Jharkhand is as big as Punjab... Same number of Lok Sabha seats..

It is 4 th poorest state in the country... Contributes GST twice that of Punjab..

62% of electricity produced in India comes from Coal fired plants... Of that nearly 75% mined from Jharkhand
In other words 45% of Power generated in India is because of Jharkhand... At tremendous health cost to locals... Go to a place like Jharia to see what I mean..

If Farmers of ought to be thanked for producing food grains at a cost higher than international prices
Then why wouldn't you thank Jharkhand and its people who are ingesting poisonous gases so that you can light your bulb?

And of course... "Farmers" get that free

Direct Benefit (Carcinoma) Transfer...
Some factual corrections in order...

In Oct GST from Punjab 1300 cr Jharkhand 1700 cr... Not exactly "twice"
Also 62% is thermal power... I don't know what %age coal
Actually 72.4% comes from coal fired plant...

62% of total "installed capacity" is thermal power... But naturally hydro or solar or wind have seasonal dependence... https://twitter.com/eddi3ved/status/1337674997385416704?s=19
And mining centres are always dirty... From ground water to air...
I was about to include this... But didn't want unnecessarily talk about service to nation's security...

All of India's early nukes were made from Uranium mines in Jharkhand... (now there are mines in TN/Andhra) https://twitter.com/Aryan_warlord/status/1337724115071815680?s=19
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