India's manufacturing sector, which constitutes 77.63 % of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 2% in October, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday. m.rediff.com/business/repor…
The govt is providing unnecessary subsidies & tax concessions to corporates,it should be concentrating on increasing private consumption. But this is precisely what the Modi govt is incapable of understanding. #IndianEconomiccrisis#ModiMadeDisaster newsclick.in/india-post-pan…
PSU banks have lost nearly ₹2.85 lac cr due to 13 corporates,but PSU banks are used to bail out failed institutions like Yes Bank & IL&FS,BankUnions alleged on Monday.#IndianEconomicCrisisthehindu.com/business/Indus…
The falling rupee, down 2.2 percent against the US dollar just in this quarter, has led to foreign investors pulling out $4 billion from India’s capitalmarket. #IndianEconomicCrisis#ModiMadeDisaster
Huge surplus of working-age people should have given 🇮🇳a competitive edge.Instead, there has been an #unemployment crisis.Thats the cost of hate & social unrest unleashed by Sanghis combined with disastrous policies #IndianEconomicCrisis google.co.in/amp/s/qz.com/i…
Banks have written off ₹ 9.54 trillion worth of bad loans in the last 5 years, of which more than ₹ 7 trillion was by PSU banks.The amount banks have written off is more than double the sum recovered during the period. #IndianEconomicCrisis wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/fi…
External debt worth $256 billion matures over the next 12 months, according to the Sept-21 data released by the finance ministry. This is about 43 % of the Sept-21 external debt outstanding at $596 billion. This should ring alarm bells m.economictimes.com/news/economy/f…
The January bulletin of RBI says covid affected sentiment of Indian households across strata. Among the survey indicators,household income was the most impacted by restrictions imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus. livemint.com/economy/consum…
Impact of Stagflation on one of India’s biggest advertisers ~HUL’s ad spends see 14% YoY reduction. As advertisement from pvt sources dries up,large section of media is now dependent in GoI advertisement for survival.#IndianEconomicCrisis exchange4media.com/marketing-news…
Industrial output slumped to a 10-month low of 0.4 % in Dec-21 as oer to data released by (NSO). Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had registered a growth of 1.3 % a month ago indianexpress.com/article/explai…
🎅 govt is surviving on borrowings to run the economy.Union govt liabilities are 59% of the GDP which may go up to 88.4% if state govts' liabilities are added.Interest payments on this is 48.6% of central tax revenue.🇮🇳 has been pushed into a debt trap. livemint.com/economy/where-…
So much Advertisement Blitzkrieg on "Port Led Development " by🎅 govt , but the truth is 🇮🇳banks have lost around ₹ 44,000 cr in Shipyard industry with 3 large companies- ABG Shipyard(23Kcr)Reliance Naval engg (₹12.5 Kcr) & Bharati Shipyard (₹8.5 Kcr) wap.business-standard.com/article/compan…
India's GDP growth slows to 5.4% in Q3, and it was certainly not due to Ukraine or any other global crisis google.com/amp/s/wap.busi…
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."~ Frédéric Bastiat livemint.com/economy/gst-co…
Diesel prices hiked by 25₹ /Ltr for " Bulk users"-the bulk users are Manufacturing Factories,Transportation companies ,Power Plants ,Irrigation - the ↗️prices will be passed on to the consumer,thereby fuelling needless Inflation when the economy needs to recover #fuelpricehike
India's trade deficit widened to $176.07 billion as It had spent more on imports during April 2021-February 2022, with Imports growing faster than exports ,₹ value can depreciate with widening of the trade deficit. factchecker.in/explained/indi…
🇮🇳 has been loosing ₹100 Crore /day to bank frauds for the last 7 years as per RBI data. Imagine the level of loot that is going on ,if it remains unchecked than unimaginable financial disaster awaits us .#Bankfrauds google.com/amp/s/m.timeso…
Foreign Banks are exiting 🇮🇳 ,Before Citi's Banks exit ,ANZ Grindlays, RBS, Commonwealth Bank of Australia-scaled down their operations in India. The reason is simple ,they don't see growth in 🇮🇳any more livemint.com/companies/news…
10 years ago 🌏was talking about 🇮🇳 spectacular Economic Growth along with Demographic dividend,but now its turning out to be Demographic disaster due to lack of skilled work force & also not enough Jobs being created ~says Industry body CII Report economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/demograph…
🇮🇳 manufacturers are running out of capacity to absorb rising input costs, with an increasing number passing it along to consumers in an economy already grappling with Asia’s third-fastest inflation & an uneven recovery. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/cos…
Loans written off in the last 8 years stand at ₹10.83 lac cr.If to this to the earlier bad loans of ₹ 8.35 lac cr as of March 2021 is added then total bad loans sums up to ₹ 19.18 lac cr - thats the ACTUAL LOSS our financial system is staring newslaundry.com/2021/07/23/ban…
‘Hair cut’ is just another jargon for Organised loot & Legalised plunder .
Privatisation of profits & Nationalisation of losses has been made an acceptable legal policy
India’s retail inflation rose to a 17-month high of 6.95% in March-22, It was above the RBI upper tolerance band for 3rd straight month.
In January-22 retail inflation stood at 6.01%. In February -22 it was 6.07%.
According to the CMIE report, India's labour force shrunk by 3.8 million during March-2022 to 428 million, the lowest in 8 months ,with both employment and unemployment falling, which is the biggest sign of economic distress.
Higher prices of commodities from fuel to daily-use goods are squeezing demand for both essential and discretionary goods,Companies are already reporting down-trading, while consumers are seeing their savings erode.
India's Labour Force Participation went down From 46% To 40% In 6 Yrs & women participation in labour force has dipped from 15% in 2016 -2017 to 9.2% in 2021-22 as per CMIE report . This Clearly indicates the scary scenario of Unemployment .
As on March 31, 2022, India’s foreign exchange reserves at $ 607.3 Bn & External Debt is $615 Bn. Forex reserves have contracted by 5% at the end of FY 2021-22
Retail inflation is now @ 7.79 % due to mainly due to high fuel prices, creating a cascading effect of cost surge.The inflation numbers have remained above the RBI’s upper tolerance level of 6 % for the 4th month in a row
Foreign Institutional Investors ( FII) has been steadily pulling out from India over the last few years ,FII’s staying away from “Mega” LIC IPO means lost confidence in Indian Market . ndtv.com/business/lic-i…
50 lakh crore is the estimated losses for Indian Economy during the covid period says RBI report & may take > 10yrs to recover, this cud have been minimised ,the high losses are mainly due to unplanned lock down & covid mismanagement by Union govt
Wholesale inflation in 🇮🇳 rose to 15.08% in April on an annual basis owing to higher fuel & energy costs,
Food inflation stood @ 8.35% & Manufactured products inflation @ 10.85%
A study has found that the government's consolidation of public sector banks (PSBs) cannot be explained on efficiency grounds and that the merger of these banks was actually weakening the banking system.
Holcim Group, based in #Switzerland, is the latest MNC to leave 🇮🇳 due to macroeconomic & regulatory concerns ,earlier 5 automobile MNCs in the past 5 years, resulting in nearly 64 K job losses.
Soaring inflation, supply chain issues & the hit from the Ukraine war might bring an end to the growth boom India's IT services industry enjoyed during the pandemic, J.P.Morgan analysts said on Thursday as they downgraded the sector to "underweight".
Inequality in 🇮🇳 Report by EAC : Income of the top 1% is growing while bottom 10% is shrinking,the top 1% of income earners earns more than 3x of what is earned by the bottom 10%. ₹ 25 K P/M is now part of the top 10 % earner
With soaring Inflation & Savings rate being lowest,senior citizens & retirees savings are getting depleted ,they are forced to cut down on basic expense like food & medicines to meet rising expense
Consumer food price has increased by 100 % between March 2021 & March 2022, according to the All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the National Statistical Office April 12, 2022.
What our enemies cudnt achieve , Demonitization achieved to do the structural level of damage to 🇮🇳 economy & financial system .79,669 pieces of fake ₹500 notes & 13,604 pieces of fake ₹ 2000 detected in FY-22 up by 54% from last FY says RBI report
Chandannagore the erstwhile french colony in Bengal is known for Spectacularly breathtaking lighting artistry
But how did all this started ?
Do read this 🧵 to know the fascinating story of the Lighting artist of Chandannagore
From October to January, the streets of Bengal’s towns and cities lights up for a number of festive occasions — starting from with Durga Pujo, Kali pujo, to the Jagadhatri Pujo & Christmas, and then New Year.
The dazzling illuminations seen in Bengal, especially owe much to a 60-year tradition, harking back to the world renowned light artist Sridhar Das~ who now 80+ yrs & retired, started this illumination revolution when he was in class 7
From the pages of History
When Oxford Came to Shantiniketan
A short 🧵
On August 7, 1940, Oxford University held a special convocation at Shantiniketan to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature to poet Rabindranath Tagore
Oxford was represented by Dr S. Radhakrishnan & Sir Maurice Gwyer (the then Chief Justice of British India)
Sheikh Hasina’s regime might have warmed up to Delhi for her own survival
But certainly she is not a friend of Kolkata / West Bengal
In 2021 BD PM Sheikh Hasina rolled out Red Carpet for PM Modi just in the midst of election
The consistent attacks on Hindu minorities in BD does have a adverse effects in WB - credit to Bengal CM for maintaining social harmony when there is consistent provocation across the border.
West Bengal is now navigating & countering two - ve forces
Bina Das - The fierce daughter of Bengal who took on the mighty Raj
A 🧵 on her Revolutionary life
Bina Das was born on 24 August 1911, Krishnanagar in a bramho family, her father Benimadhav Das was a well-known revolutionary & Teacher .
Her mother -Sarala Das was a social worker.
Bina’s father -Benimadhab Das used to teach at Cuttack’s Ravenshaw Collegiate School. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was a student of her father
Paramount - The Revolutionary Sherbet shop of Kolkata
As heat wave hits summer,a cool sherbet that quenches thirst as well as caters to taste buds is indeed a bliss
Know about this heritage institution in this 🧵
Located in the most vibrant area of Kolkata in the vicinity of reputed heritage educational institutions, in College Street near Mahabodhi Society
Paramount Juice centre has made a name & fame for itself among Kolkata people for more than a century
The enterprise was started by Nihar Ranjan Majumder who was originally from Barisal ( now in present-day Bangladesh) in 1918 relocated to Kolkata
The World’s largest Democracy’s 1st election was a mammoth task with humongous challenges ,an unsung hero made it possible & estd the frame work of conducting elections in India~He is Sukumar Sen,1st Election commissioner of Independent India.
A🧵on forgotten history
As the Constitution of India came into effect on January 26, 1950, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was anxious to get the elections underway as soon as possible.
Govt of India passed Representation of the People Act in 1950 & 1951 successively which provided the framework for the elections