Uday Shankar

Safe drinking water to every home.

[Ministry of Jal Shakti, DoWR, RD&GR, GoI @DoWRRDGR_MoJS]

💧 Every drop counts, every citizen matters.

Through Jal Shakti Abhiyan, Catch the Rain, and Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari, India is strengthening water conservation through community participation, local solutions, and collective action for a water-secure future.

#JalShaktiAbhiyan #CatchTheRain #JalSanchayJanBhagidari #WaterConservation #JanBhagidari

[Central Ground Water Board @CGWB_CHQ]

Groundwater Sample collection done by the officers of CGWB, Patna for re-assessment of Arsenic contamination in Patna and Bhojpur districts of Bihar.
@MoJSDoWRRDGR

[WaterAid @wateraid]

12% of population in #Bangladesh are facing the risk of arsenic contamination from their water: https://t.co/nPSj9pdU6u via @dailystarnews

[Uday Shankar @uday_s_2001]

Today's session was 3 and 1/2 hours. It was like a marathon-long enough still satisfying.

[Vishal Jaiswal @vshljswl07]

Attended the final session of Startup India × Paytm Build for India Startup Masterclass (4 sessions in total).

Valuable insights from Saurabh Jain Sir on real startup challenges, ground-level problem solving, scalable solutions, and the right execution mindset.
Very practical and inspiring for founders. 🚀

Specially Thanks to Vijay Shekhar Sir for enabling such impactful initiatives for founders. 🚀

@startupindia @skjsaurabh @vijayshekhar @Paytm @PaytmBuildIndia
#StartupIndia #PaytmBuildForIndia #StartupMasterclass #Entrepreneurship #StartupLearning #BuildInIndia

[Praveen Kumar @firpraveen]

Today’s startup learning
Pitching isn’t about slides.
It’s about problem clarity & focus.
• ONE problem
• ONE product
• Real story
• Pitch to survive without funding
Grateful for insights from @skjsaurabh
Thanks to @Paytm, @vijayshekhar & #StartupIndia
@narendramodi

[Uday Shankar @uday_s_2001]

Drinking water must be safe at homes. This is large challenge for many countries including those from developed parts of world. My recent blog explains how scaling up drinking water quality tests can help in addressing the problem.
https://t.co/PjjI15uoit

[Maithili @SuvarnBharat]

Start your day with Shri Hari stotra

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

We shouldn’t overreact to Trump’s drama. Instead, use it to push Atma Nirbhar Bharat by firstly focusing on:
1. Quality school education for every child
2. Reliable & affordable healthcare for all
3. Clean drinking water in every home
4. Proper sanitation facilities
5. Decent road connectivity to every village
We’ve beaten hunger, but dignity demands more. Govt can’t do it alone- we all must contribute. 🇮🇳🙏

[Uday Shankar @uday_s_2001]

@hvgoenka Smoking and Drinking!

[Public Health Engineering Department, MP @minphemp]

मण्डला जिले की रहवासी श्रीमति सुखमनी उईके बता रहीं है की उनके ग्राम मोहगांव में जब से नल से जल की सुविधा पहुंची है तब से उन्हे कितनी राहत है।

@DrMohanYadav51 @SampatiyaUikey @pnarahari
#JalJeevanMission #HarGharJal #MadhyaPradesh #Mandla

[Uday Shankar @uday_s_2001]

For many, including me, the choice 1 is always doable.
You need not to have lots of wealth for this. Let us think!

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

When a few people have a lot of wealth and lots of people have nothing, these are the 5 choices societies make, and we see examples of these around the world:

1. The people with wealth create employment and develop skills in the broader population.

2. The people with wealth donate to causes that indirectly create employment.

3. Governments tax the wealthy and redistribute to the needy, with varying degrees of corruption or leakages along the way.

4. Extortion networks arise that extort from the wealthy and they find enough people willing to do this work and this begets 5 below.

5. The wealthy employ vast security forces to resist being extorted.

Dharma dictates 1 and 2, with 1 preferable to 2. This is also the Biblical injunction to teach a man how to fish.

Many western societies have picked 3 (tax and redistribute that over time leads to corruption). I suspect 3 leads to 4 and 5 over time, so 3 is an unstable equilibrium.

4 and 5 are the symptoms of social collapse and decay.

What financialism does is to separate wealth from employment, through various schemes of monetary alchemy. Our ancients understood this intuitively and that is why they disapproved of usury and other "making money on money" schemes.

The nature and character of wealth determine and in turn, are determined by the nature of society - yes, it is a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

When a few people have a lot of wealth and lots of people have nothing, these are the 5 choices societies make, and we see examples of these around the world:

1. The people with wealth create employment and develop skills in the broader population.

2. The people with wealth donate to causes that indirectly create employment.

3. Governments tax the wealthy and redistribute to the needy, with varying degrees of corruption or leakages along the way.

4. Extortion networks arise that extort from the wealthy and they find enough people willing to do this work and this begets 5 below.

5. The wealthy employ vast security forces to resist being extorted.

Dharma dictates 1 and 2, with 1 preferable to 2. This is also the Biblical injunction to teach a man how to fish.

Many western societies have picked 3 (tax and redistribute that over time leads to corruption). I suspect 3 leads to 4 and 5 over time, so 3 is an unstable equilibrium.

4 and 5 are the symptoms of social collapse and decay.

What financialism does is to separate wealth from employment, through various schemes of monetary alchemy. Our ancients understood this intuitively and that is why they disapproved of usury and other "making money on money" schemes.

The nature and character of wealth determine and in turn, are determined by the nature of society - yes, it is a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

[The New Indian Express @NewIndianXpress]

"Accidental Finance Minister..:" When late PM #ManmohanSingh spoke about how he became the Finance Minister, the stint that transformed the Indian economy forever.

Also read: World leaders pay tribute to the former PM
https://t.co/qelBqlV5Zk

[World Bank Water @WorldBankWater]

Reflecting on the @WorldBank's call to action a year ago: addressing Latin America's water challenges for millions without safe water and sanitation. Explore our journey ➡️ https://t.co/0ryaHJcHRV

[Uday Shankar @uday_s_2001]

@AavishkaarGrp @AavishkaarF @Raivineet @SowmyaSuryan @anurage Thanks to Aavishkaar Group a number of aspiring entrepreneurs, startups and investors joined the two days event at Varanasi on 26 and 27 November.
A great vision to strengthen the business ecosystem in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Appreciations for this great effort!

[Aavishkaar Group @AavishkaarGrp]

@AavishkaarF, part of @AavishkaarGrp is delighted  to announce the 'Entrepreneur-Investing Program' for Entrepreneurs in Uttar Pradesh. We will propel your ideas/innovations and to rocket them to greater heights.
Apply before 15th Oct: https://t.co/ujQDETEArG
#SankalpBharat2024

[Minhaz Merchant @MinhazMerchant]

Freedom of Speech, Canada style, @JustinTrudeau, @melaniejoly?

[Tathvam-asi @tathvamasi6]

Listen to this tongue twister. 🙂👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Uday Shankar @uday_s_2001]

@stats_feed No wonder, the vegetarian food practices show the paths to sustainable living. Combining occasional non-vegetarian foods can be considered a middle path.

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

Life is short, make the best of it!

You have $86,400 in your savings account.

Someone steals $10 from it.

Would you be so enraged that you throw away the other $86,390, and focus all your energy on getting back at the person who took it?

I doubt you would. You'd shrug your shoulders, take pity on them and get over it pretty quickly.

You see, we have 86,400 seconds in each day. But often, we let someone's 10 seconds of negativity ruin the rest of the 86,390.

Don't let - what are minuscule moments in the grand scheme of things - cause you to armour up and waste your energy on people who did you wrong or situations which didn't go your way.