Sudeep Mahto

[Himanta Biswa Sarma @himantabiswa]

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

[Ashwini Vaishnaw @AshwiniVaishnaw]

The chip journey, simplified.

[BhikuMhatre @MumbaichaDon]

LADAKH JUST PULLED OFF A WATER MIRACLE🔥

One more reason for Pakistan & CONgress to hate Modi Sarkar.

Every single day, 90 Million litres of pure glacier melt from Stok Nallah used to rush unused into Indus…and flow straight toward Pakistan.

NOT ANYMORE.

In a brilliant, zero-cost move directed by Modi Sarkar, engineers simply dug two trenches with JCB & redirected that massive flow into the Igoo-Phey canal.

Result?

✅ Over 1,000 acres of bone-dry land now getting water
✅ 12 villages shifting from water rationing to daily supply
✅ Canal flow jumping from ~50 to nearly 80 cusecs
✅ Untapped discharge into the Indus slashed from 90 million litres/day to just ~5 million

All gravity-powered. No fancy dams. No huge budgets. Just smart, local engineering in the cold desert.

This isn’t just irrigation — it’s a blueprint for water security in one of Bharat's toughest climates.

Green, self-sustaining Ladakh is no longer a dream. It’s happening right now.

Respect👏

Worst part for ISI- it's cultivated "Asset" has also started to change side towards Bharat after being abandoned by ALL after 🪳 protests. So no local support also.😂

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

@RailMinIndia @AshwiniVaishnaw Please look into the matter of Train no 12129/12130 facing repeated avg delays of 4hrs and more for more than a year now @drmpune @Central_Railway @serailwaykol

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

@Central_Railway @drmpune Train no. 12129 SF exp Dep from Pune 26/06 status - 1st update late by 1h 25 mins, then 1 h 45 mins then 2 h 25 mins. Why don't you inform before hand about the delay ? It has been facing delays for more than a yr now. Pls hv extra rake for this.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

The Lotus blooms in West Bengal!

The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever. People's power has prevailed and BJP's politics of good governance has triumphed. I bow to each and every person of West Bengal.

The people have given a spectacular mandate to BJP and I assure them that our Party will do everything possible to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people of West Bengal. We will provide a Government that ensures opportunity and dignity to all sections of society.

@BJP4Bengal

[The Analyzer (News Updates🗞️) @Indian_Analyzer]

Well, CM Pushkar Dhami tightens the noose on bureaucracy again💥

Instead of attending a routine CM Helpline 1905 review meeting in the Secretariat, he suddenly left for Ground Zero where a pending complaint was filed😳

He personally met the complainant Vivek Madan, inspected the site (poorly backfilled footpath after underground cabling, exposed wires posing safety risk), & gave officials a stern dressing down on the spot.

Dhami warned: "Is work done for public convenience or just for files? Had an accident happened, who would be responsible?"

He ordered immediate high-quality repair, full underground cabling as per norms, & strict accountability with punitive action against negligent officers.

Later in the meeting, he made it clear: No more paper-based resolutions.

Field verification mandatory. Surprise inspections will continue. Public safety (roads, electricity, water) is top priority🎯

Babus should be dealt with this strictness. Well done👏🏽

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Today, India takes a defining step in its civil nuclear journey, advancing the second stage of its nuclear programme.

The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality.

This advanced reactor, capable of producing more fuel than it consumes, reflects the depth of our scientific capability and the strength of our engineering enterprise. It is a decisive step towards harnessing our vast thorium reserves in the third stage of the programme.

A proud moment for India. Congratulations to our scientists and engineers.

[S. Sudhir Kumar @ssudhirkumar]

P. Sainath cannot write a book today with the same image because the lived reality of today's India is that lakhs & lakhs of women no longer walk kilometers for just 2 pots of water.

Growing up, I awaited P. Sainath's periodic articles in @the_hindu that powerfully portrayed poverty in India. And then I read this book. Halfway through, I couldn't read it anymore. Not because of the sad stories.

This was the first time I was reading all of his articles at one go - and the pattern was so discernible. Powerful writing but zero results. Zero follow-ups. It was good English, that's it.

Cut to today, I realise that his writings have nearly stopped. He cannot write a book now with this same image, because Nal se Jal is a lived reality of India now. Farmers get input credit AND good MSP. So he (and his ilk) can't write farmer stories anymore. MUDRA, SVANidhi, Vishwakarma - and many more schemes have ensured Indians strive to achieve in their lives, what was once thought impossible.

So P. Sainath cannot write a book today. Nor can he romanticize poverty like he did in his prime. The staggering reduction on absolute poverty in India, as shown by @ShamikaRavi in her thread below, is a story that needs to told in equal measure. We must take pride in how it has been achieved and ofcourse continue to get the remaining citizens also out of it.

And for that, we don't need P. Sainath's anymore.

[Emeka Amakeze @EmekaAmakeze]

A man ordered a bowl of beef noodles on a delivery for $30. When it arrived, he searched the entire bowl and found only one slice of beef.

So, he called the restaurant to complain but the owner confidently replied, "Even if there’s only one slice, it’s still beef, right?"

The man hung up. Then he went downstairs and bought half a pound of beef. He covered the whole bowl with beef, took a photo and posted it in the review section

"So, satisfied. The restaurant has amazing service. They’re incredibly generous with the beef. Definitely the right choice."

A few days later, the restaurant, started receiving tons of complaints.

The platform removed them completely.

[Raghav Chadha @raghav_chadha]

In Parliament, I explained why India must put land & property records on BLOCKCHAIN.

Land records in India are in utter chaos. Ordinary citizens are made to run from pillar to post at registrar offices, while dalals and middlemen capture the system. Circle rates are exploited to fuel cash deals, property tax leakages continue, fake documents and encroachments multiply, and disputes over title never end.

The numbers tell the story:
•⁠ ⁠66% of all India’s civil disputes are land disputes.
•⁠ ⁠45% of properties lack a clear title.
•⁠ ⁠48% are already under dispute.
•⁠ ⁠India ranks 133 out of 190 in property registration efficiency.
•⁠ ⁠Even a simple property sale can take 2 to 6 months. When disputes arise, civil courts take 7 years on average to resolve them.
•⁠ ⁠And 6.2 crore property documents are still pending digitisation.

That is why I argued in Parliament for a National Blockchain Property Register. Time stamped, tamper proof, fully transparent. It can make title verification instant, and ensure every sale, mutation and inheritance is recorded cleanly and traceably in realtime.

Countries like Sweden, Georgia and the UAE have shown what is possible. Transactions can finish in minutes, and dispute rates fall sharply.

India must move from chaos to clarity. From a land record system that creates obstacles to one that prevents them.

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

Lot of problems about road connectivity and access to main roads will get resolved if the township planners and municipal corporations make it mandatory to acquire land for roads before granting permission to builders and owners for construction @PMOIndia @OfficialPMRDA

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

@NoBrokerCare I took a plan from your company to put my flat on rent. The service provided by your company is really pathetic, so far you haven't provided a single lead. If you are unable to do your job and just offer false promises please have the courtesy to refund the money.

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

No you are not. The apologies mean nothing when it was done deliberately and on purpose. People can see through it. So, please spare this bullshit. Ab sab kuch Shantipurvak hone ka wait hai. #IndigoDelay

[IndiGo @IndiGo6E]

We are sorry 🙏

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

Indigo has crossed a red line this time. Blatantly defying the govt rules which were notified well in advance leading to massive inconveniece for customers. It's time it is made to pay a price that would be a lesson for corporates. #IndigoDelay @DGCAIndia @PMOIndia

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

And here it comes DGCA withdraws order to provide rest to the crews to enhance safety. Maybe that was the best that could have been done at the moment. DGCA should implement this and not give in to the blackmailing of Airlines who cancel the flights and harrass the customers.

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

Seems like a delibrate ploy by Indigo cancelling so many flights and occupying the parking bays so that even competitors are forced to cancel flights. Huge Penalty should be imposed if it turns out true. #FlightCancellations #IndigoDelay

[Mohini Maheshwari @mohinimaheshwa]

On the night of May 20, 2025, a little girl in a faded pink frock fell asleep on her mother’s lap at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Her parents, simple people from Solapur, had come to Mumbai for her father’s treatment. They were exhausted. Just for a moment, the mother closed her eyes.

When she opened them, her daughter was gone.

Six months.
Six months of walking from police station to police station.
Six months of showing the same crumpled photograph to strangers on trains, in slums, in orphanages.
Six months of the father not sleeping, the mother not eating, both of them growing hollow-eyed, whispering the same name into the dark: “Aarohi… Aarohi…”

In Varanasi, a thousand kilometres away, a tiny girl with no memory of her real name was learning to call herself “Kashi.” She had been found crying near the railway tracks in June, barefoot and terrified. The orphanage gave her food, a bed, and a new name. She smiled easily, because children always do, but sometimes at night she clutched the edge of her blanket and asked for “Aai” — Marathi for mother — and no one understood.

Back in Mumbai, the police refused to close the file. They printed posters with Aarohi’s face, stuck them on every platform from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Bhusawal to Varanasi Cantt. They ran newspaper ads, knocked on doors, begged journalists for help. Six months is a long time for hope to stay alive, but some officers carried her photograph in their shirt pockets like it was their own child.

Then, on November 13, a local reporter in Varanasi saw the poster. Something clicked. He had seen a girl who spoke Marathi words in her sleep. He made a phone call.

The next morning, a Mumbai Police inspector sat in front of a laptop in Varanasi and opened a video call. On the screen appeared a little girl in a pink frock — the same colour she was wearing the day she vanished. The mother, standing behind the officer in Mumbai, saw her daughter and collapsed without a sound. The father just kept repeating, “That’s my Aarohi… that’s my baby…”

They flew her back on Children’s Day — November 14.

When the plane landed, the entire Mumbai Crime Branch was waiting. They had bought her balloons and a new frock, sky blue this time. But the moment the little girl stepped out and saw the sea of khaki uniforms, she did something no one expected.

She ran.

Not away — toward them.

Tiny legs pumping, arms outstretched, she threw herself at the nearest officer and laughed — the purest, clearest laugh that had been missing from the world for half a year. The officer, a tough man who had seen everything, felt his eyes burn. He lifted her high, and she wrapped her arms around his neck like he was family.

Her parents were crying too hard to walk. So the policemen carried their daughter to them.

The mother touched her face again and again, as if checking she was real. The father fell to his knees and pressed his forehead to his child’s tiny feet, sobbing words no one could understand except God.

And the little girl? She just kept smiling, looking from her parents to the officers and back again, completely unaware that she had turned an entire police station into a sobbing, laughing, praying family.

Six months of darkness ended in one hug.

Aarohi is home now.
The kidnapper is still out there, but that is tomorrow’s fight.

Today, a mother is singing lullabies again.
Today, a father is smiling in his sleep.
And somewhere in Mumbai, there are policemen who will never forget the weight of a four-year-old girl in their arms — the weight of an entire life returned.

Sometimes the uniform doesn’t just catch thieves.
Sometimes it carries lost children all the way back to their mothers’ hearts.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The reason government programs are so inefficient is that, unlike a commercial company, the feedback loop for improvement is broken, because they have a state-mandated monopoly and can’t go out of business if customers are unhappy.

No matter how bad the service is at your DMV (sorry to pick on DMVs), you still have to use your DMV, because it’s a monopoly.

[Sudeep Mahto @Sudeepm_Ind]

@thisguyknowsai Send