It is a mango season. India is the largest Mango producer in the world, it cultivates more than 1/3rd of Mango's in the world. India produces ~20 million tonnes of mango, cultivated in ~57 lakhs acres. Andhra and UP top the list, higher than the 2nd most cultivated country 1/5
This map shows mango cultivation across #TamilNadu for the FY 2020-2021. #Krishnagiri tops the state in the Cultivated area but only in 2020, Tiruvallur saw the highest mango cultivation at ~10Cr kg. Mango cultivation changes based on the Variety/climate/rainfall/heat..etc 2/5
In the year 2019-2020 Krishnagiri was top with 2.22lakh tonnes of Mango, Tiruvallur placed at No.7, and Dharmapuri was at No.2. This map shows mango cultivated areas in 2021, this should be taken as a basis to assess mango cultivation. Krishnagiri is always top in Mango 3/5
Tamil Nadu is a 6th largest cultivator of Mango(~5%) in India. In the year 2020-21, there was a steep decline in Mango production in the northwest, it is a one-off year. This map shows mango productivity in the year 2020-21. Table shows a comparison with 2019-2020 4/5
If Andhra and Uttar Pradesh were separate countries, they will be the 2nd and 3rd largest mango cultivators in the world. India is blessed with hundreds of Mango varieties that are most unique and outright delicious 5/5
For the state that is shown as having zero mango cultivation meant, their cultivation is so low, and data was not available.
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I had visited few DRDO labs, have many friends there. Out of 50+ DRDO labs, 35+ are useless. GTRE is considered worst lab in DRDO. If you want country to be self-sufficient in cutting-edge defense system, please dismantle DRDO, it is next to impossible to change its culture 1/n
Many things in DRDO flawed, It has bad HR policy, work culture, promotion, career path, project management, foundational defense technology intiative, collaboration, capability building,..etc. DRDO is a deeply problematic organisation, which failed india due to many reasons 2/n
Let me start with their lab allotment. DRDO hire based on exams+ some special hires. Those selected will be trained in places like Pune. After the training, the labs are allotted based on DRDO process without caring about what field candidate is interested or passionate 3/n
Since, many are discussing abt Indus(Sindhu) river, this thread 🧵help you to understand the Indus river basin.
Indus is the river of high altitude, it has an basin area of 11,65,500 sqkm(India, Pak, Afghan, China) with ~6200 TMC water available. it originate at Tibet(China) 1/n
Indus river is bounded by the Himalayas on the east, by the Karakoram & Haramosh ranges on the north, by the Sulaiman & Kirthar range on the west. India has 3,21,289 sqkm of Indus basin(Incl PoK), 2,38,877 sqkm in the Indian Administrated region with ~2600 TMC water available 2/n
In India, the river streams of Indus river originate in Upper Himalaya, Shivalik, Pir Panjal, Karakoram ranges. It spread across J&K-Ladakh(192773 sqkm incl PoK, 110361 sqkm excl PoK), Himachal (51406 sqkm), Punjab (50313 sqkm), Haryana(9927 sqkm), Rajasthan(15800 sqkm) 3/n
Tamil's across Myanmar celebrated Thaipusam, they have varied facial features due to assimilation. Tamil's form the lowest strata of Myanmar society. After Sri Lankan hill country Tamil were given SL Citizenship. Myanmar has the most number of stateless Tamils in the world 1/4
Myanmar is estimated to have 15 to 30 lakh indians, in that Tamils form the Majority. Myanmar is home to 4th largest Tamil community in the world after India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia. They are also the poorest Tamils, voiceless community without proper health and education 2/4
Tamils were brought to Myanmar by wealthy Chettiars for working in a rice field. Increasing the Myanmar farmland by multifold. Tamil's problem started after Japanese occupation of Burma in WW2, then Ne Win closed Tamil schools, took over land. Many Tamils left in next 30yrs 3/4
Reliance industries bought 5286 acre SEZ land for 2200Cr Rs.41.6 L per acre). The land parcel located next to Navi Mumbai airport & JNPT port.
The land next to main road in my village in Virudhunagar dt is worth 50+L per acre
Feeling proud, My village = Navi Mumbai Airport 1/3
The land transaction has complex web of ownership. The NMIIA owns the NMSEZ land, 74% of NMIIA owned by DIPL, 26% by CIDCO. DIPL is owned by UIHPL. Which is 32% owned by Jai corp (Anand jain), 35% by SKIL, 33% by Mukesh Ambani group. Now DIPL sold its stake in NMIIA to RIL 2/3
After announcing this news Jai corporation stock price went down by 40% in few days 😂. Industrial lands are typically sold cheap to motivate industries. TN govt gives land in Siruseri SIPCOT for 8 cr per acre, Oragadam for 1.7 Cr. Navi Mumbai SEZ sold for 41.6 L, cheapest 😜 3/3
China unveiled its cutting-edge J-36 jet. As per my experience, with the present setup, India can never manufacture a 6th gen jet. We have chaotic, bureaucratic aircraft design, development, and Manufacturing ecosystem. With ADA doing the project management role 1/4
Most of the design work carried by 30+ DRDO labs, NAL.etc. Different DRDO lab follow long procedure to even communicate between one-another. Highly paper oriented bureaucratic visionless system. These design are manufactured by HAL, BEL.etc. DRDO-ADA-HAL-BEL a nightmare combo 2/4
I had visited most the these organization, I had worked in companies like L&T defense, GE..etc. I can visibly feel the difference. DRDO-HAL-BEL wonot work in sync. Whenever, I visit DRDO, first thing they say is, I am Scientist-C, he is Scientist-B, Hey I am distinguished 3/4
Many wondered, why i am posting against CITU and Communist. My interest in Geography started when I was reading about the Coolie system, migration of Tamil labour across the world, and their struggle. It is a fearful, bloodiest and forgotten episode in Tamil history. 🧵 1/n
19th century was the darkest period in TN history. Cursed by nature with the worst famine (1877) that killed 1/4th of the state, left scars across community. The state was also going through many internal conflict, and wars (1759 to 1850), without any caring leadership 2/n
Tamils have to migrate outside their birth place across the world to Sri Lanka, Burma, Fiji, Guyana, Suriname, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Malaysia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion, South Africa, Singapore.etc. Many died during the travel, those reached the shores worked as slaves 3/n