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Re: Claims made by Mr Bagla, boss of Invest india at a Treasury Leadership Forum 2023 and shared by several people with Wow! and great!
I did a fact check. here goes. (link to his speech at the end)
Re: Claims made by Mr Bagla, boss of Invest india at a Treasury Leadership Forum 2023 and shared by several people with Wow! and great!
I did a fact check. here goes. (link to his speech at the end)
1. Mr. Bagla is being disingenuous.
About GDP he says
1st Trn took 67 years
2nd Trn took 8
3rd Trn took 5 years.
So he must be starting at 1943.
I dont have data going that far back but we have this from World Bank
1960(GDP = 37 billion)
to
2021 (GDP 3 trillion)
About GDP he says
1st Trn took 67 years
2nd Trn took 8
3rd Trn took 5 years.
So he must be starting at 1943.
I dont have data going that far back but we have this from World Bank
1960(GDP = 37 billion)
to
2021 (GDP 3 trillion)
Now here's the point. In 1960 Our population was 445 million. in 2021 it was about 1.4 billion. That is a 3.14 x increase. So the bulk of our GDP growth was due not to rising productivity but due to an expanding and growing labour force.
More people = higher total GDP. Duh!
More people = higher total GDP. Duh!
There are 2 false myths being propagated in Britain right now about @BBC's documentary "India - The Modi Question".
1. It is damaging to communal harmony in Britain.
2. It has turned 1.4 billion Indians against the UK
#Bollocks. @BBC needs to stand firm.
1. It is damaging to communal harmony in Britain.
2. It has turned 1.4 billion Indians against the UK
#Bollocks. @BBC needs to stand firm.
If Indians are turning against the UK, we'd see a sharp tailing off of university admissions applications from India. Race relations are fine, all the Govt needs to do is clamp down on the extremist elements from BOTH sides. ask @Hindus4HRUK who these elements are
The other false story being put about by the right wing press and TV anchors (they're worse than Tucker Carlson) in India is that :@RishiSunak rubbished the BBC docu-series and defended India's Prime Minister in @HouseofCommons. That is false. He did nothing of the kind.
Welcome to #VisionZeroLDN! 1Dec17 Mother of 4 Hannah McWann struck by @TfL Bus in Zebra Crossing surreycomet.co.uk/news/15696726.… According to friend @FreeBabarAhmad Hannah's still in Hospital. This week, Judge found Bus Driver "Not Guilty" farrarsbuilding.co.uk/matthew-kerrui… @CalumRutter @Heidi_LDN
A quick review of TfL's online Bus Safety Data for Q4 2017 tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publ… doesn't show incident in question, so public doesn't know which Bus Company or Route was involved...and press photo in @SurreyComet doesn't show it either.
On Friday, I wrote TfL Dir Bus Operations Claire Mann & asked "which Bus Operator involved in this Zebra Crossing Collision?" but no response. Mann same TfL Bus Boss who didn't know how Saba Mirza-hit in Zebra Crossing by TfL Bus on 25Nov16-was either saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2018/08/london…
Once Upon a time, long long ago when there was no Internet, we used to phone buildings rather than people, when global trade was confined to a limited number of basic goods and very few services /1
There were Trades Unions. These organisations grew up protecting the rights of workers and furthering socialism and progressive politics in a highly regulated world of trade and capital. /2
Then in the 60s 70s and 80s they increasingly became less effective and struggling with new technology in manufacturing and global capital markets until one day they were brutally put down by the Iron Lady. /3
