Comments by "srini sbir" (@srinisbir8781) on "ThePrint" channel.

  1. He said that one day he will bring, but we have to wait.... bringing usd to 40 INR is not as easy as giving free electricity.
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  2.  @SolomonSunder  excellent point you made. Not a lot of people can grasp.
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  3. What really bad happened due to demo? Demo might not shown a direct benefit, but it did force Indians vendors to adopt digital payment. As a result, during pandemic swiggy, zomato, paytm, GooglePay helped the economy of these vendors afloat by avoiding direct contact in payment.
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  4. PVNR was a polyglot. He knew (read, write, and speak) more than 20 languages. However, PVNR never ever opened his mouth😁😆
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  5. By now, we are all aware of the ongoing violence in Manipur. Based on information available in the public domain, I am trying to summarize the situation for the benefit of those who are still trying to make sense of these clashes. Manipur Demography Manipur has a varied demography. There are three major tribes in the state: Meiteis, Kukis, and Nagas. Two tribes, Kukis and Nagas, comprise approximately 40-42% of the state population (Figures based on 2011 census) The Meiteis comprise roughly 58-60% of the population. Religion Christianity in the state makes up roughly 41% of the state population and is the religion followed by Kukis and Nagas. Most of the Meiteis follow Vaishnavite Hinduism. These Meities comprising roughly 41% of the state population. There are subsections within the Meiteis: Pangal Meiteis, who are Muslims (8% of the state population), and those who follow Sanamahism/traditional Meitei religion (8% of the state population). Geography Manipur has two distinct physical regions: the hills and the narrow valleys. The Kukis and Nagas live in the hills, roughly comprising 90% of the state's physical area. Meiteis live in the valleys, comprising 10% of the physical area. Meiteis are considered more affluent. Most of the leaders from ancient times come from the Meitei community, including the current CM of the state. Politics Kukis and Nagas are classified as Scheduled Tribes (ST). Prior to 1949, the Meiteis were also classified as ST. However, the government removed Meiteis from this list in 1951. It has been a long-pending demand of the Meiteis to be included in the ST list. According to the Meiteis, ST status is necessary to preserve the Meitei community and save the ancestral land, tradition, culture, and language. However, equally important is the land. While the Kukis and Nagas, due to being classified as STs, can buy land in the valleys, the Meiteis cannot do the same in the hills as the law bars it. Meiteis argue that they are confined to the valleys that comprise only 10% of the land area. Furthermore, this ST status will also lead to integration between the valleys and the hills. Meiteis also blame their troubles on large-scale illegal immigration from Myanmar and Bangladesh and hence need the ST status as protection. Manipur HC on the ST inclusion Early last month, the Manipur High Court asked the state government to send a recommendation to the center to include Meiteis in the ST list within 4 weeks. Protest March by ATSUM To protest the HC directive, the All-Tribal Student Union Manipur (ATSUM) organized a 'Tribal Solidarity March' last Wednesday. According to a report by First Post, an armed mob allegedly attacked people of the Meitei community in the Torbung area of Churachandpur district, leading to retaliatory attacks in the valley districts. This escalated, leading to widespread violence across the region. Conclusion There are many anti-India handles on various social media platforms that are spreading misinformation about these riots, trying to portray this as the handiwork of the ruling government. We know these people are well-funded, and their only objective is to create anarchy in the nation. As nationalists, it's our job to defeat these forces. This is a problem for the Manipuri people to resolve, and I'm sure the state government is working on it.
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  6.  @offred6013  they can afford, but they are given grains additionally to what they can afford because our agriculture is vibrant.
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  7.  @theargumentativeindian5056  demo was nothing sort of a disaster. It only enabled indian vendors to adopt digital payment so that they didn't die helpless during COVID-19, when contactless payment was the need.
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  8. Is it me or others that Snehesh and Wajahat looks like brothers from another mother?😀
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  9. Modi has been really generous with giving free grains and vaccines. Most importantly, all vaccines were made in India, none imported. The best example of Make in India.
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  10. Nobody takes it seriously now, but maybe some nutcase starts taking it seriously in the future.
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  11. SG likes BJP from inside his heart, but he needs to keep his subscriptions going which is mostly patronized by anti-Modi brigade.
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  12.  @sjgghosh7677  Is giving money in the hands of people sustainable? I know Mamata wins elections by following stupid Abhijeet Banerjee's idiotic Nobel prize winning thesis of handing cash to people, but did that same phenomenon not cause global inflation after pandemic. Who is going to payback that money? How is that money going to create jobs? Why is WB state so much stimulating its economy instead of create entrepreneurs? If this is how Bengal is thinking today, I am worried about India's future.
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  13. However, while looking at the state’s biggest economic issues – high debt burden and low revenue generation – its performance has improved since 2011. Bengal’s debt-GDSP ratio stood at its peak in 2010-11 at 41.9 percent, according to a Niti Aayog-sponsored survey conducted by IIM Calcutta. This was the highest in the country. Since then, the ratio has gradually come down and stood at 34.75 percent in 2018-19, according to the state’s budget report. The state’s gross fiscal deficit as a percentage of the GSDP has also improved from 4.2 percent in 2010-11 and 3.4 percent in 2014-15 to 2.96 percent in 2018-19, according to the same reports. The GSDP growth rate at 2011-12 constant prices went up from 4.17 percent in 2012-13 to 6.13 percent in 2015-16, 7.2 percent in 2016-17, and 6.41 percent in 2018-19. However, it still consistently remained below the national average. According to the ranking of states’ per capita income at current prices, as of March 8 last year, Bengal’s rank has improved from 15th in 2011-12 to 13th in 2016-17. However, going by constant prices (2011-12), its ranking has not changed. A major reason for the state’s high debt burden has been the low collection of its own tax revenue, or OTR. The Niti Aayog-sponsored study said, “It is the nature of economic growth in West Bengal that is problematic since it is driven by the unorganised sector.” This, in turn, led to lower revenue generation as the economy was “dominated by ‘hard-to-tax’ sectors, with a vast and expanding unorganised sector”.
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  14. However, the state (WB) has done poorly in drawing foreign direct investment. According to the report, West Bengal’s share in FDI inflow in the country stood at only one percent in 2019-20.
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  15. But how can we learn if we don't be a good critique of the past. Most of politics is showing people the compare and contrast from the past.
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  16.  @sanjay59741  actually for the first time India's gdp growth rate exceeded that of China's under Modi -I in 2016. Even today India has higher growth rate than China. Never umder UPA-I and II, India gdp growth rate exceeded that of China. Get your facts straight. Even with lower base India could not grow faster than China throughout UPA regime. So, who is the winner here in your opinion?
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  17. Yet, under Modi government our infrastructure development has surpassed previous governments..
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  18. Look at Col. Parikshit Mehra. He is not shivering at all in the dead cold up that high (3000 m) in Arunachal Pradesh. That is how Indian Army personnel are trained.
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  19.  @tarunkadian2  One cannot take credit for pulling India out of a mess after yourself creating that mess.
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  20.  @tarunkadian2  India's import deficit in 2004 was 1.5 Billion USD and when UPA ended tenure, it grew to 36 Billion USD. A whopping 30x increase in trade deficit. To pull people out of poverty, he gave all of India's wealth to China. People are worried that the deficit now with China is 72 Billion USD, just a 2x increase, and they have amnesia about how terrible UPA government was. UPA government is what is called in vernacular as, "chalti ka naam gaadi." Don't steer as long as it is moving. He is the most ineffective, powerless, thoughtless human being known to me.
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  21. Actually, I want to add to it. Some would argue that we need to see how much Chinese imports helped in India growing. India's GDP in 2004 was roughly around 800 Billion USD, in 2014 it was around 2.1 trillion, a gain of 62.5%. But... the Chinese imports went up from 2004-2014 at about 2300%, which means China benefited from India 36x compared to India benefitting from China. Now calculate the same in the Modi government. GDP now is around 3.16 trillion dollar and increase of 50.47%, whereas the Chinese import grew from 36 billion USD (2014) to now about 72 billion USD at 100%. That is in Modi's tenure China benefitted from India only 2x more than India benefitted in growing itself. So, under Modi government India is less reliant on China. Do the math guys....
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  22.  @bhai857  I disagree. I think semi conductor manufacturing requires and cell phone assembly requires a lot of manual labor. However, I agree that MSMEs are a bit beaten right now due to mostly external slow down. Most of the manufacturing uses MSMEs, and so currently there is a weak demand. Alternatively, India could inject more capital into its own market, like China did in early 2000s, when US was hovering around a recession. But that will lead to more inflation, so things have to dealt a lot delicately than one would expect.
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  23.  @callofgamer4940  Guess what. All states pulled a stunt to quash the farmer reform, which would have been a game changer for farmers. Few landlords hijacked the protest, created a ruckus, and destroyed Indian agriculture for years to come. Most, turban wearing, thick heads from Punjab are to be blamed for it.
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  24.  @midorimashintaro2092  👌
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  25. @Sunil Kumar  awesome reply. We need clear-cut, critical thinkers like you. During 2008-2009 relection of UPA-I, inflation touched 15.7%, and then again, in 2012-13, inflation remained at 9% for over 12 months.
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  26. Could you please specify which failed policies. Arm chair shooting is not helping any one who is reading your one line, crass review.
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  27. AAP cannot fix any problem. They have not given even one adult women 1000 INR per month for the past 9 months now. AAP is just illusion. Chutiye Punjabi. Hamesha jadooki chaddi doondthe firthe hain.
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  28.  @narayansingh9407  Fir saala credit to dedo at least.
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  29. Such as. Don't speak rhetorics. Tell us what are the serious issues...
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  30. @Shagendra Saijal Are there any seculars in Pakistan? How is that possible? Pakistan is an Islamic republic. So, how can a theocratic country be secular. I am sure all seculars in Pakistan are in exile.
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  31. What is the real issue? Is it the erectile dysfunction you are suffering from? No one can help it but you. It's all in the mind.
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  32.  @sandyqbg  What do you get from Dravidianism? Only fake pride is what you get.
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  33. Btw. Nazis just didn't kill only Jews. Jews were suffered by far the most, but Nazis also targeted homosexuals, disabled, Roma community, and many more. So, this hue and cry from Muslims that they were also a causality of the Terrorism in Kashmir is a mute point. Muslims need to see the forest for the trees here. That's all I can say.
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  34. Flood to aate rehtain hain.
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  35. ​@Indian Tides, I'm not sure if Indian judiciary is acceptable to Congress, currently. Congress is always whining about this and that.
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  36.  @IndiaTides  dude, i am not comparing India with Pakistan. It is even ridiculous to think that comparison. Nevertheless, i feel the liberal, secular parties are more whiny than the right-wing ones.
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  37. Which politicians are u talking about? Ruling or opposition?
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  38. WBengal recently gave a credit card of 10 lac rupees to students, including students of Madrasas. It's crazy in WBengal, man. I have no idea how come Bengalis (non-Muslims) vote of Mamata Didi.
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  39. ​@sauron2000000 i know it is the most absent in Waste Bengal, with such a large-scale teacher's scam. What is going to happen to the quality of students coming out of Waste Bengal.
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  40.  @gomezmilkin340  when did 911 happen? Al qaeda didm't matter until 911 happened.
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  41. 😄
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  42. Entire USA is under debt. Each person passes on the the debt to their children or the next generation. Being under debt is inevitable now.
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  43.  @tarungarg6592  sanyal talks more patiently. They just have different styles.
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  44. You sick Bengali. You are laughing at democracy being burnt at the stake. How low can you fall?
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  45.  @AKThakur76  i like the word liquidity boom. Every country was doing that.
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  46. That is a convenient excuse for not growing...
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  47. It is good to hear from SG's mouth that the burning deck is not in India but in some other G-7 country. Usually SG makes it look like India is going to dogs.
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  48.  @Renxpa742  to abhi nahin hai naa woh comgress main. Agar rahul pehle bharat jodo nautanki karta to Hemanta bhi yehi baat kehta.
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  49. ​ @buttofthejoke ok. Do you think the fuel cost incurred by giving free rides will be compensated by the savings in people's pockets? I just wish if you had thought through your reasoning better. Never mind, better luck next time.
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  50. ​ @anmolmonga1933 delhi gives 4 times to center than it gets. Where are you pulling this figure out of? I cannot imagine how Delhi generates any money. Most of tax paying folks are in the NCR and Gurgaon region. Also, most of the budget for Delhi is taken care by the centre.
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