Category Archives: industry

China Invades India’s Manufacturing Sectors

Posted on March 23, 2007 by indra

Last Sunday, I had to go to buy fruits and vegetables from the weekly bazaar that comes up near our house in Noida on the road, as Yamuna was sick. I was stunned to find apples from China along with … Continue reading →

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Corporate India’s Rural Strategies

Posted on March 21, 2007 by indra

Many bigger business houses in India are taking rural initiatives for getting into enormously large market of CK Prahalad’s ‘the bottom of the pyramid’ as well as to carry out their social responsibility. Rural India is having more than 742 … Continue reading →

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Indian Power Shortage A Management Matter

Posted on February 21, 2007 by indra

Around 56% rural households and 12% urban households still do not have access to electricity. The power ministry has a plan to provide power to all by 2012. Has it something to do with the lack of generation capacity created … Continue reading →

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A $10 Laptop- An Utopia or Endeavour Worth Attention

Posted on February 20, 2007 by indra

Many projects of a cheap computer affordable by the children of even the poorest of the families and with Internet connectivity have been undertaken. The ides is to give a gadget that can ease the life through knowledge sharing to … Continue reading →

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Mobile Phones, Prosperity and India

Posted on February 18, 2007 by indra

Many years ago, one evening I was waiting for an advocate in his residence in Salt Lake City, Kolkata. Suddenly, his young daughter came in the room and started talking on phone. She continued talking even after her father came … Continue reading →

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Automotive Mission Plan 2006-2016- Some Salient Points

Posted on February 7, 2007 by indra

The Ministry of Heavy Industry of India has come out with its ‘Automotive Mission Plan’ 2006-2016. India intends to emerge as the destination of choice in the world for design and manufacture of automobiles and auto components with output reaching … Continue reading →

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‘India poised’- Manufacturing Sector- My Apprehensions-II

Posted on February 5, 2007 by indra

“Machine tools are the base of all manufacturing. Typically, a machine tool generates demand for 10 times its worth of capital goods, which in turn generates 10 times its value in final goods. So, the boom in machine tools is … Continue reading →

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Retail Sector Meet The Aspirations of India?

Posted on February 1, 2007 by indra

As reported Reliance Industries has started the retail spree. And as it’s other projects and enterprises, the business is going to be bold and big. It opened nine retail outlets in the NCR last week. By the year-end, the number … Continue reading →

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Companies That Can Light India

Posted on January 11, 2007 by indra

Power can single-handedly black out ‘India Shining’. However, the two public sector companies in power generation business along with BHEL, the third one manufacturing the power equipment are keeping the hope, that one day very soon India can very well … Continue reading →

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India’s Manufacturing Sector Expands

Posted on January 6, 2007 by indra

India is gradually attracting the MNCs for setting up their manufacturing facilities in India. The world today is convinced of India’s as a significant big market for increasingly aspiring middle class that is growing fast in number. It will be … Continue reading →

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