INDIAN ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE Points to remember * The sole purpose of the British colonial rule in India was to reduce the country to being a feeder economy for Great Britain’s own rapidly expanding modern industrial base. * Conditions in the Indian economy on the eve of independence: (i) Low level of economic development : the colonial govt‚ never made any sincere attempt to estimate India’s national and percapita income. The estimates given by Dr VKRV. Rao growth of GDP
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The Ganges (English pronunciation: /ˈɡændʒiːz/ GAN-jeez)‚ also called the Ganga (Sanskrit: गङ्गा Hindi: गंगा Urdu: گنگا Ganga IPA: [ˈɡəŋɡaː] ( listen); Bengali: গঙ্গা Gônga)‚ is the second largest river on the Indian subcontinent by discharge. Ganges river is named after a Hindu goddess called Ganga. Geographists to Historians and Mythologists regard Ganges as the heart of Indian culture‚ tradition and living. Geography[change | change source] The government declared that the Ganges river between
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Evolution of marketing concept in Indian Context: Concept of marketing origins long back in India to year 3300 BC during Indus valley civilization where in most of the marketing was done through street shops‚ street markets and traveling salesmen called as feriwalas. Most of the products were home made i.e. cottage industry was predominant and almost every village was an independent economic entity. Products though home-made‚ carried an excellent quality as same business or profession was carried
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Roman and Anglo-Saxon conquest. There were 3 main reasons why The Romans wante to conquer Britain: 1st Big amount of corn; 2nd Rome was a slave owning society and they needed more slaves; 3rd In the first century b.c. Rome was in war with Gaul and the Celts from Britain helped Gaul to fight against the Romans. It took 98 years for the Roman to conquer a part of Britain known today as England. 55 years b.c. Julias Caesar undertook the first attempts but failed because of the very strong Celtic opposition
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incorporating Christian beliefs‚ and famous for its use of gnomes in storytelling. Beowulf was created over many centuries. The setting took place in the 5th century‚ about the Scandinavians. The regions from this time period include‚ the Geat‚ Jutes‚ Swedes‚ Wulfings‚ Frisions‚ and the Scylding Danes. Beowulf is said to be of the Geats people‚ who were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting what is now Sweden. The story was being told by the Anglo-Saxons in the eighth century. Decedents of the people
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“Their life gave our lives meaning‚ but broken homes will not set again. Their parting was our dissolution‚ they will never know their household gods are slain.” An intense end to Philip Hobsbaum’s poem ‘Household gods’ which presents the life of a broken home after the people that lived there have parted and left. Through the use of personification‚ rhyme‚ punctuation and diction‚ these small speeches convey the idea of a once happy and lively household now lost and the mournful end it faces.
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(1951-56) It aimed towards the improvement in the fields of agriculture‚ irrigation and power and the plan projected to decrease the countries reliance on food grain imports‚ resolve the food crisis and ease the raw material problem especially in jute and cotton. Nearly 45% of the resources were designated for agriculture‚ while industry got a modest 4.9%.The focus was to maximize the output from agriculture‚ which would then provide the momentum for industrial growth. 1st five year plan
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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is bordered in the north-west by Afghanistan‚ north by the former USSR and China‚ east by India and south by the Arabian Sea. The Muslim state that emerged from partition of British India on 14 August 1947 included an eastern wing comprising mainly the eastern half of Bengal province and parts of Assam. (The name Pakistan is coinage representing ’Punjab‚ the Afghan border states‚ Kashmir‚ Sing and Baluchistan’) For nine years Pakistan remained a dominion. It was
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1.INTRODUCTION Collective bargaining has been defined by different experts in different ways. Nevertheless‚ it is treated as a method by which problem of wages and conditions of employment are resolved peacefully and voluntarily between labor and management. However‚ the term collective bargaining is opposed to individual bargaining. Sometimes‚ it is described as a process of accommodation between two conflicting interests . The I.L.O. defines collective bargaining: "As negotiations about working
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Commercial policy of the British (1757-1857) 1. The Coming of the Europeans into India (1600-1757) – The lure for trade and profit brought many trading companies to India. The trade –cum-political corporation called the English East India Company came to India and gave an expansive touch to India’s national commerce. It opened new markets for Indian goods in Europe and thereby increases the export of Indian manufacturers and encourage their production. This is the reason why the rulers tolerated
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