Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72 ji doesn't hesitate on the Topic of Ethanol Blending. He Spoke our Mind.
This Must Go Viral. I am Happy that More People are Talking about this & must be reconsidered.
Government has an opportunity to Listen to us !!!
#FI
did you know the penalty for driving without a valid puc certificate can go up to ₹10,000?
my puc had expired, but i had to travel for a friend's wedding. i thought i'd find a puc centre on the way and get it renewed. bad idea.
just after crossing the toll booth, traffic police stopped me. first licence, then puc. i did the usual drama of checking every pocket and document folder, but he smiled and said, "sir, i already checked online. it's expired."
i told him it had expired just a day ago. he said, "still have to pay the fine."
then came the interesting part.
"should i put the fine online?" he asked.
i assumed it would be ₹500-1000 and said okay. he started entering details on his phone, then looked up and asked again, "should i put the fine online or do you want to pay here?"
that's when i finally understood the question.
a ₹200 note quietly changed hands. my licence came back. i drove away.
for the rest of the journey i kept wondering whether i had done the right thing. was saving a few hundred rupees worth it? what if another cop stopped me?
when i got home, i checked the actual penalty online.
₹10,000.
for forgetting to renew a puc.
and the worst part,
the next morning i went to renew it. the centre didn't even test my car properly. they just issued the certificate and sent me off.
a system where the fine is ₹10,000 but the compliance check itself is often a formality doesn't feel like pollution control. it feels like a big scam.
@VijayKedia1@nsitharaman@FinMinIndia I am a big fan of this government but 12.5% tax on LTCG is bad for India's growth.
I invested in the market last year for a target to hold some equities till 2030 but now I am thinking of leaving the stock market and invest the money in Gold.
@CaVivekkhatri I am very bullish on PC Jewellers as it is showing great results from last 6 quarters and paid 90% debts but it is not running well.
What's your views on this stock?
@connectgurmeet Gold can bought in cash and You can use it as jewelry. It solves your both purposes as you have invested money and wife is also happy.
And no STT or ltcg
@theskindoctor13 Finally UP BJP doing advt. through right wing popular names on X.
Earlier they were not getting enough respect.
Now it is good for both sides and hopefully Skin Doctor is changing for this advt.
Do you know that the latest EV cars need 200 kg of minerals just to get built? That breaks down to around 60 kg copper, 40 kg graphite, 30 kg lithium, 25 kg nickel & 15 kg manganese before the vehicle can even start.
Guess what your old petrol/diesel car needed? Maybe 35 kg total minerals. So, 6 times more mineral stuff is packed into every EV sold today.
JPMorgan data shows the scale. World bought 18M EVs in 2024, hitting 27% of all cars. Guess this figure 10-12 years ago? Literally Negligible !
🇨🇳 China today sells 10-11M yearly grabbing 60% share, Europe 4-5M at 25%, US 2M around 10-12%.
How about apna 🇮🇳 India?
Half million EVs, a tiny 2-3% slice. Most think EV money is in cars & they cant be more wrong here.
Here's the true picture:
Real wealth flows from Chile copper mines, China graphite plants, Australia lithium & Asia battery factories. 18M EVs means extra 3M tons minerals yearly - 1.08M tons copper, 720k graphite, 540k lithium, 450k nickel, 270k manganese.
These volumes push commodity prices higher & turn mining companies into billion dollar operations.
China saw it coming in advance (as usual) & locked African lithium, built massive graphite capacity & grabbed over 65% battery production. Sadly, India was busy debating charging stations while our neighbor bought mines & supply chains top to bottom.
The chart below shows future clearly. EVs jumped from 1% in 2015 to 27% by 2024, targeting 50-60% by 2030. If 80M global cars go half electric, that is 40M EVs eating 8M tons minerals yearly going forward.
For India commodity trackers, this JPMorgan data hands you the picture. Copper demand explodes next decade as EV production ramps. Graphite prices have room to run much higher. Lithium swings crazy but long term consumption is locked in solid with these volumes baked in already.
What bothers badly is India's tiny spot here. We have 1.4B people, 1 of the biggest car markets & manufacturing dreams. Yet in the largest industrial shift since steam to electricity, we watch China, Europe & US capture trillions being created.
Ask yourself this: Are you buying copper miners, graphite producers & battery metal stocks feeding this EV explosion, or sticking with the same Reliance & TCS while this commodity supercycle runs without you?
Chinese locked supply chains 10 years back. We are late to this party, but will you be even later ignoring what the data is pointing right now?
Global reliance on Indian rice is remarkable.🍚🇮🇳
Share of rice imports from India (%):
Iran 🇮🇷: 99.4%
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰: 95.8%
Somalia 🇸🇴: 83.5%
Bangladesh 🇧🇩: 73.86%
Algeria 🇩🇿: 65.2%
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: 62.0%
Oman 🇴🇲: 61.0%
Russia 🇷🇺: 53.9%
China 🇨🇳: 40.6%
Indonesia 🇮🇩: 27.6%
Malaysia 🇲🇾: 25.2%
U.S. 🇺🇸: 21.0%
Turkey 🇹🇷: 18.7%
Pakistan 🇵🇰: 10.0%
(TDM)
Most people are shocked to see this video, complaining about hygiene and chemicals used to make mango juice.
What if I told you this factory would easily rank in the top 5% of the most hygienic juice factories in India? As for the ingredients, this is how juices in India are made. Actual fruit, whether as pulp or concentrate powder, is rarely more than 20%, not even in Maaza, Frooti, or Slice. The rest is sugar, water, preservatives, acidity regulators, colours, flavours, etc.
And all of this is mentioned on the label. But you don’t read it. You get convinced by misleading ads and brand names and assume you’re drinking something healthy. You’re not.
Eat real fruits, after thoroughly washing them to reduce pesticide intake, and make your own juice.
@bharatt___@Flipkart Ordered Hero cycle on 22nd Sep., waited for delivery but on 2nd oct., Flipkart cancelled my order and now My child is angry with me as he was asking for it from last one month and I asked him to wait for Flipkart Sale.
Now it is 25% Costly.
India wants NRIs and PIOs to return and work here.
But do we have the policy framework, culture of research and innovation, ease of relocating and doing business?
Are we missing the bus because of bureaucracy, caste etc?
~ Pertinent questions raised by @RajatSethi86.