In what ways is mumbai important as a metropolitan city? Mumbai serves as an important economic hub of the country‚ contributing 10% of all factory employment‚ 40% of all income tax collections‚ 60% of all customs duty collections‚ 20% of all central excise tax collections‚ 40% of India’s foreign trade and Rupees 40 billion (US$ 9 billion) in corporate taxes. Mumbai’s per-capita income is Rs.48‚954 which is almost three times the national average. Many of India’s numerous conglomerates (including State
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INTRODUCTION A dabbawala; also spelled as dabbawalla or dabbawallah; is a person in India‚ most commonly in Mumbai‚ who collects freshly cooked food in lunch boxes from the residences of mostly-suburban office workers‚ delivering it to their respective workplaces and returning the empty boxes back to the customer’s residence by using various modes of transport. "Tiffin" is an Anglo-Indian word‚ derived from obsolete English slang "tiffing" (to sip)‚ for a light lunch or afternoon snack‚ and sometimes
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The Degradation of Education What has happened in society‚ or is happening‚ that hinders America’s progress on the educational spectrum? In a Dan Rather’s report‚ Marc Tucker‚ the president and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy stated‚ “The United States‚ about twenty years ago‚ had the best educated workforce in the world” (Interview). Since then we’ve been steadily declining behind up and coming countries as well as that of many middle class countries. Although many believe
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The environmental problem I chose in my local area of Pennsville‚ New Jersey is the pollution of our water sources. The impact of the industrial discharge‚ pesticides‚ atmospheric deposition‚ and urban street run off is causing depleted oxygen levels‚ our fish to test positive for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)‚ aquatic life impairment of Phosphorous and Total Suspended Solids (TSS)‚ Nitrogen contamination‚ and primary contact recreation to be contaminated by Enterococcus Bacteria and Fecal Coliform
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Coastal and Marine Degradation Coastal degradation Many beaches around the world are polluted by industrial and household waste. Rubbish of all kinds such as plastic bags‚ drink cans and bottles end up on the beaches. Many factories have been built along the coast so that they can dump their waste straight into the ocean. (http://www.skwirk.com) Causes and Effects of Coastal Degradation (http://wwf.panda.org) 1. Excess amount of sediments -many large rivers along the coast of the ecoregion
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Mumbai (play /mʊmˈbaɪ/; Marathi: मुंबई‚ Mumbaī‚ IPA: [mumbə.i] ( listen))‚ formerly known as Bombay (/bɒmˈbeɪ/) in English due to British colonial/imperialist renaming policies‚ is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India‚ and the sixth most populous city in the world‚ with a population of approximately 20.5 million. Along with the neighbouring urban areas‚ including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane‚ it is one of the most populous urban regions in the
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Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) is a joint venture company formed by Reliance Infrastructure‚ Veolia Transport and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) based in Mumbai‚ India. It is the operator of Mumbai Metro‚ a rapid transit system under construction in the Indian city of Mumbai.[1] The joint venture bagged the contract for the 2‚356 crore (US$400 million) for building a 12-km metro line between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar.[2] In October 2008‚ MMOPL had signed the loan agreements
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Mumbai Dabbawalas The Mumbai dabbawals story started during the British raj‚ when Mumbai (then Bombay) became a business hub and people started migrating to earn their livelihood. In those days there was no canteen facility available so people used to carry their own Tiffin‚ but usually when they would start from home the Tiffin would not be ready. At first it cost the customer Rs.2. from that humble start this business has turned into a Rs.50 crore(approx.) industry. The dabbawalas started in 1890
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Dynamics of environmental problems in Mumbai Received: 6 September 2004 / Accepted: 7 March 2005 Ó Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract This paper presents the dynamics of environmental problems in Mumbai city. An evolution concept is applied to study the present environmental status of Mumbai. In order to study its dynamics‚ the entire process of environmental evolution is divided into four types viz. poverty-related environmental issues‚ industrialization- and urbanization-related environmental issues
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Mumbai Monorail The Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction for the city of Mumbai‚ India. The project is being implemented by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA‚ with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and a consortium of Malaysian infrastructure Scomi Engineering. It will be the first monorail in India.[4][5] Construction began in January 2009.[6] The first line is scheduled to be commissioned in April 2013.[7] History Vilasrao Deshmukh‚ the then Chief Minister
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