By
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Prof. Aurnob Roy
(World Bank-Management Consultant, M. A-Economics, Lucknow University, UGC-NET, New Delhi-15 Years
Research,
Development & Teaching, MBA- B-School's Experience in India and Abroad)
Faculty, Strategic Management
Amity Business School
Amity University
Lucknow Campus
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CHINA STARTED ITS ECONOMIC REFORMS IN 1977 WITH AGRICULTUREAS THE KEY
STRATEGIC PLANK IN A COMMUNIST REFORMIST SET UP UNDER DENG XIO PENG.
LATERTHE SPREAD EFFECTS WHERE IN OTHER SECTORS.
THE LPG MODEL WAS PROPOGATED BY THE US-BASED AGENCIES- WORLD BANK
AND THE IMF- DURING THE 1980'S AND MORE THAN 130 COUNTRIES AROUND THE
GLOBE, HAVE ADOPTED ITWITH STRINGENT REGULATIONSLIKEBRINGING
DOWNTHE FISCAL DEFICIT BELOW 5% OF GNP, BRINGING DOWN THE CAD-
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT (EXPORTS-IMPORTS=CAD) BY LESS THAN 1% OF GNP
AS EARLIER IT WAS 3% OF GNP.
MOREOVER, POVERTY IN INDIA WAS 38% OF GNP IN 1991 AND NOW, 2007IT IS
AROUND 25% OF POPULATION LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. (BPL)VIZ. 1, 800
CALORIES PER PERSONPER DAYIN URBAN AREAS AND 2, 400 CALORIESPER
PERSONPER DAYIN RURAL AREAS. THIS DATA IS PROVIDED BY THE YOJNA BHAWAN
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PLANNING COMMISSIONNEW DELHI. ANOTHER FACTWORTH NOTING PRIOR TO THE
GLOBALIZATION ERA IN 1985, 15 PAISA USED TO GO TO THE POOR OUT OF 1. 00
RUPEETHE GOVT SPENT IN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES IN RURAL INDIA AND BY
2007 PROF MONTEK SING AHLUWALIA, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, PLANNING
COMMISSION HAS FOUND OUT THAT ONLY 6 PAISA PER PERSON PER DAY WAY
ACTUALLY GOING TO POOR BENEFICIARIES OUT OF EVERY RS. 1. 00 INVESTED IN
THE PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH'S EMLOYMENT YOJNA IN RURAL INDIA.
THE DAILY RAPES OF DAUGHTER'S, MOTHER'S AND WIVES OF THE CITIZENS OF J&k
BY THE ARMY PERSONNEL IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF CONCERN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN
THE NAME OF COMBATTING TERRORISM. ITS EMPLOYMENT, MONEY MAKING,
ENTREPRENUERSHIP AND EDUCATION WHICH ARE THE KEY STRATEGIC
INITIATIVES WHICH INDIA NEEDS TO TACKLE WITH EDUCATIONAL CULTURE
HAVING AN EXPONENTIAL EFFECT WHICH WILL BRING IN MONEY THROUGH
CREATIVE INNOVATIONS WITH R&D.
BILL GATES AND MALINDA GATES FOUNDATION HAS SPEND OVER $500 MILLION
ON AIDS AWARNESS AND CONTROL PROGRAM WHICH MANY FEAR WILL SPREAD
LIKE AN EPIDEMIC IN INDIA. MALARIA, TYPHOID, DIPTHERIA, CHICKEN POX,
TUBERCULOSIS ARE OTHER DISEASES WHICH ARE LIFE THREATENING ALONG
WITH CANCER.
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MAKE PRODUCTS FOR EVERY SEGMENT OF SOCIETY.
ONLY TWO BILLION GLOBAL CITIZENS EARN MORE THAN $2 DOLLARS A DAY WHILE
THE REST OF THE BPL-BELOW THE POVERTY LINE POOR PEOPLE EARN ONLY RS.
38/-VIZ $1/- A DAY. AS PROF CK PRAHLAD STATES THEY ARE THE FIRST LEVEL OF
FUTURE EMERGING MARKETS. FOR THEMLOW COSTHIGH QUALITY GOODS AND
SERVICES ARE REQUIRED VIZ. RS. 2/-ICE CREAM, RS. 2/-PC, RS. 2/-CELL, RS. 2/-
MOBILE PHONE SET JUST WE HAVE TODAY RS. 2/-NEWSPAPER AND RS. 2/- 1 PKT
BIDI WHOSE NET BIDI INDUSTRY WORTH IS RS. 18, 000 CRORE. INDIA'S PHARMA
INDUSTRY IS WORTH RS. 75, 000 CRORE.
5- RETAIL MARKETING HAS BROUGHT TO INDIA THE VERY BEST FROM MARKS AND
SPENCER, BYFORD, PETER ENGLAND, ARROW, DENIM, SHOPPERS STOP, KHADIM'S
SHOES, TESCO, ENGLAND, WALMART, K-MART ETC. THUS HELPING IN BULK
BUYING AT CHEAPER RATES FOR CONSUMERS WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF WORLD
CLASS BRANDED PRODUCTS.
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BECOME SO FASIONABLE THAT PER WEEK IN CHINAA NEW MOBILE PHONE
BRANDCOMES IN TO THE MARKETS. THE NO. OF CELL PHONES HAVE
OUTNUMBERED THE LAND LINE PHONES IN INDIA.
8- THE OTHER MAJOR EVENT WAS THE NON PERFORMING ASSETS RAPIDLY CAME
DOWN OF THE PSU BANKS. PRIVATIZATION OF BANKS WAS ALSO INTRODUCED AS
PER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF NARASHIMHAN COMMITEE-1992 AND SO WAS
THE CASE OF INSURANCE SECTOR WITH THE MALHOTRA COMMITTEE REFORMS IN
1995WHERE FOREIGN PLAYERS LIKE PRUDENTIAL OF UK, STANDAD LIFE OF UK ING
OF UK ALLIANZ OF GERMANY ETC. WERE INTRODUCED IN THE INSURANCE
GENERAL AND LIFE INSURANCE MARKETS.
ECONOMIC REFORMS IN INDIA LPG WORLD BANK-IMF BASED MODEL POST JULY-
1991
10- INDIA'S PER CAPITA INCOME HAS ALSO INCREASED FROM $470 IN 2001 TO
$875 TODAY
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Development & Teaching, MBA- B-School's Experience in India and Abroad)
Faculty, Strategic Management
Amity Business School
Amity University
Lucknow Campus
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