There’s a brighter side to India’s exit from the World Cup. Something that can cheer up disappointed fans and angry advertisers. Sri Lanka has done a great favour to Indian economy by ousting the cricket team from the World Cup. There are about 80 million cable and satellite viewing homes in India.

According to TAM ratings, the average viewership of all World Cup matches
held till now stands at about 3%, with India vs Bangladesh touching a high
of 7.25%. To reach the finals, India would have played at least seven more
matches.

Considering a TV Rating of 7.25%, at least 5.8 million people would have
watched the match. This would have resulted in a productivity loss of 371.2
million man hours (5.8 million x 8 hours x 8 matches), apart from stress
faced by mothers during exams.

About 3% of 81 million TV viewers (2.4 million) were ardent cricket fans and
would have sat through all eight hours in the remaining 28 matches. Thus
overall, Indian team’s ouster would result in a productivity gain of 481
million man hours of work (28×2.4×8 man hours), if put to use.

The Sri Lankans have given a boost to the Indian economy by saving 54,902
man years of work (one year = 8,761 hours). Indians can build seven phases
of the Golden Quadrilateral connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai
spread over 5,846 kilometres all over again, with this time saved.

A daily wage skilled labourer in Delhi earns Rs 17 per hour. If put to
productive use, the 481 million man hours can produce Rs 817 crore of GDP,
which is 63% more than BCCI’s annual revenues of Rs 500 crore, last year. It
’s 401% more than the Rs 163 crore losses, corporate India has predicted to
incur due India’s ouster.

The state electricity boards are also thanking Sri Lanka for the great
favour. A TV consumes 45 watts per hour. Assuming a viewer will now switch
off his TV by 12 midnight, it will save Rs 135 watts at least per viewer
(not considering the electricity consumed by other appliances running
simultaneously. )

This will save the electricity boards 324 million watts of electricity (
3.24 lakh kilowatts) in just 28 days. According to estimates, SEB losses in
India will touch Rs 1 lakh crore by 2008.

If disappointed viewers completely switch off their TVs for eight hours, it
will save the government at least 8,64,000 kilowatts, along with many more
lives - at least three Indian citizens have been reported to die due to
cardiac arrest or suicide after India’s defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka

-Source a forwarded mail.

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