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Clicked at an opportune time. The locality is a nightmare with its traffic jams. It is low lying - hence "Lower Parel" - so in every monsoon it gets flooded. A plethora of high rises has made it worse.

Yeah I have seen this in various footage lol.

Honestly in the end, Bombay has to develop navi mumbai more and more satellite cores like that...to relieve pressure on the downtown area (basically the original metro area).

Downtown area is really baked in with the narrow street space and other logistics. Relieving that will give more room to give some semblance of a final underlying infra intervention that would make it as up to date as possible that it still sorely needs.
 

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have we seen it reach this stage before though? Something seems different this time...but you are right, lets see.


Paro also posted the official release from IN govt a bit above.

Intel was very close to establishing a plant near Chennai or Goa back in 2005 I think when Maran was Telecommunication minister. That Jaya thwarted it is another matter altogether. But I heard they were perplexed by lack of clear policy cos semiconductor industry cannot operate in a vacuum and they required suppliers as well. They later went to Thai or Vietnam I think.

Let's see.
 

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Intel was very close to establishing a plant near Chennai or Goa back in 2005 I think when Maran was Telecommunication minister. That Jaya thwarted it is another matter altogether. But I heard they were perplexed by lack of clear policy cos semiconductor industry cannot operate in a vacuum and they required suppliers as well. They later went to Thai or Vietnam I think.

Let's see.
Around 2004, Andhra Pradesh's TDP govt formulated an ambitious plan to setup a "fab city" outside Hyderabad with lucrative incentives after successfully bringing in the IT industry. Matter of fact, Hyderabad's IT sector was at a much larger scale compared to Bangalore until 2007 or so but when Congress govt came into power post 2005, they screwed up industrial and economic development.

If the "fab city" plan would've materialized which I'm confident with the then CM...I wouldn't be surprised Hyd's GDP being on par with Mumbai now
 

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Around 2004, Andhra Pradesh's TDP govt formulated an ambitious plan to setup a "fab city" outside Hyderabad with lucrative incentives after successfully bringing in the IT industry. Matter of fact, Hyderabad's IT sector was at a much larger scale compared to Bangalore until 2007 or so but when Congress govt came into power post 2005, they screwed up industrial and economic development.

If the "fab city" plan would've materialized which I'm confident with the then CM...I wouldn't be surprised Hyd's GDP being on par with Mumbai now
Banglore always had IT sector may times bigger than Hyderabads. in fact Hyderabad's only started in the 2000s. Bangalore's picked up before dotnet around 1995 bpo surge.

Yeah, Congress screwed up which stagnated the growth for more than a decade. KTR seems to be doing better than expected.
 

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Banglore always had IT sector may times bigger than Hyderabads. in fact Hyderabad's only started in the 2000s. Bangalore's picked up before dotnet around 1995 bpo surge.

Yeah, Congress screwed up which stagnated the growth for more than a decade. KTR seems to be doing better than expected.
Bangalore's kinda stalled in the early 2000s' (though the boom started earlier than Hyd)...around the time when companies were opting Hyd over B'lore

Prior to the separation of the states, TDP envisioned to develop Vizag as the financial capital and did have ambitious plans mapped out but nothing materialized after they lost power and the eventual division of states. As for KTR, I'm glad he's focusing not just on IT but his efforts to bring in other industries, particularly manufacturing and the growth of pharma is commendable

OTH, Jagan (YSRCP) completely screwed up Andhra and brought it to the ground with the economy in shambles
 

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OTH, Jagan (YSRCP) completely screwed up Andhra and brought it to the ground with the economy in shambles
Andhra is on its way to compete with Pakistan economically. Its that bad. They are soon going to reach a level of irrecoverable debt.
 

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Andhra is on its way to compete with Pakistan economically. Its that bad. They are soon going to reach a level of irrecoverable debt.
Problem is people, particularly the lower middle class and below poverty line folks still prefer the current govt since he's offering freebies, schemes and monthly stimulus money into their accounts making em lethargic AF and eliminating their need to work and make money.

If by any chance Jagan wins the next term, I wouldn't be surprised if there's an exodus of Andhrites to Telangana
 

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India to launch its own digital currency in 2022-2023​


  • India’s central bank will issue a digital rupee in the 2022-2023 financial year which begins Apr. 1.
  • India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the introduction of the digital rupee would be based on “blockchain and other technologies.”
  • India would be one of the world’s largest economies to introduce a so-called central bank digital currency (CBDC) if it sticks to its plans, following in the footsteps of China which is testing a digital yuan.
Two thousand rupee notes on display with an Indian flag in the background.

Two thousand rupee notes on display with an Indian flag in the background.
Manish Rajput | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images
India’s central bank will launch a digital version of the rupee in the next financial year, the country’s finance minister said on Tuesday.
“Introduction of a central bank digital currency will give a boost, a big boost to the digital economy,” Nirmala Sitharaman said as she delivered the country’s annual budget. “Digital currency will also lead to a more efficient and cheaper currency management system.”

The Reserve Bank of India will introduce the digital rupee in the 2022-2023 financial year which begins on Apr. 1.
Sitharaman gave no details about how the digital rupee would work or what it would look like, but said it would be introduced “using blockchain and other technologies.”
Blockchain refers to the technology that was originally created alongside bitcoin, but the definition has since evolved as its applications have moved beyond cryptocurrencies.
India would be one of the world’s largest economies to introduce a so-called central bank digital currency (CBDC) if it sticks to its plans.
China has been working on a digital version of its yuan since 2014 and is furthest ahead when it comes to launching CBDCs globally.


Over the past two years, the People’s Bank of China has been carrying out trials in the form of lotteries, where digital yuan is handed out to citizens in certain cities for them to spend. More recently, the central bank has looked to expand the use of the digital yuan. China has not launched its digital currency nationwide yet and has no timeline to do so, however.
Elsewhere, Japan is looking into its own CBDC, and the U.S. Federal Reserve last month released a study into a digital dollar, but did not take a firm position on whether it would issue one.
While India is pushing forward with a digital rupee, it has tried to take a tougher stance on cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and is currently working on regulation for the sector.
On Tuesday, Sitharaman said income from the transfer of virtual digital assets should be taxed at rate of 30%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/01/ind...launch-in-2022-2023-finance-minster-says.html
 

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Is this a regular train or more like one of those inter-city trains...similar to Mumbai local or Hyderabad's MMTS

Seems to be like a commuter model (like the two you suburban ones you mention)...but at higher speed and a somewhat longer stretch distance with less stops in between etc.

Regional-express as its known in Central Europe....it is kind of in between high speed and commuter.

Average speeds around 80 - 100 kmph etc (though can peak lot higher closer to 200 etc)

Commuter rail tends to be around the 30 - 60 kmph range for average speed.
 

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With a little investment and time spent...you can turn organic waste into energy and also compost.....rather than throwing it to waste and have waste management burden.

 

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Are we heading towards a major recession? I don't see markets improving anything soon. Everything going sideways.
 

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India to launch its own digital currency in 2022-2023​


  • India’s central bank will issue a digital rupee in the 2022-2023 financial year which begins Apr. 1.
  • India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the introduction of the digital rupee would be based on “blockchain and other technologies.”
  • India would be one of the world’s largest economies to introduce a so-called central bank digital currency (CBDC) if it sticks to its plans, following in the footsteps of China which is testing a digital yuan.
Two thousand rupee notes on display with an Indian flag in the background.

Two thousand rupee notes on display with an Indian flag in the background.
Manish Rajput | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images
India’s central bank will launch a digital version of the rupee in the next financial year, the country’s finance minister said on Tuesday.
“Introduction of a central bank digital currency will give a boost, a big boost to the digital economy,” Nirmala Sitharaman said as she delivered the country’s annual budget. “Digital currency will also lead to a more efficient and cheaper currency management system.”

The Reserve Bank of India will introduce the digital rupee in the 2022-2023 financial year which begins on Apr. 1.
Sitharaman gave no details about how the digital rupee would work or what it would look like, but said it would be introduced “using blockchain and other technologies.”
Blockchain refers to the technology that was originally created alongside bitcoin, but the definition has since evolved as its applications have moved beyond cryptocurrencies.
India would be one of the world’s largest economies to introduce a so-called central bank digital currency (CBDC) if it sticks to its plans.
China has been working on a digital version of its yuan since 2014 and is furthest ahead when it comes to launching CBDCs globally.


Over the past two years, the People’s Bank of China has been carrying out trials in the form of lotteries, where digital yuan is handed out to citizens in certain cities for them to spend. More recently, the central bank has looked to expand the use of the digital yuan. China has not launched its digital currency nationwide yet and has no timeline to do so, however.
Elsewhere, Japan is looking into its own CBDC, and the U.S. Federal Reserve last month released a study into a digital dollar, but did not take a firm position on whether it would issue one.
While India is pushing forward with a digital rupee, it has tried to take a tougher stance on cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and is currently working on regulation for the sector.
On Tuesday, Sitharaman said income from the transfer of virtual digital assets should be taxed at rate of 30%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/01/ind...launch-in-2022-2023-finance-minster-says.html
Talk about govt scamming the public. Digital currency🤭.
 
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