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Kotasthane: India's Lower-Level Government Employees Are Among the World's Highest Paid
“At the lower levels of government beyond apart from the IAS, et cetera, the salaries that people in government get, that is some of the highest in the world.”
Kotasthane: India's Union Government Workforce Is Half the Size of America's
“If you normalize India's government to U S population to India, Indian federal union government is one half that of the U S right.”
Kotasthane: Punjab's Subsoil Water Act Caused Concentrated Burning and Delhi's Smog
“So once that happened, once you start doing that if you start Sowing your crop in June, July by when the harvesting season comes, that is also delayed and you have very little time between the harvesting season and the next cropping season. So once you have a …”
Kotasthane: Mysore Sandal Soap Relies on Sandalwood Oil Imported From Australia
“The Mysore sandal soap, which you use Most of that sandalwood oil, which is used to make is not grown in India anymore. It comes from Australia now.”
Kotasthane: Indian governments run more than 1,500 public sector companies
“Today, government still run more than 1500 companies, including sandal soap and things like that, right?”
Kotasthane: China is operationally far more fiscally decentralized than India
“Another surprising stat, for example, people often think China is a very centralized country, but actually it is extremely decentralized In operation. So a large percentage of their government spending happens at local levels. Our government is exactly opposit…”
Kotasthane: India's Sandalwood Output Plunged From 4,000 to 600 Tons
“By 1965, India was producing close to 4000 tons of sandalwood by 3040 years later that had dropped from some 4000 to a meager 600 or so.”