In what ways is mumbai important as a metropolitan city? Mumbai serves as an important economic hub of the country‚ contributing 10% of all factory employment‚ 40% of all income tax collections‚ 60% of all customs duty collections‚ 20% of all central excise tax collections‚ 40% of India’s foreign trade and Rupees 40 billion (US$ 9 billion) in corporate taxes. Mumbai’s per-capita income is Rs.48‚954 which is almost three times the national average. Many of India’s numerous conglomerates (including State
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On 24 March 1989‚ an oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck Prince Willian Sound’s Bligh Reef‚ which is a habitat for salmon‚ sea otters and various marine animals. Over 40000 barrels of crude oil were spilled over the next few days and eventually covered 1300 miles of coastline and more than 10000 square miles of ocean. It was considered to be one of the most disastrous human-caused environmental accidents. According to official information‚ this environmental disaster was caused by various human-mistakes
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The Mumbai-Pune industrial belt is the most important industrial region of the country. The region owes its origin to the British rule in India. The British got the Mumbai Island as a marriage gift of Catherine of Braganza’s dowry in 1661. The seizure of Cassette in 1774‚ the collapse of Maratha power in 1818‚ the opening of the Bhorghat to Pune in 1830‚ the opening of steamer service through Suez Canal in 1843 and the opening of the first railway track of 32 km in 1853 between Mumbai and Thane
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Mumbai Monorail The Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction for the city of Mumbai‚ India. The project is being implemented by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA‚ with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and a consortium of Malaysian infrastructure Scomi Engineering. It will be the first monorail in India.[4][5] Construction began in January 2009.[6] The first line is scheduled to be commissioned in April 2013.[7] History Vilasrao Deshmukh‚ the then Chief Minister
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Case Study on Dabbawallah of Mumbai Submitted by : RIL -MDP Taruna Upadhyaya Pankaj Nimavat Siddhartha Chaturvedi Assignment Questions for the case: 1. What is the basis for the success of the Dabbawallahs of Mumbai? What factors need to be in place for a service like the Dabbawallahs to work effectively? Basis for the success of the Dabbawallahs of Mumbai is that they were all working for a single purpose of delivering a dabba in time for the customer’s lunch. Several distinctive and
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INTRODUCTION A dabbawala; also spelled as dabbawalla or dabbawallah; is a person in India‚ most commonly in Mumbai‚ who collects freshly cooked food in lunch boxes from the residences of mostly-suburban office workers‚ delivering it to their respective workplaces and returning the empty boxes back to the customer’s residence by using various modes of transport. "Tiffin" is an Anglo-Indian word‚ derived from obsolete English slang "tiffing" (to sip)‚ for a light lunch or afternoon snack‚ and sometimes
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ETicket MakeMyTrip Booking ID NF2202748254426 Booking Date Tue‚ 13 Jan 2015 Itinerary and Reservation Details Spicejet SG 247 Departure Goa (GOI) Terminal GOI Sun‚ 22 Feb 2015 14:50 hrs Arrival Mumbai (BOM) Terminal 1B Sun‚ 22 Feb 2015 16:00 hrs Non Stop Flight Duration: 1hr 10m Refundable Fare Passenger Name Type Airline PNR ETicket Number Nipika Paul Adult UEH99E UEH99E Neha Das Adult UEH99E UEH99E Deepali Rath Adult UEH99E UEH99E Important Information
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laboratories to clean up accidental acid and base spills on workbenches of flooring. But because of the exothermic nature of the neutralisation process‚ we should never use strong acids or bases in cleaning up spills as excess employment of these substances‚ where itself is caustic or corrosive in damage will cause further damage and evolve noxious fumes. When there is solution or concentrated acid has been accidentally spilled on the bench or floor‚ the spill area may need to be isolated and can be neutralized
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or dabbawallah; is a person in India‚ most commonly in Mumbai‚ who is part of a delivery system that collects hot food in lunch boxes from the residences of workers in the late morning‚ delivers the lunches to the workplace utilizing various modes of transport‚ predominantly bicycles and the rail trains‚ and returns the empty boxes back to the customer’s residence that afternoon. They are also made use of by prominent meal suppliers in Mumbai where they ferry ready‚ cooked meals from central kitchens
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN MUMBAI MICHAEL RAJU MARIADAS F09038 Contents INTRODUCTION 3 HISTORY 3 GEOGRAPHY 3 CLIMATE 4 CULTURE 4 CHRONIC
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