The story of IBM in India is surrounded by several myths and folklore‚ particularly relating to its infamous exit in 1978. George Fernandes‚ who was industry minister in the Janata government‚ is often credited for throwing out IBM over foreign exchange rules‚ but the trouble for IBM had started way back in 1967. It had a good run of the Indian market for two decades after its entry into India in 1951‚ facilitated by Jawaharlal Nehru himself. See: IBM’s 100-year journey‚ from clocks‚ scales
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Poverty in India is widespread with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate‚ 42% of India falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day (PPP‚ in nominal terms 21.6 a day in urban areas and 14.3 in rural areas); having reduced from 60% in 1981.[1] According to the criterion used by the Planning Commission of India 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005‚ down from 51.3% in 1977–1978‚ and 36% in
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PHILOSOPHY Politics of India take place in a framework of a federal parliamentary multi-party representative democratic republic modeled after the British Westminster System. The Prime Minister of India is the head of government‚ while the President of India is the formal head of state and holds substantial reserve powers‚ placing him or her in approximately the same position as the British monarch. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government
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1211043 2 B.Com T The Constitution of India is the Supreme Law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles‚ establishes the structure‚ procedures‚ powers‚ and duties of government institutions‚ and sets out fundamental rights‚ directive principles‚ and the duties of citizens
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of our concern and obligation. After a long neglect of the poor during the British Rule‚ the measures adopted after Independence signify the recognition of poverty and the social responsibility for alleviating and reducing it. How did this happen? What have we done? How far have we succeeded? Before attempting to answer these question‚ let us first take up the question of the concept of poverty. The Concept Three precepts are often used to define poverty: (1) the amount of money required by
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impressive and very much talked about. But it is worth noting that most of India’s software and other IT services companies‚ including IT based business process outsourcing derive a very big chunk of their business from overseas business. This means that India is not able to make much use of IT to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its business and other economic operations. This also reflects the low priority given by Indian business to improve quality‚ effectiveness and efficiency. I believe‚
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[pic] DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT (LSM) TERM PAPER OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ON CORRUPTION IN INDIA-STATUS AND SOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: MR. SANJAY JINDAL SALEEM ANWAR (MBA-IT) ROLL NO: A 06
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Nayar of India Latonya Myles ANT 101 Instructor Wendell Johnson April 25‚ 2011 Nayar of India Nayar is a Hindu caste of the India state of Kerala. The region contained small‚ feudal kingdoms‚ in each of which royal and noble lineages‚ the militia‚ and most land managers were drawn from the Nayars and related castes. Unlike most Hindus‚ Nayar traditionally were matrilineal. Their family unit‚ the members of which owned property jointly‚ included brothers and sisters‚ the latter is children
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The Caste System and the Stages of Life in Hinduism http://www.friesian.com/caste.htm The pattern of social classes in Hinduism is called the "caste system." The chart shows the major divisions and contents of the system. Basic caste is called varn.a‚ or "color." Subcaste‚ or jâti‚ "birth‚ life‚ rank‚" is a traditional subdivision of varn.a. [pic] The Bhagavad Gita says this about the varn.as: [41] The works of Brahmins‚ Ks.atriyas‚ Vaishyas‚ and Shudras are different‚ in harmony with the three
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CHAPTER 2 L.C.M. AND H.C.F. 1 Common Factor A common factor of two or more numbers is a number that divides each of them exactly. Ex. Let the numbers be 27 and 81. In this 3 is common factor. 2. Common Multiple A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number which is exactly divisible by each of them. Ex. 12 is common multiple of numbers 4 and 6. 3. L.C.M. L.C.M. stands for least common multiple. L.C.M. of two or more given numbers is the least number which is exactly divisible by each one
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