Almost immediately after India’s Q1 GDP print of 7.8%, the questions began: Where is the growth? Can we trust the number?
My answer: don’t look at one number , look at all of them together.
GDP: 7.8% | GVA: 8.2% | Nominal GDP: 10.3% | Manufacturing: 9.2% | Investment: 11.9% | Household consumption: 7.1% | Exports: 12% | Financial, real estate & IT services: 12.1%
And the momentum hasn’t stopped:
📈 July industrial output: +6.7%, capital goods: +16.1%
📦 April–July exports: +13.16%
💰 August GST collections: ~₹2 lakh crore, +14.8% YoY
🚚 E-way bills: 13.9 crore, +7.7%
🏭 Purchasing Manager Index: 54.1 , 15
Month high
💵 Forex reserves: all-time high of ~$741 billion
How many indicators have to move in the same direction before we accept that India is growing?
This strength isn’t confined to the Centre. In August alone, the Government sent States an extra ₹1.09 lakh crore in tax devolution. The 16th Finance Commission has locked in ₹4.35 lakh crore for our villages and panchayats over the next five years. A stronger Union means stronger States and stronger States mean more reaching our people. That’s who all this is for: WE THE PEOPLE.
And all of this, while the world battled war, oil shocks and inflation. No LPG crisis. No ₹150 petrol. Reserves at a record high instead of collapsing. That’s resilience.
Beneath the headline numbers, something bigger is happening: India is becoming a manufacturing power. Electrical equipment: +27%. Transport equipment: +20%. Capital goods: +15%. Electronics and semiconductors are moving from announcement to implementation.
For decades, India imported what it consumed. Today, the ambition is different: Make in India. Design in India. Innovate in India. Manufacture in India, for the world.
This didn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of years of investment in highways, railways, airports, ports, power, digital infrastructure and manufacturing ecosystems under Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji.
And the world is opening its doors to match that ambition. India has built a growing network of Free Trade Agreements -with Mauritius, the UAE, Australia, the EFTA bloc, and the UK - opening new markets for our exports while pulling in fresh investment and jobs, with more deals, including the EU, in the pipeline.
Question the Government on legitimate issues. Demand employment, jobs. That is democracy. But there is a difference between questioning a government and questioning every single Indian achievement.
GDP rises, question it.
Exports rise , question them
Reserves hit a record, question that too.
Global companies invest, dismiss it.
At some point: what evidence would satisfy you?
Do not tell India’s youth that their country can not win. They have watched it happen in real time, and they will keep watching it for years to come.
There was a time when Indians looked at China’s extraordinary growth and wondered: When will India grow like this?
Today, India is among the world’s fastest-growing major economies.
Why should we not be proud of that?
Question India where India needs to improve. But when India delivers, have the courage to say so.
Jai Hind 🇮🇳
@nsitharaman@PiyushGoyal@GoIStats@blsanthosh
What exactly is XAUUSD? 🥇
You may have seen this term whenever gold prices are discussed
XAU = Gold
USD = US Dollar
So XAUUSD simply means the price of gold in US dollars
For example, if XAUUSD is $4,376, it means 1 troy ounce (31.1g) of gold costs $4,376
1$=₹94.59
Now convert it to India for 24k gold:
$4,376 × ₹94.59 = ₹4,13,917/oz
₹4,13,917 ÷ 31.1 = ₹13,308/g
Add 15% import duty:
₹13,308 × 1.15 = ₹15,304/g
This is before GST and other local charges
This is today Morning's Gold price in Andhra Pradesh
Excited to be part of the Hyderabad Founders Network – Monthly Community Meetup, presented by TRIZEN! 🚀
Hyderabad’s startup ecosystem continues to grow stronger when founders, professionals, creators, mentors, and business leaders come together to connect and collaborate.
From managing one call at a time with a 45-minute wait in 1994 to handling concurrent calls with minimum wait time using Agentic AI in 2026. The evolution of the hospital front desk is a masterclass in how healthcare administration is transforming through automation.
I’ve worked with sellers & buyers worldwide.
Yet, nothing prepared me for the level of professional ghosting I’ve seen in India.
We talk big numbers.
Make grand promises.
Visit the plants - take full days time of owners
Request detailed quotes.
Enjoy free samples.
Extract every bit of technical and commercial information.
Then overnight vanish.
Zero courtesy.
Zero gratitude.
Just pure selfish behavior.
A simple tip that costs nothing:
Be straight. Be clear.
Even if it doesn’t work out, close with a polite
“Thank you, we’ve decided to go with others” or
“We’re not ready at this stage.”
Anything less is just burning bridges.
This working style needs to change.
It’s not smart. It’s not professional.
It’s simply pathetic.
Every successful startup begins with a strong foundation and compliance is part of that foundation.
From company registration to tax filings and legal documentation, staying compliant protects your business and prepares you for growth. #GST#ROC#TaxCompliance#BusinessConsulting
Prime Minister Modi-ji's Independence Day call to Indian companies to join the ranks of leading global companies is deeply inspiring.
It means a stronger and deeper commitment to R&D at every level. Bharat must lead in algorithms and atoms, AI and photons, lenses and magnets, robots and rockets and all the technologies in between. We have the brains to do it!
His bold vision inspires us to work harder at Zoho.
Happy Independence Day! Jai Hind 🫡
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2014 I was working at Zoho,
Mani took me into his mentorship, nurtured me and made me the person that I'm today.
At work I was very rebellious, wanted to move very fast and not a very nice person to work with.
I feel very ashamed of that right now.
I ask the forgiveness of my co-worker.
I got work done but ended up burning a lot of bridges.
Mani took me aside one day and made me realize that it is good to win but it is much more important to win as a team.
Mani never advised, he would simply lead by example and you can learn so much just by observation and reflection.
In the last 12 years, working with him has helped me overcome almost any professional challenge through sheer grit and going to the root of the problem.
He taught me that the whole of life is a grand experiment.
Thanks @MVhandle for nurturing my grit and shaping my sensiblities around people and product.
Indebted to you and SV for building an institution / mothership like Zoho 🙏