My neighbour is a cab driver in Mumbai. drives 14 hours a day. 6 days a week.
Last week heavy rain. he slipped on a wet platform. fractured his wrist.
Hospital bill came to 22000 rupees.
He has insurance through the aggregator app. he filed a claim. they rejected it. reason? he was not on a live trip when the accident happened. he was walking to his car after a drop off.
So the insurance only covers him when a passenger is inside the car. not when he is walking. not when he is eating. not when he is breathing.
He asked them to reconsider. they sent a generic email with a link to policy terms.
He is back on the road today with one hand. Because rent is due.
Meanwhile the aggregator CEO gave a press interview about how they are creating employment for millions.
Employment. not dignity. not safety. not life.
We celebrate gig economy like its progress.
Tell that to a man who is insured only when he is making money for someone else.
People get fined for overspeeding, wrong parking, no seatbelt and many other violations.
But no government official is ever punished for robbing citizens of their basic dignity on the road.
SP Office, @CP_Jodhpur
Is it necessary that Govt Officers can meet a citizen only inside their AC offices? Why can not the SP come down to meet this aged woman?
The economic and demographic effects of corruption.
Cost of land in our urban areas is far higher than what our GDP per capita would dictate. The ratio of land value to per capita GDP is probably higher in India than anywhere else. As an example, land prices in Chennai or Bengaluru rival that of cities like New York which has a vastly higher per capita GDP.
The key reason?
First, vast sums of political corruption money is parked in real estate. This raises real estate prices and high real estate prices affect everything downstream.
Second, corruption in building approvals and the like - the famous DTCP - raises construction costs, on top of already higher real estate costs.
Third, corruption in private school regulatory compliance enforcement raises school fees.
Fourth, corruption in private hospital regulatory compliance enforcement raises health care costs.
Fifth, household goods need sales outlets and those pay higher rents due to high real estate prices and construction costs.
So housing, education, healthcare and household goods - all of these now cost higher.
As a direct consequence, the economic burden on the average person gets worse. Young people, facing all these costs, postpone marriage, and postpone children or have fewer children.
That directly affects our demographics.
While this issue exists in many parts of India, Tamil Nadu, being the most urbanized of the bigger states, is particularly hit hard.
So corruption is becoming an existential threat to our society.
If you worry about the super-low birth rate in Tamil Nadu, way below replacement, understand that corruption raising our cost of living is one of the major causes, not the only cause, but a big one in our context.
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Krishna Rajya or Kans Rajya in Mathura...?
A farmer in Mathura was allegedly asked by the police for a ₹20,000 bribe for some work.
When his son dared to complain on the CM portal, the officer in-charge of Govardhan, Mathura called him to the station and brutally assaulted him while attacking his private parts.
Is this justice? A system where reporting corruption becomes a crime? This is what happens in BJP ruled states.
@ThePuneMirror If hotels are penalized for not providing basic facilities, the same principle should apply to the government. We pay multiple taxes and tolls, so safe roads, proper footpaths, working streetlights,clean drainage, and regular maintenance should be mandatory
We had nauseating, disgusting levels of corruption in Tamil Nadu under the DMK. This is known to the entire Universe, not some grand secret.
It reached such Himalayan heights, their own Finance Minister, someone not corrupt who was caught up with the corrupt crowd, was complaining about it (sadly for him his remarks became public and he was demoted to became the IT Minister).
This is not about ideology.
Even the Marxists of Kerala, then allied with the DMK, would say how deeply corrupt the DMK was.
I have always appreciated people like Shri Balagopal, the former Finance Minister of Kerala, for his devoted public service. I am sure he and I will not agree on political philosophy or ideology but I deeply respect him.
If the DMK truly wants to introspect, they must start with their corruption.
Instead, they spend their time attacking a messenger like me as a TVK stooge or a Brahmin or a Sanghi and so on.
May be they can study Kural 423: focus on the message, even if the message comes from a "Brahmin Sanghi TVK stooge" like me:
எப்பொருள் யார்யார்வாய்க் கேட்பினும் அப்பொருள்
மெய்ப்பொருள் காண்ப தறிவு.
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No spare parts available across Hyderabad/Telangana, 10–15 day wait time.
Funny how alternative service centres only appear after posting on @X.
@TataMotors
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Fit and finish issue in tata cars
After sale , service experience needs to improve
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