Yep, there's still an oil crisis on top of one hellish summer for this year. Well, people would love to WFH if only the state can order businesses to transition to it again. I mean, it worked during the pandemic, why so hesitant now?
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doolpicate2 days ago
+140
A lot of the commercial real estate is managed by wealthy, politically connected families. They wont allow WFH to eat into their portfolio without a fight. This is why WFH is a suggestion by Modi. India burns a lot of fuel sitting in urban jams. Transportation is hellish in places like Bangalore with Jams eating up between 4-6 hours in some cases just to get to office to then sit on Teams calls. Things are getting even worse as layoffs due to AI continue in firms all over, so people are making it a point to show their faces in the office.
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Solo_Camping_Girl2 days ago
+33
Same in my home country. No chance in hell when those shitheads are still holding onto power. Well, us working folk will be suffering for their greed. Something's got to give, eventually.
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NoPerformance48302 days ago
+10
the only real hope i have is that eventually people will get fed up with this bullshit and start protesting or something cuz rn all i see is people thinking "this is the way it always was" wayyy too damn much
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Solo_Camping_Girl1 day ago
+1
What happened in Nepal is a reminder of this. I hope that more people just stand up and push back against the powers that (shouldn't) be. There's talk about the world after the pandemic being the makings of a feudalism 2.0, with the you own nothing and you'll be happy narrative and all that. In the very least, the situation in the strait seems to be contained for now.
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Radiant_Butterfly9822 days ago
+18
In Hyderabad, Hostel Owners Association even protested to end WFH because they aren't getting rents.
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doolpicate2 days ago
+21
> Hostel Owners Association even protested to end WFH because they aren't getting rents.
As if it is their god given right to extract rent.
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Radiant_Butterfly9822 days ago
+16
This is what pisses me off.
They charge high rents. Services aren't good. There will always be one or other problem in the building.
Food is bad. Laziest and greediest ficks I have seen.
The room is small like a matchbox and you have to share it with 2 others.
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Solo_Camping_Girl1 day ago
+1
They aren't hard-pressed to improve their services or cut back on prices when they know people will still bite what they offer, no matter how bad it is. It also doesn't help that if they're lining the pockets of government officials that makes them almost untouchable.
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Solo_Camping_Girl1 day ago
+1
greed is one hell of a drug! it's the same thing in my country during early 2022 where the business sector lobbied to open up the country for the economy, but did not give any support to reopen it.
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DebateTop22481 day ago
+1
Modern problems
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VictoryVino1 day ago
+1
Why would WFM affect hostels for tourism?
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Radiant_Butterfly9821 day ago
+7
Not tourism.
These Hostels are located near IT zone and tons of people relocate to these hostels to work.
These hostels earn money as long as WFO is effective.
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VictoryVino1 day ago
+3
So they are boarding houses. Got it.
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Uchiha_Madara_Nipple2 days ago
+189
>top of one hellish summer for this year
This year?? You mean every fking year till 2100. It's only gonna rise higher you know.
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kensanprime2 days ago
+37
Until the machines rise!
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leoencore2 days ago
+28
And humans artificially block out the sun?
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BuffaloImpossible6202 days ago
+5
Or blow holes through the Himalayas.
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SomeCoconut24151 day ago
+2
isnt the hellish summer this year particularly due to el-nino or smthing
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The-Red-Peril2 days ago
+23
Work from home not so good for rich people.
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crimsonhues2 days ago
+17
I hear from friends and family that the heat is just brutal each year. Feel terrible for millions who have to work outdoor and so many who can’t afford air conditioning. Southeast Asia will continue to bear the brunt of global warming.
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Marwaimusoont2 days ago
+10
Trust me it's hell. Hotter places in Africa, ME, etc at least have colder nights. Here the night time temperatures are above 35. And in day it crosses 45.
I live in a coastal Indian city, so more humidity on top of heat.
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flukus1 day ago
+2
It didn't work as well in India during the pandemic. Some were fine, but many didn't have the infrastructure like reliable power and internet bandwidth.
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Solo_Camping_Girl1 day ago
+1
same with most poorly-developed places elsewhere. people in my country that live in remote villages literally had to hike to tops of clearings just to get a signal to attend online classes. while those who were still required to report to work during the pandemic had to walk, cycle or camp to and near their workplace. I had a friend who had to sleep in her office because her house was too difficult to commute to regularly.
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EpidemicRage2 days ago
+198
He's asking us to work from home like as if we go to office for the heck of it. If the government's wants this to happen, they need to put out some kind of order to the companies to enforce work from home. Else, this particular part is very tone deaf.
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SpiroG2 days ago
+17
It's true for ALL governments, pretty much.
"Limit travel", "Stay home", "Conserve resources", meanwhile managers get pissy because not spending 1.5h going to and from work means you're "not a team player".
Stop telling the people, start yelling at the *people*. You know damn well which ones, governments.
God forbid middle management figures out how incredibly useless they are one day.
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3Dchaos7772 days ago
+5
Do something for the people? Not gonna happen!
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neotheseventh2 days ago
+216
I get the appeal. Most of this circumstances are beyond the government's control. The only gripe I have with this is, why doesn't the government lead with an example? Announce austerity measures government, opposition, beauracrats are taking to fight this issue.
People understand the severity of the issue, but people also need to see the impact at all levels, not just cutting down their own daily needs just so that politicians can continue to live their comfortable lives. I am yet to see a single minister from the government coming out and saying, he or she has taken even a symbolic step. Like reducing their car convoys, or cancelling their foreign vacations, or moving to a smaller government residence, or switching to a fuel efficient car. Go ahead, do that before preaching.
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nefariousmonkey2 days ago
+9
Sir, Modiji did a huge roadshow 2 hours after this speech.
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imperiex_262 days ago
+35
Meanwhile toxic JP Morgan India bosses to their employees: I don't care if there's a earthquake or mother is ill, you need to show up at 10
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Loose_Skill66412 days ago
+137
India: people should work at home
also India: 65% of the population live extremely rural
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Several_Ant_98672 days ago
+150
Rural people don't drive around much and don't travel far. City people are using much more resource
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GravitasFailures2 days ago
+12
There are a lot of issues with this comment, but I’ll start with “India desperately needs metro mass transit”. Trains are fine for inter-city, but a few subways or even light rail would help traffic dramatically.
Though to be fair, if you’re going to have traffic, motorbikes and scooters are definitely the way to go in terms of fuel.
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Several_Ant_98672 days ago
+53
Working from home is the quick fix. Infrastructure takes time to build
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GravitasFailures2 days ago
-4
It is, but it only buys you time for the longer fix you’ll need alongside.
The number of people in India isn’t exactly shrinking right now, neither is the economy, get started on a metro network and everything will improve.
-4
Beneficial_Plant_2812 days ago
+9
I disagree. Most computer interaction job could go remote full time, forever. The reason govt won't do it because a lot of their own black money is into real estate.
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GravitasFailures2 days ago
+3
Govt won’t do it because they still have the same beliefs that people must be kept under strict control, the same authoritarian power tripping everyone who has an ounce of power does.
Corrupt bureaucrats especially love having people around to bully, and they consider that the correct order for things.
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Specialist-Roll-38062 days ago
+9
well i mean china is the only country that currently has more metro under construction. india had like 200 some km's of metro a decade ago and currently has over 1000 km that's operational. so it's not like they haven't been heavily focusing on it
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No_Tree_81442 days ago
+5
brotha you do realize India's metro length grew almost 5x in the past decade right? their goal is to go from 1,000 km of metro rn to 2000 by 2030. but realistically they'll probably have about 1700-1800 operational by then, when you account for delays and stuff.
they've *been* started on the metro network
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protostar711 day ago
+1
“Get started on”
What?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai\_Metro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi\_Metro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namma\_Metro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai\_Metro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad\_Metro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagpur\_Metro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune\_Metro
And thats not even the full list. Except for Hyderabad, every single one of those has major upgrades actively under construction. Hyderabad has two additional stages proposed.
India has absolutely started on metro systems.
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TeaSharp31542 days ago
+10
There are multiple light rail and subway projects in construction across India, as well as several successful projects.
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roastedchickn_2 days ago
+6
I mean bruh, India has mass transit. This includes local trains, metros as well as buses.
The issue is 1.5 billion people with a large amount of economic disparity.
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CursorX2 days ago
+3
What are you talking about for mass metro transit?
India has already constructed some 1100 km subway/metro network across 21 cities, with another 1000 km under construction, and some 800-900 subway stations constructed for it. The desperate need for it was felt 20 years back, hence this result.
Daily ridership on these is **11.5 million** trips.
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[deleted]2 days ago
+1
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Electronic_Film_28372 days ago
+4
India’s rural population is mostly subsistence agriculture
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CuriousCursor2 days ago
-4
And don't city people pay more tax?
In most countries, the city people subsidize the rural and suburban areas. I imagine India is no different.
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Several_Ant_98672 days ago
+20
That doesn't make much difference. The goal is to reduce absolute consumption because there is less oil available.
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jawknee530i2 days ago
-9
Rural people use on average four times the resources of urban people. In the US urban families drive thousands of less miles per year, rural homes don't have the benefit of other homes up close to them or sharing walls which makes heating and cooling take far more energy. You're just absolutely, without question, wrong. Like, embarrassingly so.
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Electronic_Film_28372 days ago
+6
In India most rural citizens are working subsistence agriculture or other low paying jobs. They are not driving around ford 150’s and likely have no AC
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Several_Ant_98672 days ago
+8
India is not the US
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jawknee530i2 days ago
-8
So say rural indian people, not rural people. Because as written you made a blanket statement which I corrected by pointing out how your blanket statement is in fact wrong.
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Electronic_Film_28371 day ago
+2
This entire thread is about India go back to sleep
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CreativeMuseMan2 days ago
+47
Well, give jobs at home so people don’t have to travel outside.
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AggravatingJudge70922 days ago
+8
*as in for vacation
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CreativeMuseMan2 days ago
+8
Well, manage things in a way so people don’t have to go out. Beaches, Himalayas, Desert, Ancient History everything is there, just not maintained.
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crimsonhues2 days ago
+10
What is the motive behind encouraging WFH? Is it to reduce commute and gas consumption? Have the taxis (Uber and Ola) in India changed their meter fare to account for higher gas prices?
Sadly, this conflict will last for a long time and the impact on gas prices isn’t short term either. All because someone wanted to distract media from Epstein files, which is working.
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barath_s2 days ago
+9
> Have the taxis (Uber and Ola) in India changed their meter fare to account for higher gas prices?
Uber and Ola come under 'call taxis' - they have dynamic fare pricing via app. No 'meter' installed.
You have in many cities black and yellow meter taxis and 3 wheeled autorickshaws. In many cases their prices had not been revised for years, or in any case, the taxi/auto would negotiate a non-meter rate
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Lighthouse_seek2 days ago
+3
Yeah basically. India also has fuel subsidies if I recall so they have to gradually wean off of those too to prevent a massive price shock which will cause massive unrest
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crimsonhues2 days ago
+3
Forgot about cross-subsidies to reduce price of diesel. Removing those will spike the cost of diesel which will impact inflation. There is no winning strategy here. Feel terrible for all the blue collar workers who were already living hand to mouth.
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Glass_Librarian90192 days ago
+12
Productivity is going to crater without in person collaboration. No way this works.
/s
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nakulmodi1411211 day ago
+2
Despite all the talk about “ease” and “flexibility,” the core administrative hurdles for both intranational travel and work-from-home have not been structurally reduced.
Domestic movement inside India still operates through fragmented state-level rules, uneven enforcement, and case-by-case documentation requirements in many contexts. There is no unified, simplified national framework that removes procedural friction for citizens; improvements in infrastructure do not automatically translate into reduced administrative steps.
On work-from-home, there is still no standardized national system that simplifies or guarantees remote work conditions across sectors. It remains largely employer-driven, with different interpretations across industries and states, meaning the regulatory environment itself has not been simplified into a clear, consistent framework.
So the key issue is not mobility or digital capability — it is that the underlying procedural and regulatory layers have not been meaningfully streamlined. The structure of hurdles still exists, just in updated or digital form rather than being reduced or removed.
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living_or_dead1 day ago
+1
There is fire on the door and Indian govt is asking to save water bill. Come on your currency is crashing, save it. Show some strength and take difficult decisions.
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