Troy Kelly English Professor Poverty Issues in Bombay‚ India Bombay‚ located in India‚ is India ’s capital with a population of 18 million people. However half of Bombay’s population is living in tenement housing or are homeless. It’s not uncommon to find families outdoors living under bridges or along railroad tracks. The lives of Bombay’s poor involve terrible poverty‚ squalor‚ and almost unimaginable suffering and deprivation. Many people living in Bombay do not have access to clean
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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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OLIGOPOLY A market structure dominated by a small number of large firms‚ selling either identical or differentiated products‚ and significant barriers to entry into the industry. This is one of four basic market structures. The other three are perfect competition‚ monopoly‚ and monopolistic competition. The three most important characteristics of oligopoly are: 1. An industry dominated by a small number of large firms 2. Firms sell either identical or differentiated products 3. The industry
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Corruption in India Andrew Sanchez T he momentum of last year’s hunger strike by the anti-corruption campaigner Kisan ‘Anna’ Hazare currently sees India’s parliament wrestling with the formation of a national corruption ombudsman. Hazare’s campaign rests upon the proposition that the democratic ideals with which the Indian state was formed in 1947 are all too often subverted by the self-interest of public servants. Hazare’s supporters argue that this process has two primary effects. First‚ corruption
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twenty-five years ago‚ our then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had started to remind us that India is too early to reach Ikkisvi. We have twenty-first century. Where is the twenty-first century India‚ how‚ how is going to be‚ where to reach - it is a vivid theme. It will consider some aspects of it. Certainly in the new century is a lot of things were looking very bright. Than in the past twenty years or fifty years ahead of India is visible. Such revolutions are many. The computer revolution is under way. Mobile
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Caste (Oxford India Short Introductions). By SURINDER S. JODHKA. New Delhi: Oxford University Press‚ 2012. xvii‚ 201 pp. Rs 195 (paperback). Surinder S. Jodhka’s monograph Caste provides a concise yet very informative history of the complex reality of caste in India. At the same time‚ the author brings together all the major literature available on the issue into a single thread and thereby taking the reader through the timeline of the changing ideas of caste. Hence‚ the book‚ while newly engaging
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Nescafe has emerged as a world leader in the coffee industry and the word Nescafe’ has become almost synonymous to coffee. On an average around 3000 cups of Nescafe coffee are drunk every second all over the world. Nescafe is also the leader in India and has been quite successful in capturing a substantial market share over a period of time. The following report tries to captures the controllable and uncontrollable environmental factors with respect to the brand Nescafe‚ as per the following
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structure. The advertising strategy will be studied with respect to Cadbury’s business and marketing objectives. The strategies adopted will be analyzed for each product offering. The same is followed to a minimal extent for its major competitor‚ Nestle India Limited‚ to get an understanding of where Cadbury stands. The report initially focuses on an examination of the industry environment and the product class. The report then goes on to analyse the corporate‚ marketing and advertising strategies adopted
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Pollution is an issue of concern in the modern world that we live in today. There are many types of pollution‚ namely air‚ water and noise. Pollution in our environment will undoubtedly affect our quality of life. Our naturally beautiful world becoming ugly because it is suffering from the effects of environmental pollution. Pollution can also cause various health problems and other negative effects. Air pollution is caused by the emission of toxic gases from vehicles‚ factories and open burning
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Introduction-: Euthanasia means mercy killing‚ it is a modern terminology to the word ‘moksha.’ It is derived from Greek words ‘eu’ meaning good or well and ‘thanatos’ meaning death. In the case‚ M.S.Dabal vs. State of Maharashtra the supreme court held that -:“Mercy killing is nothing but homicide‚ whatever the circumstances in which it is affected. Unless it is specifically accepted it cannot be offences. Indian Penal Code further punishes not only abetment of homicide‚ but also abetment of
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