A one rupee coin costs more than its value for the government to mint!

Here’s how the government is operating in thin margins while minting coins as currencies 👇🧵 1/ When UPI arrived in India, it didn’t just boost digital payments, it transformed the nation’s payment culture. It pushed physical currency, especially coins into the shadows.

UPI transactions exploded from Rs. 64 lakh in March 2017 to Rs. 1,830 crore by March 2025.

Meanwhile, India’s coin production plummeted 88% between 2017-2024, down to just 120 crore coins. Currency notes, however, increased only about 10% in the same period.

Hospitals are earning record profits, yet access to healthcare remains lowest in India.

But why ?

We dug deep on this issue and here's what we found out👇 1/ Before getting into what’s happening, you need to understand what Average Revenue Per Occupied Bed or ARPOB means.
It essentially translates to hospitals tracking revenue per occupied bed, just like hotels do per occupied room.
And ARPOB across major hospital chains are at an all time high!

44 Lakh Reliance investors may miss out their pie on the upcoming Jio IPO!

What’s really at stake?

Here’s what you need to know👇 1/ Jio Platforms is about to make history on Dalal Street, targeting a jaw-dropping $154B valuation for its 2026 IPO.

Yet, 44 lakh Reliance Industries shareholders won’t get direct Jio shares like last time. They’ll participate only via RIL’s 66.3% holding.

Reliance just concluded it's 48th AGM

Here's All you need to know about the upcoming Jio IPO and more such highlights🧵 1/ Mukesh Ambani announced Jio IPO likely in the first half of 2026, marking a key milestone for Reliance’s telecom arm. This listing is a key unlock for investors and reflects the maturing digital market in India amid rising demand for connectivity and digital services post-pandemic.

Why India’s Semiconductor Story May Begin with Packaging 1) Semiconductor chips are everywhere, in phones, cars, and even medical devices. But producing them is one of the most complex industrial processes in the world, involving over a thousand steps.

GCCs are killing the Indian IT Industry! Here's the reason why👇 1/Indian IT layoffs have often been blamed on AI taking away jobs. However, a deeper shift is at play with the Global Capability Centres (GCCs) quietly transforming the industry landscape. GCCs mean companies are bringing in-house tech and are cutting reliance on traditional outsourcing firms.

The EV industry in India is on the verge of collapse. 1) The Indian EV industry might be on the verge of a fallout. Tata Motors’ EV market share dropped from nearly 70% in early 2024 to 53% in 2025. And unlike countries like China, the Indian market’s EV aspirations are not for a clean fuel alternative, but for a better value for money.

Rs 50,000 Cr Scam at NSE That Shook Investor Faith 1) For years, India’s National Stock Exchange was a symbol of trust.
Modern. Transparent. Bulletproof.
But in 2015, one of the biggest financial scandals in Indian history quietly began to unravel — the NSE co-location scam.

Jio failed to acquire Telenor! Can you guess why? 1) In 2017, Indian telecom was a warzone.
Jio had just entered the market with free data and unlimited calling. Airtel was bleeding, Vodafone and Idea were scrambling to merge, and smaller players were dying a slow death. In the middle of this chaos stood Telenor India — the local arm of Norway’s state-backed telecom giant.

Wadia VS Britannia: How an MNC outsmarted an Indian Tycoon! 1) It started with a biscuit.
In the 1970s, Britannia was a modest, British-controlled company selling biscuits to Indian families. But by the 1980s, the winds of Indianisation were blowing strong, and industrialist Nusli Wadia — heir to the Bombay Dyeing fortune — began sniffing opportunity.

How Naveen Jindal’s Biggest Acquisition Was Erased Overnight

This Rs 91,000 Crore Scam Shook India!
Here's all you need to know! 1) It was India’s Lehman moment.
IL&FS wasn’t some obscure shadow bank. It was a giant. A massive infrastructure lending company that had been around since 1987. It had hundreds of subsidiaries, sovereign wealth fund investors, and one of the highest credit ratings in the business. Everyone believed IL&FS was too big to fail. And then, it did.

Why did SEBI take action on Jane Street? Here's all you need to know👇

1/n Nine out of ten traders in the derivatives market lose money. And if you’ve ever wondered who that elusive one-in-ten winner is, chances are it’s a firm like Jane Street.

Jane Street is a US-based quantitative hedge fund famous for its low-profile, high-return approach to trading. It uses high-frequency algorithms to execute billions of rupees worth of trades in milliseconds. But now, the firm is under the scanner of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

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What really happened in the 2G Scam?👇🧵 1/ In 2008, India's telecom ministry handed out mobile spectrum - the invisible highway for your calls and data - in a way that would go down as one of the most controversial decisions in Indian political history.

What should've been an auction... was a race to the minister's desk.

Did Kingfisher Airline end the Good Times for Vijay Mallya? 👇🧵 1/ The promise:

In 2005, India saw the launch of an airline like no other.

Plush leather seats, in- fight entertainment, gourmet food, flight attendants handpicked from beauty pageants - Kingfisher Airlines wasn't just a carrier. It was a lifestyle.

The Real Reason Behind Jet Airways Bankruptcy! 👇🧵 1/ The Promise:
In 1993, when Indian aviation was still a state-run monopoly, a travel agent named Naresh Goyal launched Jet Airways.

The pitch? A world-class, full-service airline that could compete with global giants.

The CEO of this IT major resigned after facing pressure from the founder! 👇 1/ In 2014, Infosys - the poster child of India's IT revolution - did something no one expected. It brought in an outsider. A man who wore crisp suits instead of kurtas, who spoke of Al and automation instead of billable hours. Vishal Sikka.

India is not for beginners! After government bans bike taxis, people start booking themselves as parcels to book rides on Rapido👇🧵 1/ That's not a joke, it's Bengaluru's latest jugaad.

Since passengers aren’t technically allowed, some riders are now labeling them as “parcels” and delivering humans across the city like courier packages.

L&T threw out the founders of this IT major from their own company!👇 1/ In 2019, engineering behemoth Larsen & Toubro (L&T) - a company known for building megastructures and submarines - decided it wanted a bigger play in tech. And not just any tech. It had its eyes on Mindtree, a nimble, homegrown IT firm started in 1999 by four friends with a shared dream.

This man was responsible for the biggest bank defaults- Jet Airways, IL&FS, DHFL! Here’s the full story👇 1/ In the early 2000s, YES Bank was the underdog — a fresh, private sector bank launched by two ambitious men: Rana Kapoor and Ashok Kapur. While the big boys like HDFC and ICICI dominated the space, YES Bank promised agility, innovation, and aggressive lending.

The CEO of this $365 billion corporate empire was fired in a 30 min meeting! 👇 1/ In 2012, the mighty Tata empire seemed to be entering a new era. Ratan Tata had handpicked Cyrus Mistry, the soft-spoken heir to the Shapoorji Pallonji fortune, as the next chairman of Tata Sons.