India has always been a very agrarian focused culture‚ with approximately 450 million people are currently in need of funds. Microfinance encompasses many different types of services such as credit‚ savings‚ insurance‚ remittance and pensions. Microfinance initiatives primarily focus on microcredit services because rural towns are heavily reliant on credit for a wide range of needs for example engage in economic activity‚ consumption needs‚ mitigate income shocks‚ increase savings and improve self-empowerment
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Hello Friends. FDI in Retail sector: No I am not in the favor of FDI in retail. "Competition is always in the favor of consumers‚ monopolies not". 1. They adopt Predatory pricing strategy. Predatory pricing (also undercutting) is a pricing strategy where a product or service is set at a very low price‚ intending to drive competitors out of the market‚ or create barriers to entry for potential new competitors. How it works: Big brands like Wal-Mart‚ Tesco etc. Buys goods from
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Air India plans a turnaround strategy without wage and job cuts After all the turbulence national air carrier Air India went through in the recent past‚ Arvind Jadhav‚ Chairman and Managing Director of the beleaguered airlines is now determined to have a positive balance sheet by 2014-15 and is ready with a turnaround strategy. Some of the key targets the national carrier has set for itself include achieving 25 million domestic and 15 million international passengers by 2015‚ 93% on-time punctuality
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Terrorism and India A Common definition of terrorism is the systematic use or threatened use of violence to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political‚ religious‚ or ideological change.[1][2] Terrorism in India‚ according to the Home Ministry‚ poses a significant threat to the state. Terrorism in India is basically two types external and internal‚ external terrorism emerge from neighboring countries and internal terrorism emulates from religious or communal violence and Naxalite–Maoist
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Nationalism in India Nationalism It involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms‚ i.e.‚ a nation. Modern nationalism was associated with the formation of nation-states. In India‚ as in many other colonies‚ the growth of nationalism is connected to the anti-colonial movement under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. The First World War‚ Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement The war played an important role in shaping India‟s freedom
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Marketing Planning - Fall Semester 2012/2013 Individual Case Answers LIFEBUOY IN INDIA: PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE STRATEGIES 1. How is the concept of PLC useful? The Product Life Cycle concept is useful in the sense that it is a way to managers think about the product and the market development‚ functioning as a tool for effective marketing strategy in understanding the behaviour of product on sales‚ profits‚ 4P’s of marketing and consumer approval. The concept of PLC forces managers to plan better
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Dams of India have been built across many perennial rivers since the independence of India. These dams in India are a part of several multi-purpose projects to serve a variety of needs. In a multi-purpose project‚ a river forms a unit and a river valley is developed‚ by exploiting all the resources of the river. Basically‚ dams are built to harness the river water so that it can be utilised according to the needs. A multipurpose project is launched often for storing water for irrigation purposes
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India also has enormous problems with overpopulation. The current population is over a billion‚ but India does not have the large land mass that China has. India is experiencing major problems with declining water tables due to over-extraction beyond sustainable yield. India is building desalination plants to solve this problem. Because India has the same population density as Japan‚ some have claimed that India’s poverty is caused by underdevelopment‚ not overpopulation. Increased depletion of
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INDIA’S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PRIOR TO 1991-AN EVALUATION Prior to 1991‚ India followed mixed economy and the control of critical industries such as coal mining; steel‚ power and roads were under the control of the govt. The private sectors were allowed to establish certain industries again under the rules and regulations of the govt. In case of the public sector‚ the Govt invested a large amount and the purpose behind this strategy was to remove poverty‚ reduce inequalities in the distribution of
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merely other firms handling operations and services of other companies but rather it has crossed the national bs . Parts of the IT aspects or the whole business functions are now executed and managed by different companies in developing countries like India ‚ Brazil ‚ China ‚ Israel ‚ and Philippines . These developing countries have companies which cater to the needs of big companies in developed countries . Outsourcing to other countries is thus the provision of services like those associated with information
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