adequate for a comfortable lifestyle. India has the world’s largest number of poor people living in a single country. Out of its total population of more than 1 billion‚ 350 to 400 million people are living below the poverty line. Nearly 75% of the poor people are in rural areas‚ most of them are daily wagers‚ landless laborers and self employed house holders. There are a number of reasons for poverty in India. Some of the basic reasons of rural poverty in India are: • Unequal distribution of income
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It involves clearing a patch of forest land‚ but retaining useful trees and plant varieties‚ cultivating it for two to three years and then abandoning it for 10-20 years to allow the natural forest to grow back and the soil to regain its fertility. The cycle of cultivation‚ leaving it fallow and coming back to it for cultivation‚ is called the Jhum cycle. Traditionally‚ a village community owns/controls the forest land and decides on such rotational cultivation pattern. Thus the community cultivates
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1976- First retail store in GK 1977- Contemporarizes design 1981- Introduction of garments 1990- Fiscal deficit reaches 8.5% 1991- Indian economy opens up 1992- Liaison with Habitat ends 1994-Second store opens in Delhi 1999- William Bissell becomes MD 2003-Vision Plan I originates 2004- Goes online 2006- 8% economic growth 2005- Vision Plan II is born 2006- Garments make 70% revenue 2006- Govt allows foreign single brand outlets FABINDIA UNDER JOHN BISSELL Founded by American‚ John Bissell
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Written at University of California Santa Barbara Prof. Ahuja Political Science 106IE Disparities in India India became a democratic state in 1947 after gaining independence from British rule. From its inception‚ many factors such as underdevelopment‚ social hierarchy‚ illiteracy‚ and rampant corruption have impeded it on its goal to becoming a part of the global north. The purpose of this paper is to determine the success of the Indian democracy in alleviating poverty and providing basic services
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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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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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customs‚ precedents and legislative law have validity of law. The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of the country. There are various levels of judiciary in India — different types of courts‚ each with varying powers depending on the tier and jurisdiction bestowed upon them. They form a strict hierarchy of importance‚ in line with the order of the courts in which they sit‚ with the Supreme Court of India at the top‚ followed by High Courts of respective states with district judges sitting
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FLORA IN INDIA The flora of India is one of the richest of the world due to a wide range of climate‚ topology and environments in the country. It is thought there are over 15000 species of flowering plants in India‚ which account for 6 percent of the total plant species in the world. Due to the wide range of climatic conditions‚ India holds rich variety of flora that no other country can boast of. India covers more than 45‚000 species of flora‚ out of which there are several species that are not
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revenue.” “Just as fish moving under water cannot possibly be found out either as drinking or not drinking water‚ so government servants employed in the government work cannot be found out (while) taking money( for themselves)” Major Scams in India Year 1976 1981 1987 1987 1991 1991 1992 1992 1994 1995 1996 1996 1996 2000 2001 2002 2006 2009 2009 2010 2012 Scam KUO OIL DEAL SCAM ANTHULAY TRUST (PAY OFF) HDW COMMISSION BOFORS SCAM TELGI SCAM JMM BRIBE SECURITY SCAM(HARSHAD MEHTA) INDIAN
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to you the country of India. A country one-third the area of the United States (total land mass is 2‚973‚190 sq. kilometers) borders China on the northeast‚ Pakistan on the west‚ Nepal and Blutan to the north‚ and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. It is divided into three categorical geographic regions: the Gangetic Plain‚ the plateau region in the south‚ the Himalayan region in the north‚ which contains some of the highest mountains in the world and a central part. India has a population of 1
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