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<ul><li><keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> just unveiled the <keyword id="6191084" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="tallest-statue-in-the-world">tallest statue in the world</keyword> on World Unity Day as a tribute to country’s first Deputy Prime Minister, <keyword id="6358976" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sardar-Vallabhbhai-Patel">Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel</keyword>.</li><li>The statue stretches to 182 meters, looking over the Narmada River in the state of Gujarat. </li><li>The government is expected that the new tourist spot will attract nearly 15,000 visitors on a daily basis. </li></ul> India’s ‘<keyword id="1704539" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="statue-of-unity">Statue of Unity</keyword>’, unveiled earlier today, is now the tallest statue in the world overtaking China’s Spring Temple Buddha. At 182 meters, it’s even twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. That means if you’re standing anywhere within the radius of 7 kms, you’ll be able to see the statue towering down on you. And, the best part is it’s not just something to stare at. You can actually go inside the statue and climb up the viewing gallery at 153 meters. Since the statue has been constructed on the Sadhu Bet Island on the Narmada River, visitors can see the Sardar Sarovar Dam laid out in front of them from there. The government said that it took over 70,000 tonnes of cement, 18,500 tonnes of reinforced steel and 6,000 tonnes of structural steel to put the statue together. Even the outer layer of statue required over 1,700 tonnes of bronze. The Statue of Unity has been built as a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was key to unitiing the princely states after the India-Pakistan partition in 1947. It’s more than just the statue During the unveiling of the Statue of Unity, more tourist locations were also introduced in and around the location. First off, there’s a 17 kms long valley of flowers in the vicinity. Second, and more importantly, there’s a ‘Tent City’ around the statue where visitors can stay. While the launch of the statue was a big event, one can’t help but wonder if this tourism attraction is going to bring in competition for Gujarat’s most popular winter festival that’s famously known for its tent city, the Rann Utsav. The government’s even come out and said it expects 15,000 tourist visitors on a daily basis. The Indian Railways, to support this venture, is running a special train today called the ‘Unity Express’ that will run from Rajkot to the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, within the state of Gujarat.

India’s ‘Statue of Unity’ is now the tallest in the world — It's twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty

Indian Administration Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) are among the most challenging as well as prestigious jobs in India that not only gives you the authority and position but also makes you responsible towards the society. IAS is a top ranking civil service job offered to the top ranked deserving candidates and the responsibilities include administration of an area/district/department. They are required to make proposals for the development of their respective areas and are given executive powers to implement all the policies as well as make important decisions. Whereas, IPS candidates are required to maintain order in society. The key difference between IAS and IPS IAS officers help in public administration, policy formulation and implementation. On the other side, the IPS officer have to investigate crime and maintain order in the area where they are posted. Being an IAS is the primary choice of most of the candidates appearing for Civil Service examination. Only the top-rank holder in Civil Services Examination are appointed as IAS, while IPS is the next best alternative given to the candidate. The training session of IAS officers is held at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand and the IPS officers are trained at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, Telangana. The IAS Cadre Controlling authority is the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. On the other hand, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India controls the IPS Cadre. The pay of IAS officer is relatively higher than IPS officer. Also, there’s only one IAS officer in an area whereas the number of IPS officer in an area is as per the requirement. All in All, the post of IAS officer is much superior to an IPS officer in terms of salary and authority.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Bill Gates visited the Statue of Unity in India before heading to the Ambani pre-wedding bash.</li><li>Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally invited Gates to view the tallest statue in the world.</li></ul>Before rubbing elbows with the world's rich and famous at the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ambani-heir-married-in-july-following-pre-wedding-bash-2024-3">Ambani pre-wedding bash</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-use-ai-at-work-tech-2023-12">Bill Gates</a> was just being a tourist in India.Gates posted photos of him on Instagram Friday at the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/r-india-inaugurates-worlds-tallest-statue-to-celebrate-independence-hero-2018-10">Statue of Unity</a>, the world's largest statue, which is located in the Indian state of Gujarat. The towering memorial to politician <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tallest-statue-in-world-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-in-india-unity-2018-10">Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel</a> — who helped reunite India post-British colonial rule — is nearly 600 feet tall and was commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2013.While Gates appears to be participating in regular old tourist activities, the former Microsoft CEO was personally invited by Modi himself to view the statue."Thank you @narendramodi for the invitation to visit the impressive Statue of Unity. It is an engineering marvel and a great tribute to Sardar Patel," Gates <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3_BYsjyIqx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">wrote on Instagram</a> under a photo of him grinning in front of the steel and bronze colossus. "Also great to see it is creating economic opportunity for local tribal communities, especially women."Gates was so inspired by the visit that he posted a follow-up video of his experience at the Statue of Unity set to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4Cm6EHOtFr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen</a>.Before Gates also sat down with Modi to discuss "using AI for public good," he wrote in the caption an Instagram post that featured him posing with the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C38GgfsR_F4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">Prime Minister</a>. Gates also later met with multiple local leaders, per <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/BillGates/status/1763254121975701635?s=20">posts</a> on his social media.What Gates has been making headlines for, however, is his attendance at one of the biggest parties of the year so far — the Ambani family pre-wedding bash hosted by Asia's richest man, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-rich-mukesh-ambanis-india-2020-1">Mukesh Ambani</a>. The soiree celebrating his son Anant Ambani's upcoming marriage featured a private performance <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rihanna-concert-ambani-indian-wedding-fee-cost-estimate-2024-3">by Rihanna</a> and some of the most prominent names in business and Bollywood.

Bill Gates went sight-seeing in Gujarat before throwing down with the world's richest people at the Ambani's pre-wedding party

<ul><li>The world’s tallest statue, the <keyword id="1704539" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="statue-of-unity">Statue of Unity</keyword>, was unveiled in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> earlier today.</li><li>After the initial cost of ₹30 billion, the Indian government is now shelling out more money to advertise it. </li><li>While the statue has been built to attract more tourists to the Indian state of Gujarat, many citizens are wondering if its worth spending taxpayer money on publicity.</li></ul>The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indias-statue-of-unity-is-now-the-tallest-in-the-world-its-twice-as-tall-as-the-statue-of-liberty/articleshow/66441817.cms">world’s tallest statue</a> was unveiled in India earlier today. Not only did it cost ₹30 billion ($410 million) to construct, but the government is shelling out an extra ₹500 million ($6.7 million) a year to maintain it. And, to top it off, the government is pumping in more money to advertise India’s newest tourist attraction. While the statue is definitely an impressive feat in itself towering at 182 meters as a marvel of engineering, many people are left <a href="https://www.dailyo.in/variety/statue-of-unity-why-tallest-statue-of-sardar-patel-will-dwarf-pm-modi-s-achievments/story/1/27508.html">wondering</a> whether it was the best use of public funds. Further spending on advertising seems even more unjustified. The amount of money that was spent constructing the ‘Statue of Unity’ could have been used to fund two new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campuses, five Indian Institute of Management (IIM) campuses as well as fund six missions to Mars under the India’s apex space agency according to a study done by <a href="https://www.indiaspend.com/statue-of-unity-the-worlds-tallest-but-heres-what-it-could-have-paid-for/">IndiaSpend</a>. Not to mention that at a time of water crisis and agricultural difficulties in Gujarat, the project’s corpus more than doubles the proposed budgets for the <a href="https://pmksy.gov.in/">Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana</a> (Prime Minister’s Agriculture-Irrigation Scheme). Instead of building a tourist attraction, the ₹30 billion could have gone towards irrigating over 40,000 hectares of land, renovating nearly 162 irrigation scheme and constructing 425 small check-dams. What could have been versus what is The cost of building the Statue of Unity is not only about how the money could’ve been spent instead but the <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/on-statue-of-unity-inauguration-villagers-write-open-letter-to-protest-pms-visit-1939614">social costs</a> that should concern the local and national governments. Building a statue requires land — land that usually belongs to an individual or a group of people. In this case, it was land of nearly 72 villages, where 32 have been more severely hit than the rest according to <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sardar-patel-statue-why-75-000-tribals-are-planning-a-mass-protest-against-statue-of-unity-1934779">NDTV.</a> Rehabilitation efforts have been neglected and since the construction of the statue began, the area has been reporting water shortages. 
	
	
	
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 Even in villages where compensation has been doled out, commitments on commissioning land and jobs are yet to be met. Estimates conclude that nearly 75,000 tribals have been adversely affected by this statue. The true irony is that the project’s portal propagates that the Statue of Unity should remind the citizens of India of <keyword id="6358976" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sardar-Vallabhbhai-Patel">Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel</keyword>’s vision of inclusive growth, while the project itself isn’t incumbent of that philosophy. (Photo credit: IANS)

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