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India runs on 10% good politicians and 20% incorruptible bureaucrats
“This country still runs because 10% of politicians are fantastic people.
This country still runs because 20% of bureaucrats have not sold themselves.”
Indian government can track down any citizen in under 10 minutes
“The power of being in the government Is that if you want to talk to somebody, that person can be tracked down in under 10 minutes. Even in a country of 1.4 billion people, government is so powerful.”
India leads the world in child stunting with 46% malnutrition
“India is the stunting and wasting capital of the world. 46% of Indian kids have malnutrition.”
India's COVID migrant crisis was one of history's largest mass exoduses
“So during COVID, India had a refugee problem. Nobody calls it a refugee problem. It was one of the largest mass exodus when workers from the metros, they walked, cycled, sat on trucks and trailers, Sharmik Expresses, to go back to where they come from. It was …”
Indian ITI graduates earn ₹10,000 compared to S$34,000 in Singapore
“Even today, an ITI student graduates and gets paid 10,000 rupees, mostly in cash.
The equivalent of ITI in Singapore is called ITE.
When a IT person graduates from IT after the same two years of vocational training, the starting salary is 34,000 Singapore doll…”
Tirupur's $6B garment export industry is powered by 600,000 workers
“Tirupur actually is a municipal town, ok, not even a city. It produced almost like six billion dollars of government exports for India. It's done by close to 600,000 workers. Half of them are from Tamil Nadu. And half of them are migrant workers from Bihar and…”
Rural Odisha women build Boeing aircraft bodies at Tata Advanced Systems
“So I met, you know, 10th class pass girls from Hinterland, Odessa, who actually build Boeing aircraft bodies for Tata Advanced Systems Limited. So in Hyderabad, the TASL, as they're called, they make aircraft bodies.”
Government initiatives offer a mile of progress for every millimeter pushed
“In the private sector, if you are able to push something by a millimeter, you make an inch of progress. With the government, if you can push something by a millimeter, if you can, then you can, your progress that you make is a mile long.”