And IPL 2014 winner is….
There is an interesting co-relation between Indian Premier League (IPL) and Indian State’s growth. (Refer to the table below)
Year | IPL Winner | Govt in the state | state growth(%) | National Growth(%) |
2008 | Rajasthan Royals | BJP | 9% | 6.72 |
2009 | Deccan Chargers | Congress | 10.1 | 8.59 |
2010 | Chennai Super Kings | DMK (UPA) | 11.7 | 8.91 |
2011 | Chennai Super Kings | DMK(UPA), AIADMK | 12.39 | 6.69 |
2012 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Trinamool Congress (UPA) | 7.5 | 4.47 |
2013 | Mumbai Indians | Congress | NA | 4.86 |
Is Indian Premier League contributing to additional growth of a state in some way (either directly or by increasing the happiness quotient of the people in the state or something else that I am not able to comprehend). Also one generally sees a pattern that the team that won belonged to a state government that was in alliance with central government. Seems to be there is more than what meets the eye.
Let’s see who will win the IPL 2014. My pick is Kings XI Punjab for obvious reasons. …… Maxwell silly:)
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Social Deposits – An Idea for Poverty Free India by 2020
- India has a growing population of 1.24 billion of which 150 million people are below International Poverty line.
- Out of the 1.24 billion, there are about 34 million tax payers in India.
- Of these 34 million tax payers, only about 15 million are salaried and hence tax for them is deducted at source.
- Income Tax reports the total tax paid by salaried class as 1121 billion Rupees.
- That’s an average of 75K paid per person.
Here is a graph to illustrate these stats