Remember Swachh Bharat cess and Smart cities ?

The Smart Cities euphoria has waned. It is absent from election promises and in the bragging of ministers. The project was supposed to be completed by June 2021. 100 cities were selected for the project. Turns out to be one more jumla among many!

- 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)

How much importance do you give to aesthetics in your life? We are lagging behind in aesthetics compared to many developed countries. Why things like having clean roads, good personal care and hygiene, building nice public places is still not an Indian thing?

Just visited Mumbai last weekend, it has somehow gotten worse over the last 5-6 years. Every 3rd or 4th road is either under construction or unusable. This girl from bumble legit defended Mumbai being safer than other metros literally after an illegal billboard fell on innocent people. The "spirit of Mumbai" is Stockholm syndrome, most of the victims/residents just don't know it or have grown numb to it. Every year people die on local train tracks and platforms, no one cares enough to do anything concrete about it. Mumbai and Bangalore are both spiralling towards being borderline unliveable. Delhi NCR too to an extent. But the unfortunate reality is that they are economic hubs, hence people are forced to work there. Decentralisation is the need of the hour, tier 2 and 3 cities must prepare themselves for reverse migration in the next few decades. I'm planning the same for myself if all goes well. It's not worth slowly dying in poisoned cities.

I was doing a tax plan for the next FY. A significant chunk is going off my hard earned money 😔 for which I get 🔔 from govt. I hardly use any public facilities , or can simply say they do not exist and are not up to mark Any Tom and harry comes and starts freebies for his noble cause of votes which tax payers like me are not eligible to be benefitted even if I want to take any . Why the heck I have been taxed so much . Even if you get variable pay this month which was already taxed with TDS and If I invest in MF lumpsum and get some gains . The whole amount will again be taxed that too according to my tax bracket . Although I am not considering indirect taxation which is another curse we all are facing . Is everyone pissed with this tax story or simply ignore and move on to pay more tax and grind more .

Many bhakts asking which smart City to move out to from Delhi. They are also not able to find the 100 smart cities.

Three people died and six were injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport's Terminal-1 fell on cars, including taxis, Delhi Fire Services officials said. These were pre-monsoon rains only, as monsoon is yet to arrive in the city. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Terminal 1 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on March 10, 2024. The roof of the Dumna Airport in Jabalpur, which was renovated at a cost of around Rs 450 crore and inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on 10 March 2024, could not last the first rain. Crores were spent to build Ayodhya as a high-tech city. But after the first rain, newly-built areas are submerged in water. There have been many more examples since we gained independence in 2014.

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