CASE STUDY ON INDIAN RAILWAYS (MONOPOLY) In economics‚ a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium – Greek language monos‚ one + polein‚ to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of viable substitute goods. Monopoly should be distinguished from monopsony‚ in which there is only one buyer of the product or service;
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SAFETY PROBLEMS OF RAILWAY PASSANGERS IN EXPRESS RAILWAYS Although Indian Railways have progressed a lot‚ both quantitatively and qualitatively‚ during the last few years‚ this system is still plagued by a number of problems which require immediate attention. A lot has been done‚ but a lot more is yet to be done. Some of the major problems faced by the Indian Railways are briefly discussed as under: Safety Indian Railways have been in the news albeit for wrong reasons. With the rapid increase
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happening to many more civilians than the story focus’s on. Steinbeck does not leave out a single detail about the Joad family and their journey to California‚ and that in itself is what makes his writing so entertaining. Not only is this a very powerful topic to write about‚ but the remarkable writing style of author John Steinbeck makes this book a masterpiece. From the intensely vivid descriptions of the land to the true-to-the-heart portrayal of people‚ Steinbeck makes the words flow right
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Name | Designation | Contact Numbers | Office of the Minister of Railways | Dr. C. P. Joshi mr@rb.railnet.gov.in | Minister (Addl. Charge) | +91 11 23386645‚23381213 ( Off.) +91 11 23387333 (Fax) +91 11 23383676 (Fax) | | | Office of the Minister of State for Railways | Shri K. H. Muniyappa khmuni@sansad.nic.in | Minister of State | +91 11 23388190‚ 23382490 ( Off.) +91 11 23381634 (Fax) +91 11 23792703‚ 23794481 ( Res.) +91 11 23794481 (Fax) | | | Shri P. Anand Kumar
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diseased developed by this industrial phenomenon. J. B.Shaw‚ a great thinker in U.K in his famous Essay "where the wealth accu- mulates and the men decay" rightly pointed out mecha- nism of human talent. Doctors in Europe advised people to visit at hill station for mental relaxation. It was the correct remedy to come out form boredom and mental tension. In this millennium age‚ tourism has become a prominent part of human life‚ which gives synergy and energy to keep pace with the present com- petitive world
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PANTO ENTANGLEMENT Electric locomotive gets power from overhead contact wire through pantograph. For smooth operation of locomotive‚ the movement of pantograph should be unobstructed on the contact wire. When any broken part of pantograph comes in between overhead wires or vice versa‚ panto entanglement takes place. The OHE is meant for supply of power where as the pantograph is for collecting power for the locomotive. The parameters of
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Assignment Business Communication Should Indian Railways be Privatized? Introduction As regular travellers‚ we all have invariably come across situations when we would have very strongly feel “why should railways not be privatized?” or “Why can’t they just manage thing here?”. Whenever we stand on a railway platform and see the state of affairs‚ the feeling grows stronger. But‚ the loyal citizen inside us will never truly like to see Indian railways going in to in the hands of a private company
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Project Management Project on ‘Launching an Asian Radio Station’ Faculty of Professional Studies Table of contents Page 1. Introduction 3 2. Critical Review using PM
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Monopoly of Indian Railways : IIM Case Study By: Yogin Vora on May 13‚ 2009 22 Comments Business internet connection Internet Marketing Business Cards In economics‚ a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium – Greek language monos‚ one + polein‚ to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of viable
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History of Indian Railways Introduced in the country in 1853 by the British. 53 kms between Mumbai and Thane The Indian Railways (IR) has a network spread over 63‚000 route kms. and 7000 stations 12 million passengers and more than 1.2 million tonnes of freight daily 40 per cent of the freight and 2- per cent of the passenger traffic in the country. 8.5 per cent of the organised employment of the country either directly or indirectly. Transport output of both passenger and freight traffic
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