Saffron 2034

[Saffron 2034 @Saffron2034]

The level with which RW causally throws around imposing president rule in a conversation is proof of the absolute proof of pathetic civics knowledge.

[Krish @Krish_nvm_Raw]

Wtfff was kejriwal doing in 12 yr that rekha gupta in more then 1 yr reduced mountain trash height from 65 m to less then 30 m

>Also she will build oxygen park after removing this mountain trash by planting 25,000+ trees

[ANI @ANI]

"I apologised to the minister on behalf of Meta for the error restricting PM Modi’s post "- Joel Kaplan, Chief Global Affairs Officer at Meta

Kaplan, with his team, met Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today.

[Voyager @jaiswar_2029]

@ANI

[Ranvir Shorey @RanvirShorey]

@ashesshallspeak 🖕🏽

[Ranvir Shorey @RanvirShorey]

@DrNimoYadav 😏

[Siraj Hashmi @SirajAHashmi]

Another banger I’m afraid

[Malay Krishna @Malay4Product]

I looked at these numbers yesterday.

They are genuinely impressive. 85% of our expressways, 75% of our metro, all in twelve years.

Then I wanted to dig one level deeper, so I put the chart next to China.

I know, every time someone compares India with China, half the replies say it is unfair, different system, different scale, thirty year head start.

And yes if you compare with China today, the comparison is useless.

But any study is only as good as its benchmark.

You cannot judge a build decade in a vacuum. So I did the comparison with China from 2000 to 2013, when their per capita income was where ours is now.

They crossed today's Indian income level around 2007. Their 2000s are our 2014 to 2026.

If you analyse it like that, the answer splits cleanly in two.

They were faster on physical work. Much, much faster.

Expressways.

China went from 16,000 km to 104,000 km in that window. They added 88,000 km. We added about 6,700. One thirteenth of their pace, at the same income level.

High speed rail.

China opened its first line in 2008, at almost exactly our current income. Six years later, around 10,000 km were running. We broke ground in 2017 and nine years on, our first 508 km is still not open.

Metro.

They went from about 140 km to over 2,000. We went from 250 to 1,000.

Power.

They roughly quadrupled capacity, from about 320 GW to about 1,250. We doubled, 249 to 540.

Anyone who calls our pace world‑beating should consider those numbers for a more honest picture.

But here is the other half, and the comparison flips completely.

Where the work was digital or institutional, we are ahead of same-stage China.

In some places, ahead of anyone ever.

Solar.

When China was at our income in 2013, it had about 19 GW of solar. We have 162. Eight times more, and we hit 50% non-fossil capacity five years before our Paris deadline. Their clean energy boom came after they got rich. Ours came now.

Payments.

China at our stage was a cash economy, and when digital payments arrived there, they arrived as two private walled gardens, Alipay and WeChat.

We built a public rail any app can plug into. UPI runs 23 billion transactions a month, which is 49% of every real time digital payment on the planet. The IMF calls it the world's largest fast payment system. On this one, delegations come to study us.

Banking.

Around 53% of our adults had a bank account in 2014. Around 87% now. 53 crore Jan Dhan accounts, most held by women, most rural. Nobody has moved that many people into formal finance that fast, at any income level.

Data.

₹269 per GB in 2014 to about ₹8 now. Internet users from 25 crore to 97 crore. Fastest 5G rollout anywhere.

Aviation.

74 airports to 165, third biggest domestic market in the world. Holds up against anyone's decade.

And the doctor pipeline.

AIIMS from 8 to 23. Medical colleges 387 to 844. MBBS seats 51,000 to 1.39 lakh. That is the number of doctors India will have in 2040.

If you step back, the pattern is hard to miss.

Wherever the job needed land, we were slow. Land acquisition in a democracy costs time, and it shows in every kilometre.

Wherever the job was digital or institutional, we moved faster than China ever did at this income.

We are not building the way China built. We are building a different stack in a different order. Digital first, concrete second. They did the reverse.

The 2040s will answer which order turns out better.

[Prem Soni @ValueWithPrem]

How is every 24 year old GenZ suddenly walking around with an iPhone Pro Max, ₹15,000 sneakers or luxurious foreign travel?

Where is this hidden wealth coming from?

You are watching the Lipstick Effect play out on a massive & generational scale. In economics, the Lipstick Effect happens when a financial crisis hits and instead of saving, people start buying small, premium luxury items. Why? Because the big things are completely out of reach.

The older generation looks at Gen Z and thinks they are financially illiterate for spending ₹2 lakh on a vacation instead of saving for a house.

But Gen Z looked at the math of the modern economy and realized the game is rigged.
When your dad saved 20% of his salary, he could buy a massive independent house in five years. Today, if a 24 year old saves 20% of their salary, they barely have enough for the downpayment on a ₹3 Crore matchbox flat that comes with a 25 year EMI trap.

Retirement? Financial independence? Owning real estate without generational wealth? For an average salaried fresher, the macroeconomic math makes these traditional milestones look mathematically impossible.

When people feel like they have zero control over their macro financial future, they buy immediate comfort to feel like they are still doing something with their lives.

They are not buying an iPhone because they are wealthy. They are buying it because they can't afford a house, so they might as well have a nice phone while they rent forever.

What if GenZ boycotts buying real estate?

[Anshu @hindutva_anshu]

Four generations ruled India...

Yet they couldn't provide millions of people with basic facilities like:

> Toilets
> Electricity
> Tap water
> Good roads

[Hindutva Knight @HPhobiaWatch]

Leftists be like "Hum Dekhenge" and then watch Umar Khalid bail getting rejected 😭😭😭

[VG @VG_2016]

Commuters are made to remember GURUJAM of several years ago

Hardly 1 hour of rain?

Roads blocked for nearly 4 hours already??

NH-48 to Delhi totally standstill

Udyog Vihar -SINGLE POINT CHOKING NH-48

@TrafficGGM
@gurgaonpolice
@DC_Gurugram
@NHAI_Official
@nitin_gadkari

[The Indian Matrix @indianmatrix]

How much of India's infrastructure was built after 2014?

• 100% of Dedicated Freight Corridors
• 98% of Solar Capacity
• 85% of the Expressway Network
• 79% of Tap Water Access
• 75% of Metro Rail
• 71% of Port Capacity
• 69% of Railway Electrification
• 60% of 4-Lane National Highways

Infrastructure is built over decades.
But some decades build more than others.

[maithun @Being_Humor]

Boss: Can you please on your camera

GenZ employee: I’ll share the plan with you

Boss: Can you please on your camera

GenZ Employee: Turns on the camera, she’s sitting with a face-pack

Boss: Do all this during lunch time

GenZ Employee: You give 15 mins for lunch, and the face-pack itself takes 20 mins

[Lala @FabulasGuy]

Saar Narendra Modi is dictator saar.

[Maj Gen Harsha Kakar @kakar_harsha]

This is so true. No one understands a traitor better than an army man.

[K.Annamalai @annamalai_k]

நேற்று வைகை ஆற்றை சுத்தம் செய்தபோது, "இதைவிட மோசமான மாசு இருக்க முடியுமா?" என்று தோன்றியது.

பிறகு திரு. உதயநிதி ஸ்டாலின் அவர்களின் பேச்சைக் கேட்டேன்...

[Arjun* @mxtaverse]

no victim card, just arrest within 24 hours.

[News Algebra @NewsAlgebraIND]

BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Udhayanidhi Stalin taken away by police over his objectionable remarks against Trisha.