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By Kamlesh Tripathi
HIDDEN FACTS
A survey shows around 70% of Indians are
non-vegetarian these days.
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There is a huge amount of debate about GM crops
these days. It has tremendous potential to impact on yields if used with
appropriate safeguards. Without GM we need another 175-222 million hectares of
farmland to feed our population.
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China on demand side, is trying to nudge its
population towards a more vegetarian diet.
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One estimate pegs the economic loss because of
Bengaluru traffic congestion at Rs 3,700 crore a year; including a whopping 50
crore litres of annual fuel losses. Extrapolate these figures to Delhi, Mumbai
and other Indian cities and we have a full-blown economic crisis on hand.
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Traffic jams: I can easily do 5 or more meetings in a day even if they
are spread across Singapore or any European city. In Delhi or Bengaluru, I can
never plan more than 2 or maximum 3.”—Rishi Seth—A PR and marketing start-up
person.
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Gadkari’s ministry measures its performance in
kilometres of new roads built per year. What good are these new roads, or the
existing roads for that matter, when they are rank incapable of moving people
and goods quickly—Rishi Seth, PR and marketing startup professional.
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India has the worst record of road accident
deaths in the world; every four minutes a person dies on our roads.
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India is held at ranson by some of the most
corrupt and incompetent civic bodies.
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WHO’s report on Road Safety 2015 gave India a
rating of 3 or 4 out of 10 for enforcement of laws on speed limits, drunk
driving or wearing helmets on two wheelers.
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Tata sons is into over 100 lines of business.
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In 2016 air passengers in India grew by an
impressive 23.17%
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Nearly 4% of New Zealand’s population is of
Indian origin and Hindi is the third most widely spoken language in Auckland.
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India is New Zealand’s largest source of
skilled migrants and 29,000 Indian students are currently enrolled at our
academic institutions making them the 2nd largest overseas student
population studying in New Zealand.
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India’s GDP is valued today at $2 trillion.
Amitabh Kant, chief executive of Niti Aayog says if all goes well it could
touch $10 trillion by 2032. A shorter term assessment would have it reaching $
5 trillion in the next decade, by 2025-26.
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India is now the fastest growing major aviation
market—the number of air passengers has been growing more than 20%
year-on-year. In the past 12 months, more than 9 crore passengers flew and
another 5 crores or so flew
internationally. In the next few years India will become the 3rd
largest aviation market in the world after the US and China.
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