ASSOCHAM Economic Weekly 01st September‚ 2013 Assocham Economic Research Bureau THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF INDIA Contents 1. Macroeconomy 1.1 Gross Domestic Product‚ Q1: 2013-14 1.2 Consumer Price for Industrial Worker‚ July 2013 1.3 Centre’s Fiscal situation in the first four months of 2013-14 1.4 Change in tariff value of gold and silver 2. Corporate Sector 2.1 Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit‚ July 2013 2.2 Foreign Tourist in India and Foreign
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History With an initial investment of ₹2 lakh each and a monthly allowance of ₹10000 for 18 months‚ the duo‚ Sunny Bansal and Binny Bansal‚ launched an e-commerce website of retailing books in September 2007. Today‚ that e-commerce website‚ Flipkart‚ is valued at around ₹2000 crore. Being India’s largest online retailer flipkart recently crossed 1 billion (approx ₹5920 crore) mark in sales in March this year and aims to be the first $100 billion internet company from India. BBD-Introduction Flipkart
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Transcending Sociolinguistics: Language‚ Caste and Power in India Sociolinguistics and the Language Problem in India Though there has been a long tradition of studying and interpreting language in India‚ most of these studies are in descriptive‚ technical or structural mode. For long‚ language has been seen as a non-political or apolitical phenomenon and its study has remained restricted to its structure. India also has a long tradition in the study of language
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• “In social group terms‚ over 80% of the poor in the country now belong to socially disadvantaged groups like SCs‚ STs‚ the most backward castes among OBCs and
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A Brief History of the International Monetary System Kenneth N. Matziorinis 1. Introduction The international monetary system is the structure of financial payments‚ settlements‚ practices‚ institutions and relations that govern international trade and investment around the world. To understand the international monetary system‚ we can start by looking at how a domestic monetary system is structured. The Canadian financial system‚ for instance‚ is composed of a) a currency; b) a central
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In today’s highly competitive world‚ where technological changes are occurring at a mind boggling pace‚ and locating production knows no boundaries‚ a country and its industry‚ which has not kept pace with the world cannot hope to survive. It is a well established fact‚ that a healthy industrial sector makes for a healthy financial sector‚ and unless‚ goods markets are healthy and vibrant‚ financial market cannot be the same. This holds for any country. Industrial units proven to be unable to
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crores Teja Loans 1960 22 crores Kuo Oil Deal 1976 2.2. crores HDW Comission 1987 20 crores Bofors Pay-Off 1987 65 crores St Kitts Forgery 1989 9.45 crores Airbus Scandal 1990 2.5 crores per week Securities Scam 1992 5000 crores Indian Bank Rip-off 1992 1‚300 crores Sugar Import 1994 650 crores JMM Bribes 1995 1.2 crores In a Pickle 1996 10 lakhs Telecom Scam 1996 1.6 crores Fodder Scam 1996 950 crores Urea Scam 1996 133 crores CRB Scam 1997 1000 crores Vanishing
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VIII Views On Caste Dr. Lohia opined‚ “ Caste restricts opportunity. Restricted opportunity constricts ability. Constricted ability further restricts opportunity. Where caste prevails‚ opportunity and ability are restricted to ever narrowing circles of people.” Dr. Lohia did not believe in the caste system. He perceived caste as a huge stumbling block to India’s development. Overcoming inequality with respect to caste is also included in his Seven Revolutions. According to him‚ caste was the primary
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target of 8.57 lakh works‚ 5.07 lakh works were completed during 1999-2000. Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS) This scheme was started on 1 October 1993. It was first started in 1772 backward areas in 257 districts. The revamped public distribution system was in operation here. It was later expanded to all the 5448 rural
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2.5.11 Pathani Samanta Planetarium‚ Bhubaneswar Integrating modern day audio visual technology with advanced researches on outer space objects‚ the new age Space science education has an innovative means of imparting the knowledge namely through planetariums. The first thing that comes to mind upon hearing the word‚ is the replica of the dark glittering sky with a horde of objects moving by us to create an effective and lasting impression of the Universe.
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