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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Kyrgyzstan govt called-off the rescue operation to rescue 47yr old Russian female mountaineer Natalia Nagovitsyna. She broke her leg on 12 Aug & got stuck at 7150m height during her Snow Leopard Expedition to Jengish Chokusu peak (7439m) in the Tian Shan range of Kyrgyzstan🧵1/5
Snow leopard award is given to a mountaineer who climbed all five 7000+m peaks of former Soviet Union. Three peaks are in Pamir range & two are in Tian-Shan range. Natalia lost her husband Sergei on 2021 at 7000m height while climbing Khan Tengri peak 2/5
In this month, Natalia was climbing Victory peak(Jengish Chokusu) in Kyrgyzstan with two other, at 7150m while trying to save her teammate she broke her leg. It is difficult to carry someone in this peak due to tough 3km final trek. Her teammate came down to get rescue team 3/5
Everyone should know about the basic details of their state budget. In this thread, I am going to compare the budget of southern states(2024-25 & 2025-26).
Good budget will have zero revenue deficit, that is money required to just run the govt should be less than the revenue 1/7
Total budget & paying back the existing debt, last yr (2024-25) numbers are in bracket, (in lakh Cr)
State-Total budget-Debt paid 1. TN- 4.86L Cr(4.4 L Cr)-0.47 L Cr(0.41)
2.KA- 4.09(3.66)- 0.26(0.25)
3.AP- 3.22(2.7)- 0.24(0.25)
4.TG-3 (2.6)-0.2(0.18) 5. Kl-3.1(2.8)-1.1 (1.1) 2/7
Now, lets talk about revenue expenditure, it is the money spent to just run the govt incl paying back existing commitment like welfare..etc
State-Revenue Expenditure(in lakh Cr) 1. TN-3.73L Cr(3.4 L Cr in 2024-45) 2. KA- 3.12(2.84) 3. AP-2.5(2.2) 4. TG-2.3 (2) 5. KL-1.8(1.6) 3/7
Cauvery has a basin area of 81155 sqkm, in that 66% of the catchment (1.32 Cr acres) is occupied by farmlands, 41 lakh acre(20%) occupied by forests that holds 23% of India's Tiger & Elephant population, 9 lakh acres of built-up area. Tiruppur dt has the native grasslands 1/3
Cauvery basin has only 16636 sqkm of forest, but they are one of the most eco-diverse forest in the world with many endemic species. They hold 8 national parks, UNESCO bio-sphere reserve, 24 wildlife sanctuaries, 6 Tiger reserves, 8 Bird Sanctuaries, Ramsar sites, Mangroves 2/3
Cauvery basin has an dams (excluding lakes) with capacity of 320 TMC. Cauvery is a multi monsoon river, where portion of the basin receive SWM, other portion receive NEM monsoon, so the existing storage help to utilize 100% of her average flow. Cauvery is a eco-diverse river 3/3
Tamil's live as a refugee's across the World, ignored by the system. One such community live in the Katchal island of Nicobar Islands in the Andaman & Nicobar. As per Shastri-Srimavo pact, families of Sri Lankan Indian Tamils were resettled in the Rubber plantation of Katchal 1/4
When Govt. of India resettle the Tamil's in Katchal, they didnot de-notify the tribal areas, their region were under the ANPAT act(Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation, 1956), it meant, they neither can own these lands nor can start a business 2/4
The management of Rubber Board in Katchal was transferred to local A&N UT admin in the 1980's, it was shut down in 2000's, most Tamil's lost the important livelihood. They donot own anything, except the estate given dilapidated hut. ANPAT law, restrict their livelihood 3/4
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