Written at University of California Santa Barbara Prof. Ahuja Political Science 106IE Disparities in India India became a democratic state in 1947 after gaining independence from British rule. From its inception‚ many factors such as underdevelopment‚ social hierarchy‚ illiteracy‚ and rampant corruption have impeded it on its goal to becoming a part of the global north. The purpose of this paper is to determine the success of the Indian democracy in alleviating poverty and providing basic services
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India as an agriculture and high value food powerhouse: A new vision for 2030 Food and Agriculture Integrated Development Action 3 April 2013 Copyright © 2013‚ by McKinsey & Company‚ Inc. India as an agriculture and high value food powerhouse: A new vision for 2030 Food and Agriculture Integrated Development Action (FAIDA) 3 April 2013 FAIDA 3: India as an agriculture and high value food powerhouse by 2030 | 5 Executive Summary The Indian food and agriculture industry
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SUBJECT: Social behavior and personal space of India DATE: July 16‚ 2005 MESSAGE: In doing research‚ I found the following information to be of great value when doing business in India. Personal space in not a concept that the Indians have thoroughly developed in their country (Moxon‚ 1998). They are very curious people and will start a conversation with you the moment they see you. They will ask many questions including questions of a personal nature (Mathew‚ 1996). Indians
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AGRICULTURE IN INDIA The importance of agriculture to our economy can hardly be over-emphasized. It is the most important source of raw materials to feed our industries It provides employment to about 70 percent of our total labour force. It contributes more than 40 percent to our total national income. And it is one of the major foreign exchange earners for our economy. But unfortunately‚ it does not .appear to be as sound as it should have been. The basic industry of India is agriculture. India is the
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The Problem of Secularism in India Secularism is one of the most contested ideologies in most parts of the world. As T.N. Madan (1997) states‚ we may not hear of wholly secularised societies‚ even in the West‚ which is responsible for introducing the ideology to the rest of the world. In the Indian context‚ no other ideology may have generated more attention‚ debate and controversy since the country’s independence. Yet‚ despite the vast and varied literature and public discourse‚ the ideal of secularism
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India Climate: India’s climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert. The Himalayas‚ along with the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan‚ prevent cold Central Asian katabatic winds from blowing in‚ keeping the bulk of the Indian subcontinent warmer than most locations at similar latitudes. Concurrently‚ the Thar Desert plays a role in attracting moisture-laden southwest summer monsoon winds that‚ between June and October‚ provide the MOST of India’s rainfall. At the moment‚ India’s
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India Untouched - Stories of a People Apart is perhaps the most comprehensive look at Untouchability ever undertaken on film. Director Stalin K. spent four years traveling the length and breadth of the country to expose the continued oppression of "Dalits"‚ the "broken people" who suffer under a 4000-year-old religious system. The film introduces leading Benares scholars who interpret Hindu scriptures to mean that Dalits "have no right" to education‚ and Rajput farmers who proudly proclaim that no
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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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INDIA ON THE MOVE - 1. This is about a recent report‚ I saw in NDTV. The report was really shocking and really shaken me thoroughly. The report is talking about small farmers in the Vidarbh region (Near Nagpur) committing suicide because they could not sustain the loan burden and could not survive from the agricultural income. In the last eight months around 400 farmers have committed suicide. This has become a daily occurrence. The government as usual just woken up and started its preliminary
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Indian Tribes India is the home to large number of indigenous people‚ who are still untouched by the lifestyle of the modern world. With more than 84.4 million‚ India has the largest population of the tribal people in the world. These tribal people also known as the adivasi’s are the poorest in the country‚ who are still dependent on haunting ‚ agriculture and fishing. Some of the major tribal groups in India include Gonds‚ Santhals‚ Khasis‚ Angamis‚ Bhils‚ Bhutias and Great Andamanese. All these
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