WOMEN ’S EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA Introduction Women’s empowerment in India is heavily dependent on many different variables that include geographical location (urban/rural)‚ educational status‚ social status (caste and class)‚ and age. Policies on women’s empowerment exist at the national‚ state‚ and local (Panchayat) levels in many sectors‚ including health‚ education‚ economic opportunities‚ gender-based violence‚ and political participation. However‚ there are significant gaps between policy advancements
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occupation by which a person can earn his living. And Unemployment is the inability of providing gainful work to people who are willing to work. And for a country like India‚ employment has become one of the major challenges of the current economy. Despite the economic reforms and the IT & BPO boom‚ the unemployment situation in India is getting worse. Therefore‚ emphasis is given on providing more employment opportunities which in turn reflects on economic growth of the country. Whenever we are talking
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revenue.” “Just as fish moving under water cannot possibly be found out either as drinking or not drinking water‚ so government servants employed in the government work cannot be found out (while) taking money( for themselves)” Major Scams in India Year 1976 1981 1987 1987 1991 1991 1992 1992 1994 1995 1996 1996 1996 2000 2001 2002 2006 2009 2009 2010 2012 Scam KUO OIL DEAL SCAM ANTHULAY TRUST (PAY OFF) HDW COMMISSION BOFORS SCAM TELGI SCAM JMM BRIBE SECURITY SCAM(HARSHAD MEHTA) INDIAN
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India is blessed with a vast and rich heritage. One has only to see the various architectural marvels and cultural institutions that dot the geographical expanse of India to glimpse the richness of our heritage. The science and technology of ancient India was quite advanced. Many historians believe that most of the scientific advances believed to have been made in Europe had been achieved centuries ago in India. Such advances covered major fields of human knowledge and activities like mathematics
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Begging in India is a fashion‚ a compulsion‚ a profession‚ a privilege and a recreation. The number of beggars in India is much larger than in other countries. Our heads hang down in shame when we read description of this institution given by foreigners in a hateful manner. To the Westerners‚ India is a land of the mendicants and snake-charmers. Beggars are found in villages and towns‚ on roads‚ crossings and footpaths. But their favorite haunts are bathing Ghats‚ temples‚ religious or festival fairs
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Different countries have different perceptions about the education and the ways of carrying it is very different too. The countries have their own style of schooling and conducting education at different levels such as education system in India is way different from the education system of United States of America. The courses and style of teaching and method of learning in these two particular countries are very different from each other. The American schools‚ colleges and universities are
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NEW DELHI: Not many in India today would remember Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) certainly wouldn’t want to remember the group of stone pelting farmers who forced the fast food chain to temporarily down its shutters in India in mid 1990s. In fact‚ the company now doesn’t want the consumers to remember it as Kentucky Fried Chicken. Just KFC would do nicely. Thank you very much. More than a decade after they set foot in India‚ all the major MNC fast food chains such
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With India’s business environment showing potential for growth in the early 90s due to economic liberalization‚ population and income growth‚ MacDonald’s (MD) has adopted an international strategy by tapping into the market in India to expand their business. MD relative success has come from their willingness to ‘think global‚ act local’ in its transnational strategy‚ taking India’s macro-environment into consideration in carrying out their business. The 4 factors are as follow: Firstly‚ the main
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Terrorism in India is primarily attributable to religious communities and Naxalite radical movements.[citation needed] The regions with long term terrorist activities today are Jammu and Kashmir‚ Mumbai‚ Central India (Naxalism) and the Seven Sister States (independence and autonomy movements). As of 2006‚ at least 232 of the country’s 608 districts were afflicted‚ at differing intensities‚ by various insurgent and terrorist movements.[1] In August 2008‚ National Security Advisor M K Narayanan has
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Case Report 1. Haier in India: building presence in mass market beyond China 1. Why did Haier enter India? What did it plan to achieve in this new market? Haier entered the global markets and started an internationalization strategy in the 1990s. Starting from European countries including Italy‚ the United Kingdom‚ and France‚ it stretched over even to the Asian market and opened its first manufacturing facility in Indonesia. Although the first entrance into the Asian market was in 1996‚ it
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