Objectification of women in India "You can tell the condition of a Nation by looking at the status of its Women." Jawaharlal Nehru‚ Leader of India’s Independence movement‚ and India’s first Prime Minister. According to a global poll conducted by Thomson Reuters‚ India is the "fourth most dangerous country" in the world for women and the worst country for women among the G20 countries. Today’s India offers a lot of opportunities to women‚ with women having a voice in everyday life‚ the business
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India should stop obsessing about how to become one of the world’s great powers and focus on solving its biggest problems to become a great nation‚ Sundeep Wasleka‚ the president of Strategic Foresight Group‚ writes in this month’s Forbes India. At present‚ regardless of the hype‚ India is failing‚ Wasleka suggests. Politicians and business leaders are always thumping their chests over India’s rising importance in the G20 and lobby for a new G10 (the G8 plus India and China). But 200 out of the
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a path out of poverty Developing rural and women entrepreneurship UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION economy environment employment a path out of poverty Developing rural and women entrepreneurship UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Vienna‚ 2003 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations Industrial Development
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Why Rural Market is so Important? Rural market has following arrived and the following facts substantiate this. • 742 million people • Estimated annual size of the rural market • FMCG Rs 65‚000 Crore • Durables Rs 5‚000 Crore • Agri-inputs (incl. tractors) Rs 45‚000 Crore • 2 / 4 wheelers Rs 8‚000 Crore Opportunities: • Infrastructure is improving rapidly. • In 50 years only 40% villages connected by road‚ in next 10 years another 30%. • More than 90 % villages electrified‚ though only
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Women in ancient India were held in high respect. With the course of time‚ the status of woman got lowered. Muscle and money power started dominating the societies. And as men fought the wars and ran the ventures of industrial production‚ they started considering themselves superior to woman. After the development of science and technology‚ the practice of female foeticide on a large scale also started. This eventually led to a slump in the female sex ratio. According to the census of 2001
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Magnitude of Rural Poverty in India Introduction Poverty refers to that state or condition which fails to provide minimum necessities of life. Thus‚ poverty leads to extreme lower standard of living‚ denying even the basic requirements of life to a vast majority of population. Poverty can be defined as a social phenomenon in which a section of society is unable to get even the basic necessities of life. When a substantial segment of population is deprived of minimum standard of living‚
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economies to become better suited in this global market. Some countries have shifted their economies to become more capitalistic. The effects of globalization have been prominent all over the world but you can especially see the effects in modern day India. Many of the people are highly educated and they speak fluent English. Multinationals have clearly taken note of this very profitable opportunity. In addition‚ the Indian political and economic structure is conducive to these corporations (www.cia
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Women are generally perceived as home makers with little to do with economy or commerce. But this picture is changing. In Modern India‚ more and more women are taking up entrepreneurial activity especially in medium and small scale enterprises. Even as women are receiving education‚ they face the prospect of unemployment. In this background‚ self employment is regarded as a cure to generate income .The Planning commission as well as the Indian government recognizes the need for women to be part
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Brands for Rural India” By Himanshu Shekhawat Lecturer‚ Department of Management Studies‚ Poornima Group of Colleges‚ ISI-2‚ Sitapura Institutional Area‚ Jaipur E mail: Himanshu.shekhawat@gmail.com Abstract India is a very large country with 3‚700 towns and 6‚ 00‚000 villages. A rural market is a village with a population of less than 5000. But since the larger villages and the smaller towns are witnessing an explosion in growth‚ they are collectively known as rural markets
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falling tariffs and rising incomes are bringing mobile phones within the reach of millions of new customers‚ according to Emerging Rural Mobile Market in India. Mobile industry players are eyeing rural India as their new area of opportunity. The companies are encouraged by the fact that mobile users are expected to cross 230 million by 2007 end and 500 million by 2010. Rural areas are expected to drive the next wave of telecom growth in the country‚ and they have a potential of adding at least 150
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