Congrats everyone!

Bro, you are earning. Shouldn't you just be grateful that you are not born in war torn Afghanistan or disease ridden Africa. I mean life could be so much worse. In fact, the only difference between you and the office boy is the household you were born in. If that office boy was born in your home, he probably would be as successful as you. You already won the lottery. Why not just do your part and pay the income tax so that the tax money can be used to provide a better life to those who are unprivileged. I am not excusing the corruption in the system but just find the cribbing unbearable Just be greatful

..unless either of the two mess up insanely bad We'll probably get to the #3 spot if things go well. But it seems impossible that we'll ever go beyond that. Internal reasons that are very hard to fix:- (1) Our population TFR fell below standard replacement rate in 2023. This means we will not be able to follow the same economic growth trajectory required to reach developed status before population stagnation or declination. This is not a death knell but definitely very VERY bad news. (2) Our blue-collar workforce skill levels are not only subpar but are slowly falling behind the world standards every year. Much of our youth aim to join government orgs like the Army or the Railways which train for the job later, not before. Despite a national shortage of skilled plumbers, electricians etc, our vocational training orgs have been unsuccessful in attracting people towards these careers as well as churning out skilled workers. (3) Our bureaucratic environment is extremely slow with pathetic turnaround times on initiatives. This is not government specific and has always been the case so it seems like this will always be. This is not even a problem unique to India as many other countries have been facing this too but it is still a factor that negatively impacts our growth massively. I wish it was just internal reasons but a large part of it also comes down to both China and US being aggressively great at ensuring their successes:- (1) Chinese manufacturing seems nearly impossible to overcome - not just for India but also for the US. Yes, we might win over some industries and companies like the US, Vietnam, Thailand etc. have been doing but the amount of autocratic control in China allows them to crush competition easily. Case in point - the recent tussle between India and China on solar manufacturing which China won by autocratically lowering their prices. (2) If de-dollarisation succeeds, it will benefit China the most because (contd. in comments)

While Indian government reaps and enjoys the taxation of high paid IT jobs, there are hardly any responsibility in taking care of laid off citizens. I’m pretty sure most high paid individuals are irritated with the 10s of lacs of tax paid every year and yet not getting basic benefits from the government. No wonder so many HNIs leave India every year and settle in nations where high earning is nurtured and not abused. In my honest opinion, Indian government should do the following for laid off individuals based on their previous year tax collected. 1. Provide Rent + Basic necessities cost for at least 6 months or joining the next job, whichever is earlier. 2. Provide health insurance to laid off citizen and dependent individuals for at least 1 year or till the person joins next job, whichever is earlier. 3. Pause Home loan EMIs for at least 6 months or till the person joins next job, whichever is earlier.

I just want to vent out! Many businesses are earning double than me and paying less than 50% of tax and yet here I am as a professional bound to pay tax. And that’s not enough, I still can get audited!

Nothing against anyone, neither the current government nor the previous government. First I have to give tax on my salary, then the indirect tax on every single thing I buy. Bought a term insurance, for every premium I pay there's a 18% tax, same for health insurance. Recently started NPS, same is being taxed 18% for every contribution. Was planning doing a professional course, there's also 18% tax. Is there anything where the government is not taking tax? Isn't is unfair? In return what exactly we middle class salaried employees are getting?

Actually, watching this at work live. We’ve done it finally. Moments like these, you realise that we may suffer setbacks and failures but it’s our tenacity to get back up and fight our way to the top. Especially, after the failure of the last mission, it’s proud to say that our Scientists did the best to learn from the mistakes and made the best out of it. We are now part of an exclusive club, the #1 country to get to the Lunar South Pole and the #4 country to actually land on the moon(after US, Russia and China)