Great Bombay Textile Strike The Great Bombay Textile Strike was a textile strike called on 18 January 1982 by the mill workers of Bombay (currently Mumbai) under trade union leader Dutta Samant. The purpose of the strike was to obtain bonus and wage increases. Nearly 250‚000 workers and more than 50 textile mills went on strike in Bombay.[1] History of Mills in Bombay | | Built in 1887‚ Swadeshi was Bombay’s first textile mill‚ the first of the factories that spread over Girangaon‚
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Textile Industry in India is the second largest employment generator after agriculture. It holds significant status in India as it provides one of the most fundamental necessities of the people. Textile industry was one of the earliest industries to come into existence in India and it accounts for more than 30% of the total exports. In fact Indian textile industry is the second largest in the world‚ second only to China. Textile Industry is unique in the terms that it is an independent industry
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Women in Bangladesh Dana Hanson Women Around the World Women’s Low Status and Power Bangladesh is one of the world ’s most densely populated countries with 150 million people‚ 49 percent of whom live below the national poverty line. In addition‚ child malnutrition rates of 48 percent are the second highest in the world‚ a condition that is tied to the low social status of women in Bangladeshi society (THP). Even though women constitute almost half of the population in Bangladesh‚ their status
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Forecast of governmental expenditures and revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. In modern industrial economies‚ the budget is the key instrument for the execution of government economic policies. Because government budgets may promote or retard economic growth in certain areas of the economy and because views about priorities in government spending differ widely‚ government budgets are the focus of competing political interests. The budget has been announced with eight major objectives
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1. Introduction 1.1 Unilever Global Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch Multinational Corporation. It has a history of colonial exploitation‚ under which it has built its capital gradually. Today it owns much of the world’s consumer brands in food‚ home care and personal care. Unilever employs were more than 247‚000 people and the achieved a worldwide revenue of €48 760 million in 2002. Unilever has also two headquarters. One is Unilever PLC in London UK and another one is Unilever NV in Rotterdam‚ Netherlands
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BANGLADESH INTRODUCTION by Abdul Wahab Akonda Area: 144‚054 sq.km. Population: 104‚000‚000 (1987). Bangladesh lies between latitudes 20°34 ’N and 26°38 ’N and longitudes 88°0l ’E and 92°41 ’E. It is bounded by India in the west and north‚ by India and Burma in the east‚ and by the Bay of Bengal in the south. Zoogeographically‚ Bangladesh is an interesting country lying at the junction of the Indian and Malayan sub-regions of the Indomalayan Realm. The country has a very long history of human settlement
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ADR in Bangladesh During the Hindu period in ancient India‚ Hindu society‚ institutions and beliefs gradually developed and define shape was given to them. Many important beliefs and doctrines of today are deep-rooted in the Hindu ideology; one of those is Alternative Dispute Resolution. In villages‚ the local village councils or kulani‚ similar to modern panchayats‚ consisted of a board of five or more members to dispense justice to villagers. It was concerned with all matter relating to endowment
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other words‚ the term corruption is not new to Bangladesh. We all know that Bangladesh is one of the most corrupted country in the world. Bangladesh is the five times champions in corruption in the world. It can be said that corruption is in our vains. A general impression conveyed by the media and by popular discussion is that among ordinary people in Bangladesh‚ corruption is viewed quite clearly as ’a way of life’. A recent survey by the Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad shows that 95 percent of respondents
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| | Type | Public (NSE‚ BSE) | Industry | Textiles | Founded | 1931 | Headquarters | Ahmedabad | Key people | Sanjay Lalbhai (CEO &MD) Arvind N. Lalbhai | Products | Denim‚ Knits‚ Khakhis | Revenue | Rs. 23.45 Billion | Net income | Loss Rs. 480 Million | Employees | 26000 | Website | www.arvindmills.com | Arvind Mills‚ the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group‚ is one of India’s leading composite manufacturer of textiles. Its headquarters is in Ahmedabad‚ Gujarat‚ India
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local conglomerates in Bangladesh. ACI consists of different business groups namely: Pharmaceuticals‚ Consumer brands‚ Agri-Business. ACI is the first company in Bangladesh to earn both the ISO9001 certification of Quality Management System in 1995 and the ISO14001 Certification for Environment Management System in 2000. ACI is a public limited company listed in DSE and CSE. Beside this‚ the company has a large list of international associates and partners with trade and business agreement. Today
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