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Optimizing Real Estate Value

Over the last few decades, India has undergone rapid industrialization – predominantly in manufacturing “clusters” most of which thrive in and around the metropolitan cities of the country. Some of the prime movers for this rapid growth have been the steady increase in the per capita income propelling urbanization, and the accurate perception of India as a hub for cost-effective manufacturing. Another encouraging factor has been a supportive politicoeconomic climate which has fostered favourable conditions for more and more large MNCs to set up their operating units in India. Various initiatives like Skill India, Make in India and Start-up India that have been launched by the Government in recent times have significantly driven economic growth. All of this, in order to be successful, has required project management as an underlying enabling factor.

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'Mobile Congress Will Project India's ICT Potential To The World'

Every year in February, experts and the cream of global and Indian telecom products and services, IT professionals and networking products marketing heads gather at the coastal Spanish city of Barcelona to watch the live demonstration of various products that are yet to make their debut on the applications side, learn to sell their new line-ups and services amidst tight competition in the price sensitive and similar products market and above all sense the new technology. Then there is also the Asian event called the Mobile Congress of Shanghai which too attracts geeks and companies from across the world. It is also the destination for Indian companies and tech heads. But this September onwards, things may change. The India Mobile Congress (IMC) promises to match these events if not to replace them. The Indian event has also its share of controversy over the active participation of the number one mobile operator, Airtel, as Bharati Group chief Sunil Mittal has been elected Chairman for two years of the global GSM body, GSM Association (GSMA), which is the organiser of the Mobile World Congress – MWC Barcelona – the IMC’s rival event. Nevertheless, it’s a start that appears to be promising , at the right and the only right place. In an exclusive interview with Bureaucracy Today India Mobile Congress CEO Ramakrishna P says the IMC is not just an event, it’s going to be a trendsetter in networking and business opportunities, new product launches and emerging trends in technology. And add to this, the Telecom Department and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology have been its principal supporters. It does not get better than this.

Modi Shines On Many Fronts But Dims On unemployment

The winds of 2019 Lok Sabha elections seem to have started blowing. This is the time for initiating a debate on the effectiveness of governance by the Narendra Modi regime. To govern a country of India’s size, population and diversity is indeed a herculean task and to assess the changes that impacted the life of the common man for three years is still more difficult.

Is The Merger Really Worth?

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has taken an in-principle decision to divest 51% of the Union Government’s shareholding in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) – a downstream Central public sector undertaking – in favour of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) – a PSU in the upstream segment. A Group of Ministers (GoM) under Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been set up to work out the modalities of the merger which is expected to be completed within the current year. But is the merger really worth?

The Good, Bad And Ugly Of IAS Coaching Business In India

Do you really have any idea of the number of IAS coaching institutes in India? While revising my book, How to Get Government Jobs? to make it a new avatar as How to Get into IAS?, I had to do research on the Internet for 10 days or so to know how many IAS coaching centres are in our country? I knew only a few established IAS coaching institutes. I was at my wits’ end when I compiled for the first time a Statewise allIndia list of IAS coaching centres of different nomenclatures and breeds operating in the country.

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If Govt Policy Measures Are Correct, Indian Farmers Can Become Lenders

There are no two opinions that since Independence, Indian farmers have been trapped in debt due to the wrong Government policies and natural calamities. An analysis.

When Russian Deputy PM Invites An India-Origin UK Lawyer To Economic Forum Meet

In the recently held St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) meeting in Russia, the global fraternity saw India’s rising power through strategic linkages with various nations. India was the “Guest Country” and Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “Guest of Honour” this year. So it was a moment of honour and pride for Sarosh Zaiwalla, an India-born British lawyer and founder of a UK-based legal firm, Zaiwalla & Co, when he got an invite from the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Sergei Prikhodko, to attend the prestigious conclave.

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Bringing Growth, Ingenuity, Experience For Doubling Farmer's Income

Year 2014 onwards, India achieved an all time record production of foodgrains (more than five times since Independence) and is now a food-secure nation. In terms of total production in the world, India is first in total pulses and second in wheat, rice, sugarcane, tea, cotton (lint), vegetables and fruit. However, per hectare yields in India are far behind those in many other countries. In the case of rice and wheat, China’s average yield is nearly double and 1.6 times more respectively. In the USA, the fruit yield is even more than double than that of India. Further, there are wide yield variations amongst the Indian States and within a State. The foodgrain productivity of Punjab in 2013-14 was more than two times the all India average yield and 3.7 times more than that of Maharashtra. Therefore, the farmer’s income per hectare of cropped area at present is quite less.

India's Online Education Industry Will Be $1.96 Bn by 2021: Report

The online education industry in India will grow at a healthy rate of 8X to become a USD 1.96-billion industry by 2021, reveals a joint report of Google and KPMG. The study, which captured the growing influence of the Internet on the education industry in India, is based on a comprehensive market research conducted by KPMG, along with primary research combined with insights from Google search. The report finds that the paid user base will grow 6X from 1.6 million users in 2016 to 9.6 million users in 2021.

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