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Diffusing Aroma of Jaggery: A curious case of Gur mandi, Jalandhar

30. September 2012

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Abstract
With the FDI in retail knocking at the doors of the major Indian cities, here is a study on how already the organized sector has impacted the way shopping is done in India. With the long history of clustered selling of products, known as traditional bazaar, the historical depiction of India has been through its [...]

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Quizomania-1

30. September 2012

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1) Dr. Varghese Kurien Known as a Milkman of India Died on 09th September 2012 started his Career with AMUL. What is the full form of AMUL?
2) What does word cherry Picking means in terms of bargaining?
3) Which Smartphone operating system is also known as ‘ ice cream sandwich”
4) Hub and spoke distribution strategy is [...]

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Answers (Quizomania-1)

30. September 2012

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1 – Anand Milk Union Limited
2 – Bargaining by going from store to store to get the best deal
3 – Android – 4.0
4 – Tata Nano
5 – Carrefour is one of the biggest European retailers, and it’s also French for crossroads. The logo symbolizes this word via two opposite arrows. They also added the first [...]

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FDI in Multi Brand Retail: A Holdback or a Rollback?

1. February 2012

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India, currently facing a governance of ambiguity, mixed signals and wooly- headed decision making, is now being poked by another addition to its long tail of ineffectual policies. The Union Cabinet had earlier met to approve Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi brand retail, with a cap of 51 percent in foreign equity. But the [...]

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Investor’s chaperon – SEBI

1. December 2011

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With the rising economy and increasing disposable income at hand and in a bid to save taxes , people are thinking about new ways to invest their money and are exploring various avenues for the same. Similarly the brokerage firms are devising new schemes to lure more affluent clients to invest their money with them [...]

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MicroFinance – Current Status and Growing Concerns in India

1. October 2011

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Executive Summary
Microfinance sector has grown rapidly over the past few decades. Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus is credited with laying the foundation of the modern MFIs with establishment of Grameen Bank, Bangladesh in 1976. Today it has evolved into a vibrant industry exhibiting a variety of business models. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in India exist as NGOs [...]

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Treading The Path of Expansion

1. October 2011

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After prolonged deliberation, Reserve Bank of India released guidelines for the players seeking entry in the banking world. While for some it might prove to be a tryst with destiny, others are bound to get a setback. Banking has long been envisaged as a ladder to climb the tree of success for the fruits of [...]

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Online Term Insurance: Premium and Process Analysis

1. October 2011

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Overview
Company Overview
Berkshire India Ltd. is a majority owned non-direct subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. It started its operations in India in 2011 and is currently a licensed corporate agent of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd., selling their products directly to retail consumers through its own Internet portal BerkshireInsurance.com. Currently, its product offerings are limited [...]

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Role of Markets and Governments in managing the growth in Emerging/Developing Economies

1. September 2011

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The final part in this 3 part series covers the counter balancing forces of government policy needed to stabilize and drive emerging economies into a progressive future.

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US Debt Crisis- Is Uncle Sam Going Broke??

1. September 2011

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US Debt Crisis is one of the major news flashing in media and clogging our minds for quite some time now. There were many issues which led to it and there are various possible repercussions to it: the downgrade by Standard & Poors being one of them. This piece is an attempt to chart out [...]

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