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This isn’t about politics or any one government. Delhi’s infrastructure has lagged across multiple tenures. When you compare it with other world capitals, the need for faster, more ambitious urban development becomes obvious. Hope someone’s listening 😔
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Suck positive intent shown by the govt! Bravo .
Cabinet approval for a one-time support mechanism to ensure greater stability in ATF prices for Indian airlines will help maintain affordable air connectivity, support airline operations and reduce the burden on passengers. It will also strengthen connectivity to Tier-II and Tier-III cities, support tourism and employment. pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.…
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Cabinet approval for a one-time support mechanism to ensure greater stability in ATF prices for Indian airlines will help maintain affordable air connectivity, support airline operations and reduce the burden on passengers. It will also strengthen connectivity to Tier-II and Tier-III cities, support tourism and employment. pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.…

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Great initiative. All Indian business leaders should commit like this, ⁦@CNNnews18
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No one knows what’s going on, people saying might be sitting here will midnight !! @myogiadityanath @tourismgoi @UPGovt @CMOfficeUP
Clogged highways …Tourists, families, elders, kids stranded in the dark because no cops in sight ! Escaping Delhi’s toxic air for Agra & Fatehpur Sikri turned into a nightmare, 2 weeks back it was 10 hour to delhi from Jim Corbett … @myogiadityanath @nitin_gadkari
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Clogged highways …Tourists, families, elders, kids stranded in the dark because no cops in sight ! Escaping Delhi’s toxic air for Agra & Fatehpur Sikri turned into a nightmare, 2 weeks back it was 10 hour to delhi from Jim Corbett … @myogiadityanath @nitin_gadkari
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Good advice for management. A better advice for @CimGOI @nsitharaman is to use this as a case study and change ourselves ! Great brand build and effort wasted !
Bira 91 was one of the successful start-up stories of last decade. It is a popular craft beer brand. They were growing so well. Reality is strange than what you can imagine. A procedural goof up has lead to whole company being collapsing and the founder now being forced even to exit by company employees. As Bira was very successful, it wanted to come up with IPO. So it did a small change. It changed the name from B9 beverages private limited to B9 beverages limited. Just removed the word private. All the hell then broke loose. All the states immediately banned the sale of Bira 91 treating the new name as different entity. They demanded fresh legal approvals, label approvals, product registrations and fresh licenses for every single variant. Google and find out. This lead to one problem after another. Once a thriving company looks like may not even survive. I remember once someone asked Hina Nagarajan, former CEO of Diageo India as to why she is retaining the name United Spirits instead of changing it to Diageo India limited. She said that the company checked with best legal brains in the country and name change would lead to huge disruptions for business. Though what happened to Bira is extremely unfair, you've to accept the reality of India. Procedures, compliance and proper documentation are extremely important. The rules are so complex you should never desist from taking expert advice. What you assume need not work in reality and may even go against you.
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Bira 91 was one of the successful start-up stories of last decade. It is a popular craft beer brand. They were growing so well. Reality is strange than what you can imagine. A procedural goof up has lead to whole company being collapsing and the founder now being forced even to exit by company employees. As Bira was very successful, it wanted to come up with IPO. So it did a small change. It changed the name from B9 beverages private limited to B9 beverages limited. Just removed the word private. All the hell then broke loose. All the states immediately banned the sale of Bira 91 treating the new name as different entity. They demanded fresh legal approvals, label approvals, product registrations and fresh licenses for every single variant. Google and find out. This lead to one problem after another. Once a thriving company looks like may not even survive. I remember once someone asked Hina Nagarajan, former CEO of Diageo India as to why she is retaining the name United Spirits instead of changing it to Diageo India limited. She said that the company checked with best legal brains in the country and name change would lead to huge disruptions for business. Though what happened to Bira is extremely unfair, you've to accept the reality of India. Procedures, compliance and proper documentation are extremely important. The rules are so complex you should never desist from taking expert advice. What you assume need not work in reality and may even go against you.
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Interesting! Are the BIG 4 doing this in India, overcharging govt too? ⁦@DPIITGoI⁩ ⁦@sanjeevsanyal⁩ ⁦@FinMinIndia⁩ ⁦@NITIAayog
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11:11 You are playing Cricket and he arrives like this.. Sachin Tendulkar ❤️

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Back to cycling after a gap of almost ten days. Happy to see Golf Course Extension Road in good shape. This is really now beyond complaining. Between the meetings and optics our administrative machinery is just incapable of doing anything worthwhile to the sinking city of Gurugram. Let's celebrate our monsoons and pathetic civic sense. @DC_Gurugram @gurgaon_live @leenadhankhar @IndianGems_ @IndiaToday @Ashok_Kashmir @Suhelseth @MunCorpGurugram @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @OfficialGMDA
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The book is finally here About 5 years ago, I started sharing my learnings from the ground on social media to help anyone else grappling with problems we had already faced and navigated In this period, the number of people following my content increased manyfold. I also started getting many requests to document my learnings in a more structured and detailed form in a book. Zero To Scale is the result of it And it took a good 2 years and many writing sessions on Sunday evenings ( that is the only time I had) to bring it to life In this book, I’ve covered everything that I possibly could to help anyone build and grow their brand in India. Everything I’ve written is what we ourselves followed at Atomberg for growing our fan business, and now following them again to build our new categories like mixer grinders and water purifiers from scratch Grateful to everyone who took the pain to go through the early drafts and share their feedback/praise, some of which are published here The book is about 40000 words long and I have tried my best to strike the right balance between depth and brevity in each topic I genuinely wish to help Indian entrepreneurs and operators grow faster and better. Even the choice of publisher, Wyzr, is reflective of that. I met the founder, Yashraj, my junior from college and was impressed by the work they had already done and their drive to make an impact in an industry that’s in need of some energy Building distribution, generating demand and building a brand isn’t easy. Even if ever so slightly, I hope this book helps you in that journey The book is already available on Amazon, and should be available in leading book stores and a Q-com portal in the next 2 weeks
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Don’t let @UPI_NPCI success get to your head! Govt owns currency, identity and is responsible for inclusion! In case of @ONDC_Official, trust the market to compete and find the right price! Pls focus on education, healthcare, infra and judicial reform🙏 m.economictimes.com/tech/sta…

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@EconomicTimes⁩ your weekend editorials are going down the drain! Authors are repeating themselves…and outright vague solutions!
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thanks for sharing, good read.
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