your mixer jar at home, do you put your head inside it before turning it on? I’d really appreciate your response. Please write back to me.

Sonbhadra has a 40 km long lake. Hills & untouched natural beauty. Massive water sports potential. And yet… almost zero national attention. @uptourismgov @_InvestUP This could be UP’s next big resort destination.

@Finance_Weights A prudent choice here is-> Offer to pay his EMIs till he gets the job. You won't be paying huge some immediately, the payment would be divided in parts and he will get the job within a week few months. Less money given, friendship saved, his headache saved. You won't lose much.

I've never imagined a metro station to look this worse. Wtf is this 😭