The effect of Globalization on Mumbai Chaitik Doshi F09074 Contents Introduction 2 Mumbai – A Cultural Diversity 3 A Brief History 4 A Glocalised World 5 Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project 6 Navi Mumbai International Airport 11 Mumbai – A Global Financial Hub 13 A Dangerous City to Live In 14 Mumbai 2020: A Vision 17 References 18 Introduction Globalization has been an integral part of India’s progress. It has opened up new avenues for growth. One of the biggest
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Bombay – now known as Mumbai – is the home of Bollywood movies and India’s city of gold‚ its financial capital. Like a magnet‚ it draws in people from all over the country. But behind the glitz‚ glamour and the hype lurks a different reality – a city landscape dominated by massive‚ sprawling slums – some of the biggest in the world. According to the city housing authority‚ eight million out of the twelve million people in Mumbai live in the slums. And Mumbai is not alone. Slums are a global problem
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Life in Mumbai may just be like the life in some other city‚ or your city from outside. It’s just the same different people living well almost together‚ struggling to find their way‚ striving to make life better. They do have the differences‚ negatives and ways. But living in this city makes you realise how not so similar it is to every place in this world. How so many people from different cultures‚ states and countries can call this one city their home? On the world map Mumbai is nothing more
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Mumbai police on lookout for second alleged rapist The day after the second survivor of a gang-rape at Shakti Mill lodged a complaint‚ the Mumbai Police said one of the accused who has fled Maharashtra and three Police teams are looking for him. The survivor had alleged that she was raped by five men at Shakti Mill on July 31‚ three of them later arrested for the gang-rape of the photojournalist at the same spot. Of the other two accused‚ the police then managed to arrest a juvenile on Tuesday
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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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The Mumbai-Pune industrial belt is the most important industrial region of the country. The region owes its origin to the British rule in India. The British got the Mumbai Island as a marriage gift of Catherine of Braganza’s dowry in 1661. The seizure of Cassette in 1774‚ the collapse of Maratha power in 1818‚ the opening of the Bhorghat to Pune in 1830‚ the opening of steamer service through Suez Canal in 1843 and the opening of the first railway track of 32 km in 1853 between Mumbai and Thane
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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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the area of present day Mumbai was under Portuguese control. The Portuguese established a basic law enforcement structure in this area‚ with the establishment of a Police out-post in 1661. In 1669 East India Company was given Bombay Island from king Charles II. who had acquired it when marrying a Portuguese princess a few years before. The origins of the present day Mumbai police can be traced back to a militia organised by Gerald Aungier‚ the then Governor of Mumbai in 1669. This Bhandari Militia
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN MUMBAI MICHAEL RAJU MARIADAS F09038 Contents INTRODUCTION 3 HISTORY 3 GEOGRAPHY 3 CLIMATE 4 CULTURE 4 CHRONIC
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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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