10 years ago they declared so many smart cities - where are they now

Yea 100 smart cities or some shit and now we have water shortage in Bangalore and electricity cuts in NCR.

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Program Manager

When you will have to fight for water tanker, what's the use of smart cities anyway

Consultant

Govt greenlights project to build 12 industrial smart cities across 10 states  ₹28,602 crore earmarked for manufacturing push along 6 major industrial corridors  Project expected to create 10 lakh ...

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- Govt greenlights project to build 12 industrial smart cities across 10 states
- ₹28,602 crore earmarked for manufacturing push along 6 major industrial corridors
- Project expected to create 10 lakh direct and 30 lakh indirect jobs
- 'Plug-n-play' and 'walk-to-work' concepts to be implemented in world-class greenfield cities
- Aim to boost exports to $2 trillion by 2030, aligning with 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' vision 

 Source: [NDTV](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/12-new-smart-cities-10-lakh-new-jobs-ashwini-vaishnaw-on-cabinet-decisions-6436159)

Cabinet Approves 12 New Industrial Smart Cities Across India

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Cabinet Approves 12 New Industrial Smart Cities Across India- Grapevine

😅 Owner increased the rent by 15k to meet the market. They expect bachelor's to pay up or exit. 55k is the new price for 3bhk in a 15 year old society. When will the bubble burst? Is everyone making 40-50 lakhs?

Are your owners kicking you out for rised prices?

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Lately, I have been thinking very deeply about my college days when the Flipkart story had inspired the entire lot of my batch at IIT-D. We were starry eyed college kids who wanted to do something innovative in India and break away from the "three" most popular moves after IIT:

1. UPSC
2. MBA
3. MS/PhD abroad

I proceeded to then work in various Indian startups and noticed an alarming thing. I began to realise a pattern across all my stints:

The initial founding team does exceptional work innovating, they excel at what Thiel calls "Zero to One", the act of creation. I will concede that although most founders fail to innovate by often copying what worked in the west but the initial founding team usually excels in execution. It allows for initial traction as it breathes a fresh breath in the\ space that they are operating in.

Almost always, when Product Market Fit is "achieved"(whatever that means), the founders begin to deploy insane amounts of funds into growth. 

By definition, Growth is not a bad thing. But, I have been noticing that across all startups I have worked at( all raised funds from the largest global funds) that it comes at the expense of product building. And during this era of hypergrowth, the product starts to stagnate while focus becomes marketing and sales. 

I often felt that this was temporary. That once we reach enough scale, we would start to innovate again. 
But time and time again, the ability to innovate atrophies over time.
Rather than building something that has enduring value by executing faster than anyone, the focus becomes achieving growth at all costs. 

This ultimately leads to two outcomes:
1. The startup cannot sustain this growth and retention begins to look dire. The churn becomes unbearable and the startup goes out of business.

2. The startup gets acquired by someone bigger, allowing founders and investors to believe that they created value where none existed in the first place.

I am completely dejected at this.

The Death of Indian Innovation: Why Indian Start Ups are failing to Innovate?

Growth Manager

https://inc42.com/buzz/apple-to-employ-5-lakh-people-in-3-years-in-india/

Huge! Great for Indian manufacturing.

https://www.timesnownews.com/bengaluru/bengaluru-to-become-hub-of-knowledge-healthcare-innovation-and-research-with-khir-city-article-105142228

A new city for new jobs could be interesting! Thoughts?

Khir city, sounds delicious & fattening.  Guaranteed to have some nuts.

Sales Manager

Applicable for tech market for both freshers and experienced.

Do you think the ruling government should take responsibility for the current job market? If yes, how? If not, why?

From the past few months I'm seeing news of all the big projects of National interest being parked in Gujrat. Be it GIFT City, DREAM City, Chip Manufacturing facility by Tata, 2036 Olymics stadium, 2 new smart cities, center for AI excellence, Cholera Solar Park, Bullet Train stations, etc?
I'm happy for all the work happening but it seems unfair that all great projects are happening in Gujrat. 

If trade is a reason, there are other states as well in western coast like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala.

I'm not trying to make it political, but I feel it is. 
If it's not political please give your reasoning. I want to be wrong on this.

Why is everything being built in Gujrat?

Maybe your lenses are coloured. I will list 3 different projects from corners of India -  
  
 1. Jewar Intl airport - Delhi NCR  
 2. Coastal roads - Mumbai 
 3. FinTech City - Chennai  
  
 Many relatively smaller initiatives like reliance met city went to Haryana, MH signed 1.4 trillion$ MoUs in Davos.  
  
 States like GJ, MH, KA, TN have a friendly investment policies for many years now. Check which all states have their own pandals in Davos.  
  
 Tatas wanted to establish a manufacturing base in WB and we all know what happened there.

Software Engineer

This question is posed to you by Peter Thiel in his book "Zero to One"

My answer to this is:

We are in a big cycle where India will become everything great. Last 8 years have taught me that we are in the greatest momentum bet of this country's life time. So, don't rule out India. 

Build in India. Invest in India. Believe in India. 

There are many in this community that are complete nihilists and supremely bearish towards India's prospects. And let me tell you, for once in this country's history, being a complete maximalist on India is a bet that you will not regret. 

There will be a new generation of millionaires and billionaires that will be minted on new industries. So keep hustling and this country will unleash great dividends for you and your legacy.

[Thread] What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

Indians killed quora with cringe questions. The same cringe is now surfacing on grapevine too.  
  
 To be fair, many Indians moved away from facebook and are now increasingly not using insta for the same reason.

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To all the Entrepreneurial minds here. If given enough money and resources and time what problem will you solve? 

I’ll go first. If I had enough, I would solve air pollution. I think its a massive massive problem in urban India and will severely affect us in the long run 

What will you solve?

if given enough money and resources, what problem will you solve?

Poverty, will build sustainable businesses for bottom of the pyramid, will focus on vocational training and building small communities of self sustainable businesses

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- The Adani Group, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, plans to build a $10 billion semiconductor plant near Mumbai with Israel's Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
- The facility, located in Taloja, will be constructed over three to five years and aims to produce 40,000 wafers initially, scaling up to 80,000.
- This move aligns with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to make India a tech superpower and reduce reliance on imports.
- The chips produced will be used in drones, cars, smartphones, and other mobility solutions.
- Adani joins Tata Group in bolstering India's semiconductor industry, which has seen significant investments and government support. 

 Source: [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-06/adani-plans-10-billion-india-chip-plant-with-israel-s-tower)

Adani's $10 Billion Chip Plant to Boost India's Tech Ambitions

- CM Yadav announced that Google Cloud plans to set up a startup hub and a centre of excellence in Madhya Pradesh.
- During a session by Invest Madhya Pradesh, NVIDIA suggested a blueprint to make the state the 'Intelligence Capital of India'.
- Proposals worth INR 3,200 Cr were received, potentially creating 7,000 new jobs and boosting the local economy.
- Discussions with IT giants like Infosys, Cognizant, and TCS indicate a positive outlook for tech development in the state.
- Google has been expanding its India operations, including a recent MoU with Maharashtra for AI solutions in various sectors. 

 Source: [Inc42](https://inc42.com/buzz/google-to-establish-startup-hub-in-madhya-pradesh-cm-mohan-yadav/)

Google To Establish Startup Hub In Madhya Pradesh: CM

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First, Infosys has split the IT employees between the states via Karnataka Government's legislation for local reservation for Pro-Kannadigas. Just FYI Infosys founder have agreed for local reservation bill. Then this draconian law of get 14 hrs/day implemented via the same government without national level fight. Well planned!

Come on guys ! Employees across the country should be unitedly fight for getting basic rights of the employees 8 Hr/day including lunch/tea break time and let's though this draconian law of asking for 12-14 hrs/day at work to Crematorium!

Unite For 8 Hr/Day at Work - Through 12-14 Hrs/Day concept to Crematorium!

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#Sanghnomics: Modi government's approach to give a major boost to entrepreneurship through Mudra loans and start-up India can be seen as a solution to the unemployment problem. The government shouldn't be seen as the employment creator; it should be seen as a facilitator. Arun Anand

Entrepreneurship is the permanent solution for unemployment

This is such a problematic statement

Do write a sentence about why & what's the unique insight.

One sector where you are bullish

Office Assistant

Inspite of so many "better than earlier govts" reforms in the last 10 years...the govt hasnt done much needed reforms in the income tax regime.

The govt is doing a few good things like dissolving inept psu's, selling off entities like Air India (privatisation), etc.
But when and how  are we going to increase the tax base?? Why is govt failing to do so? It is high time we rationalise it. We cannot dream of becoming a prosperous country with such poor policies in place

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pay-income-tax-be-political-orphans-why-it-matters-for-indias-economy/articleshow/107405605.cms

Inept income tax dept

Union government is likely to increase its capex allocation to a record ₹12.5 lakh crore in FY25 to develop infrastructure projects.

Central Government Capex

FY20 - 3.35 lakh crore
FY21 - 4.26 lakh crore
FY22 - 5.92 lakh crore
FY23 - 7.28 lakh crore
FY24 - 10 lakh crore

Mention central gov projects in and around the place you live in?

What can we do ?

Software Project Manager

Maharashtra has become the 1st state in India 

To cross $500 billion economy.

For reference the size of the Indian economy in year 2002 was 500 billion.

Maharashtra is further ahead of any state

- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inks deals worth Rs 900 crore with companies like Nokia, PayPal, and Microchip during his US visit.
- The agreements promise to generate 4,100 jobs in Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai, focusing on sectors like AI, semiconductor technology, and telecommunications.
- Stalin's visit aims to transform Tamil Nadu into a $1 trillion economy by 2030, with a focus on attracting capital-intensive and employment-generating industries.
- The CM's delegation will continue to engage with potential investors in the US, with further meetings scheduled in Chicago and other cities.
- Stalin emphasizes Tamil Nadu's leading role in India's GDP and export sectors, inviting more American companies to invest in the state. 

 Source: [Business Standard](https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/tamil-nadu-cm-visits-san-francisco-inks-pact-with-microchip-nokia-paypal-124083001038_1.html)

Tamil Nadu CM Secures Rs 900 Crore Investments in San Francisco

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Curious to learn about what sectors will see more action in the run up to 2030 where we are slated to become a $5trn economy and lots of companies have done Capex investments across sectors. What specific sectors, companies (listed or startups ) will benefit. Collective logic and name taking might help us all

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