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How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent

592 points · 336 comments · rbanffy

  1. mc32 · · focus · HN ↗
    That’s quite the achievement. Though a side note of comparison I can’t believe France and Belgium suffer power losses in the 5 to 6% range. Unless I’m misunderstanding what that means, it seems excessive for a modern economy.
    1. Gangway0829 · · focus · HN ↗

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      1. leosanchez · · focus · HN ↗
        > India has been crippled by decades of socialist government overreach.

        It baffles me that country still has strong anti-capitalist views. I guess lack of education does that to people.

        Also, BJP is slightly right of Congress (post 1991) when it comes to economics.

        1. Gangway0829 · · focus · HN ↗
          Being to the right of the current INC is not an achievement. The only people not in that position are Maoists.

          Anyway, I think it's reasonable to be suspicious of the wealthy and powerful. For instance, I personally quite dislike our new AI ruling class. But unfortunately, in India there was an attitude since independence that it is impossible to generate wealth in a legitimate manner. Which is going way too far! And has predictably bad outcomes for the country.

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