Begging in India is a fashion‚ a compulsion‚ a profession‚ a privilege and a recreation. The number of beggars in India is much larger than in other countries. Our heads hang down in shame when we read description of this institution given by foreigners in a hateful manner. To the Westerners‚ India is a land of the mendicants and snake-charmers. Beggars are found in villages and towns‚ on roads‚ crossings and footpaths. But their favorite haunts are bathing Ghats‚ temples‚ religious or festival fairs
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Different countries have different perceptions about the education and the ways of carrying it is very different too. The countries have their own style of schooling and conducting education at different levels such as education system in India is way different from the education system of United States of America. The courses and style of teaching and method of learning in these two particular countries are very different from each other. The American schools‚ colleges and universities are
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NEW DELHI: Not many in India today would remember Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) certainly wouldn’t want to remember the group of stone pelting farmers who forced the fast food chain to temporarily down its shutters in India in mid 1990s. In fact‚ the company now doesn’t want the consumers to remember it as Kentucky Fried Chicken. Just KFC would do nicely. Thank you very much. More than a decade after they set foot in India‚ all the major MNC fast food chains such
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With India’s business environment showing potential for growth in the early 90s due to economic liberalization‚ population and income growth‚ MacDonald’s (MD) has adopted an international strategy by tapping into the market in India to expand their business. MD relative success has come from their willingness to ‘think global‚ act local’ in its transnational strategy‚ taking India’s macro-environment into consideration in carrying out their business. The 4 factors are as follow: Firstly‚ the main
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Terrorism in India is primarily attributable to religious communities and Naxalite radical movements.[citation needed] The regions with long term terrorist activities today are Jammu and Kashmir‚ Mumbai‚ Central India (Naxalism) and the Seven Sister States (independence and autonomy movements). As of 2006‚ at least 232 of the country’s 608 districts were afflicted‚ at differing intensities‚ by various insurgent and terrorist movements.[1] In August 2008‚ National Security Advisor M K Narayanan has
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Case Report 1. Haier in India: building presence in mass market beyond China 1. Why did Haier enter India? What did it plan to achieve in this new market? Haier entered the global markets and started an internationalization strategy in the 1990s. Starting from European countries including Italy‚ the United Kingdom‚ and France‚ it stretched over even to the Asian market and opened its first manufacturing facility in Indonesia. Although the first entrance into the Asian market was in 1996‚ it
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A PASSAGE TO INDIA Introduction: Forster is a distinguished novelist both in modern English and world literature history. After the author’s two visits to India‚ the great novel A Passage to India (1924) was produced; it is a novel by E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. In a word‚ it is a novel of cultural‚ social‚ psychological‚ and religious conflict arising mainly from clashes between India’s native population and British
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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’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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Overview GST (Goods & Services Tax) is the biggest taxation reform in India. The present indirect tax regime in India will be replaced by a dual GST with Central and State GST to be levied concurrently by the centre and the respective states. GST is expected to integrate State economies and boost overall economy. In GST model through a tax credit mechanism‚ the tax is collected on value-added goods and services at each stage of sale or purchase in the supply chain. Implementation of GST will have
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