A public policy enthusiast. Interested in human progress, economic development, urbanization, energy, environment, and mobility.
Hyderabad, India
Joined February 2009
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Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
Wow! Rohini Sector 15 has gone beyond 2047 and is enjoying Viksit Bharat.
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
E20 बना 420 - जनता की गाड़ी से पेट्रोल चोरी!
मोदी सरकार कहती है - पेट्रोल में 20% एथेनॉल है। कर्नाटक सरकार ने 7 ज़िलों से पेट्रोल के सैंपल लेकर मान्यता प्राप्त लैब में जाँच करवाई।
नतीजा देखिए
- 14 में से 11 सैंपल में 20% से ज़्यादा एथेनॉल
- IOCL में 31.2%, HPCL में 30.5%
- IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, Nayara, Shell - सरकारी हों या प्राइवेट - सब सीमा से ऊपर
- और कंपनियों की अपनी लैब ने एथेनॉल की मात्रा रिपोर्ट में लिखी ही नहीं
मतलब आप पैसा महंगे पेट्रोल का दे रहे हैं, टंकी में एथेनॉल भरा जा रहा है। नुकसान किसका? आपका।
आपकी गाड़ी इतना एथेनॉल पचाने के लिए बनी ही नहीं - मतलब, घटता माइलेज, बार-बार मैकेनिक। शौक से ली गई गाड़ी की बर्बादी।
और पंप पर लिखा तक नहीं कि टंकी में क्या डाला जा रहा है - चुनने का कोई विकल्प नहीं।
मोदी जी, बताइए - देश की टंकी में क्या भरा जा रहा है? पेट्रोल में असल में कितना एथेनॉल है? 20% से ज़्यादा मिलावट करने वाली कंपनियों पर कार्रवाई कब होगी?
और डिबेट की चुनौती अब भी खड़ी है। ये मुद्दा भी जोड़ लेंगे - आपकी नीतियों से असल में फ़ायदा किसे हो रहा है?
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
Karnataka fuel tests find up to 31% ethanol in petrol samples, flag over-blending
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Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
Elon Musk: "Even if I'm criticized by the whole world, I won't let go of X." The reason makes you think.
Reporter: "Why are you so attached to X?"
Elon: "What do you mean by that?"
Reporter: "Since the acquisition, it's been nothing but criticism, right?"
Elon: "That's true."
Reporter: "Politicians criticize you too."
Elon: "Yes."
Reporter: "There are conflicts with regulatory authorities."
Elon: "That's true."
Reporter: "Honestly, wouldn't it be easier to sell it?"
Elon: "Why?"
Reporter: "You have Tesla and SpaceX, don't you?"
Elon: "I do."
Reporter: "There's no need to stay in the center of controversies, right?"
Elon: "But what would that solve?"
Reporter: "...... Huh?"
Elon: "I think it's important to have a place where opinions can be exchanged freely."
Reporter: "But there are unpleasant opinions too, aren't there?"
Elon: "Of course."
Reporter: "There are wrong opinions too."
Elon: "That's true."
Reporter: "So, shouldn't there be restrictions?"
Elon: "How far to restrict?"
Reporter: "That's..."
Elon: "Who decides which opinions are correct?"
Reporter: "..."
Elon: "It's easy to protect only the opinions we agree with."
Reporter: "Yes."
Elon: "But what about when contrary opinions arise?"
Reporter: "..."
Elon: "That's where the real test of free speech happens, don't you think?"
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
I WISH someone had explained this to me when I was younger Christian.
Every commandment in the Bible and everything it calls a *sin* is actually a *warning* from God not to hurt yourself.
In other words, as it has been said before… When God says DON’T, what He's really saying is: DON’T hurt yourself.
Let me give you several examples.
Sex before marriage - It is a scientific fact that sex creates a neurochemical bond with another person, not just physically but emotionally.
In other words, sex is not just the union of two bodies, but of two souls. So when God says DON’T, he’s saying: you don’t want to be bonded like that to somebody you barely know.
Lying - When you lie, you eventually destroy the trust other people have in you. And the problem with lying is that one lie often requires another to cover it up, until eventually, you've built an entire life around pretending to be someone you're not.
Envy - Envy is resenting God’s goodness in someone else’s life while ignoring God’s goodness in your life. Instead of living a life of gratitude and joy, you live one of bitterness and anger.
Pride - Pride makes a person care more about BEING right… than making a relationship RIGHT. And you become incapable of learning, apologizing, or growing.
Gossip - Gossip destroys relationships… and if someone is gossiping TO YOU about other people, chances are they're also gossiping ABOUT YOU to other people behind your back.
Unforgiveness - This one is tough because you’re already hurt with something. But when you refuse to forgive, unforgiveness makes YOU a prisoner of your past, and a slave to bitterness, resentment, and pain. God says “don’t.”
Greed - Greed makes you believe a lie that if you only had “more” then you’d be happy. Not true. You’ll be miserable.
Lust - We live a culture saturated with lust. It always destroys your ability to experience true intimacy with another person. This is why our culture is terrible at marriage, intimacy, and relationships.
Here’s the point.
Deuteronomy 10:12 (NIV) says “Observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today … for your own good."
When God forbids something, it’s not because he hates you and he’s trying to rob something from you.
It’s because he loves you and he’s trying to protect you.
When He says DON’T, He's not trying to keep you from enjoying life.
He's teaching you how to truly live it.
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
Last year, the government earned around ₹20 Lakhs from me as income tax.
Laid off in December 2025 and since then, I was not contributing to tax revenue. This FY, it’s absolutely ₹0
Last 27 years, I have paid a lot as income tax and GST and other taxes. When I lost my job, the government does not provide anything for me.
At least it can provide a respite from my EMIs or reduced interest rates or any other financial leniency until I land a job.
Same with thousands of other people who lost their jobs even after contributing millions of rupees to nation building by paying tax diligently and they never got a helping hand from the government.
#JobLoss #LayOffs #SocialSecurity
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
Government taxes in India are insane.
If you buy a 40 lakh car, you are paying around 12 lakh in taxes to the government (road tax and registration are extra).
And the manufacturer’s profit is only 2 lakh.
Think for a second - The company is manufacturing the car, investing money, building it and doing everything. But the government is making 5 times more money than the company manufacturing it.
The same goes for the iPhone. If you buy an iPhone worth 2 lakh, you are technically paying 30,000 in tax. And Apple isn’t even making as much money as the government is collecting.
And what do you get in return? Absolutely Nothing!
Roads are so bad, no clean water, and government hospitals? You can’t even imagine. Practically dead.
You are technically doing charity to this country.
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
Good Morning! Motor insurance is mandatory by law. Third-party premium is government-regulated. GST on mandatory insurance: 18%. You're taxed for complying with the law. Creative fiscal design.
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana - different states with different hopes, going through #CycloneArnab and #CycloneMurasu.
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Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
Hit the nail on the head. But the real outrage isn't just the 35% income tax. It's the ZERO return.
Look at what the salaried taxpayer gets in return:
- 18–28% GST on almost everything purchased with post-tax income.
- Private schools and hospitals because public services are poor quality.
- RO systems and air purifiers just to access clean water and breathe clean air.
- High fuel taxes, plus forced E20 experimentation at the cost of our vehicles.
- Toll charges on roads for which we already pay road tax.
And who bears this burden? - The same tiny 2% of the population, milked relentlessly from every possible direction.
Their money funds government expenditure, subsidies and freebies, yet they are forced to pay again for education, healthcare, clean water, clean air and even basic mobility.
Tax us like developed nations. At least give us half the public services of one.
The salaried middle class isn't an ATM for governments. Taxation without accountability and meaningful public services is nothing short of exploitation.
I can't use my international Visa card to book on MakeMyTrip. The same card works on other sites like Cleartrip. Kindly look into this issue.
@makemytripcare
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Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
.@ncbn , 40+ years of "vision." Now the world sees the real picture.
Yellow media can't control the narrative anymore. The visuals, evidence and voices are out.
How did you gain power, and how have you used it?
The world is watching. Salute to the party cadre and leaders who stood strong under pressure.
Respect to everyone who brought these issues to the world's attention.
#TDPGoons
#CBNFailedCM
#SaveDemocracyInAP
Anche l'India sta vivendo un pesante momento di pericolo e di erosione della democrazia. Lo fa vedere molto bene qui il mio collega e amico, che racconta di pesanti condizionamenti elettorali durante i processi di elezione in uno degli stati indiani del sud.
Una cosa inaccettabile, per la quale mi schiero vicino a lui e a tutte le persone che subiscono queste intimidazioni.
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India is also going through a difficult period of danger and the erosion of democracy. My colleague and friend illustrates this very well here, recounting heavy electoral interference during the election process in one of the southern Indian states. This is completely unacceptable, and I stand with him and everyone facing these intimidations.
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
పోలీస్ వెహికల్ లో వచ్చి నామినేషన్ వేసిన వైసీపీ అభ్యర్థులు
సత్యసాయి జిల్లా బత్తలపల్లిలో జరిగింది ఈ ఘటన
పోలీస్ వెహికల్ లో వచ్చినా కూడా ఎవరి వచ్చి నామినేషన్ పత్రాలు లాక్కుంటారని భయంతో లోపలికి పరుగులు తీస్తున్న దృశ్యాలు చూడండి
అక్కడి సీఐ ప్రభాకర్ వారిని ఇలా తీసుకొచ్చి నామినేషన్ వేసేందుకు సహకరించారు
దయచేసి ఆ మంచి పని చేసిన ఆ పోలీస్ అధికారిపై ఎలాంటి యాక్షన్ తీసుకోకండి
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
What is happening in Andhra Pradesh is extraordinary. Opposition candidates are being brazenly prevented by the ruling TDP goons from filing nomination papers. All in full view & connivance of the police & poll officers!
TDP making a mockery of Democracy
Charith Konda/చరిత్ కొండా retweeted
India is probably the only country where a govt babu, whose department was directly responsible for mixing of water and sewage that resulted in the death of 30 innocent citizens, not only will not be punished but actually promoted, but the CEO of a private company, who doesn't have direct control over a factory where 2 workers tragically died, will be arrested immediately and sent to trial
How ridiculous can it get
CEOs of companies will now be arrested for incidents in any factory.
It was a tragic loss of life but this will make so many MNCs rethink India plans and expansion.
@Dev_Fadnavis
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