Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure
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DIGITAL INDIA Digital India A programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy DIGITAL INDIA What is Digital India? Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future. The focus is on being transformative – to realize IT + IT = IT The focus is on making technology central to enabling change. It is an Umbrella Programme – covering many departments. It weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single‚ comprehensive
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TRENDS OF INFLATION IN INDIA IN RELATION TO WORLD ECONOMY INDIA INFLATION RATE The inflation rate in India was recorded at 4.70 percent in May of 2013. Inflation Rate in India is reported by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Historically‚ from 1969 until 2013‚ India Inflation Rate averaged 7.73 Percent reaching an all-time high of 34.68 Percent in September of 1974 and a record low of -11.31 Percent in May of 1976. In India‚ the wholesale price index (WPI) is the main measure of inflation
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ISBN: 2279-0845. Volume 5‚ Issue 5 (Nov. - Dec. 2012)‚ PP 99-109 www.Iosrjournals.Org The Opportunities and Challenges of FDI in Retail in India Rajib Bhattacharyya Assistant Prof. in Economics‚ P. G. Department of Commerce‚ Hooghly Mohsin College‚ India Abstract: The spectacular and unprecedented growth of FDI in the global economic landscape over the last two decades has made it an integral part of the development strategy of both the developed and developing nations. It acts as a major catalyst
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Overview GST (Goods & Services Tax) is the biggest taxation reform in India. The present indirect tax regime in India will be replaced by a dual GST with Central and State GST to be levied concurrently by the centre and the respective states. GST is expected to integrate State economies and boost overall economy. In GST model through a tax credit mechanism‚ the tax is collected on value-added goods and services at each stage of sale or purchase in the supply chain. Implementation of GST will have
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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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Pepsi wanted to enter India… As the major market for PepsiCo‚ the US‚ was reaching saturation levels India’s vast population offered a huge untapped customer base Urbanization had familiarized indians with leading global brands Question 1 Why do companies like Pepsi need to globalize? What are various ways in which foreign companies can enter a foreign market? What hurdles and problems did India face when it tried to enter India in 1980s? Need for globalization Wider and newer
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Sharply differing perceptions make it rather difficult to properly assess India’s standing in the world of sports today. The pessimists love to paint a gloomy picture of the Indian sports and its detractors‚ too‚ are eager to point out that for a nation of India’s size and population its sporting successes are few and far between. They‚ however‚ tend to forget that in today’s highly commercialised and fiercely competitive sports‚ mere skill and talent are not enough to ensure success in the form
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‘During the 1960s‚ leisure activities became more private and individualistic.’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement. (24 marks) The 1960s white heat of technology resulted in a massive expansion of leisure activities‚ but had the biggest impact on group/family pass times. Traditional activities such as going to the local pub or working men’s club survived the new age of technology and remained popular. Yet the new thing to do was caravanning and day trips. This was made a lot
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restaurant chains have been opening their doors more and more during the last five years. Wherever you go‚ if you are traveling in your car in Caracas City‚ you can see McDonalds‚ Bennigan’s‚ Chili’s‚ Pizza Hut and Burger King. McDonald’s is one of the world’s biggest food service retailers which every day serves 50 million customers in 119 countries across the world through 30‚000 restaurant outlets. McDonald’s opened its door in India in October 1996 in Vasant Vihar a colony of New Delhi. From 1996
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