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AGRICULTURE

A guide for the investors in Fruits and vegetables sector in India.

AGRICULTURE

A strategy paper on fruit and vegetable sector, identifies the critical issues hampering value capture in each component of the fruit and vegetable supply chain and brings out some key imperatives that need to be addressed for realizing growth of the sector.

Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables sector in India, Policy and strategy

India's leading equity broking houses 2008

This publication profiles 276 companies that are primarily into broking - equities, commodities or both in India. The information contained in this book, pertains to the period as of October 2007.

BANKING & FINANCE

India's top banks 2008

This book provides an insight into the Indian banking industry with a focus on the performance and profiles of the banking institutions.

BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS

My country my life

‘My Country My Life’ covers all the major and minor events in the life of Advani, like his joining the RSS, trauma of Partition, meeting with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, days of the Jana Sangh, Emergency, Ayodhya, Rath Yatra, his stint in the government as Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Agra Summit, Kargil, Terrorism, Controversy surrounding Jinnah remark, and so on. The best part of the book is that Advani has taken the perspective of a participant, and not a historian, while writing it.

An awesome story of a guy who will not give up, a refreshing perspective on "no matter how bad it gets it would get worse" Shantharam is a story based on real life that exposes its readers to real circumstances, once picked up can never put down a brilliant piece that explores layers in both human perceptions through run away convict and the Mafia community of a world unknown to him.
The best part of the book is it takes one back to the time with Mumbai as a backdrop and forces you to understand the lives of this "invisible society " that is structured around our social fabric and comprehending the reasons and sympathizing with the circumstances which would otherwise not be acceptable.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

ECE vision 2015: scaling new heights in the Indian earthmoving and construction equipment industry

This report details the conclusions of the study and encompasses: a) trends in the earthmoving and construction equipment industry; b) assessing the growth potential of the Indian earthmoving and construction equipment industry; and c) the way forward.

CORPORATE

Outline of major activities/initiative/services that CII carried out during 2007-2008 for the stakeholders.

CII activities during 2007-2008.

CORPORATE

The 2007 edition of 'India's Top 500 Companies' has profiled the pre-eminent companies of corporate India that have emerged as leaders in their respective sectors. The listed companies profiled in the publication account for over 87.5% of BSE's market capitalization and the total income of all 500 companies equivalent to 46.8% of India's GDP.

Top companies - India, Company profiles - India

CORPORATE

Routledge, New York, 2007

This book explains the history, structure, activities and policies of the World Economic Forum.

World Economic Forum - History, Structure, Activities and Policies

Asian diplomacy : the foreign ministries of China , India , Japan , Singapore and Thailand

This study examines the geopolitical landscape and diplomatic culture of Asia's five ascending powers - China, India, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand. It scrutinizes the structure and processes of their foreign ministries and the instruments through which foreign policy is implemented.

Asian diplomacy , Indian foreign ministry , China foreign ministry , Japan foreign ministry , Singapore foreign ministry , Thailand foreign ministry , Diplomats , Specialists in international affairs , Foreign policy , Students of diplomacy , Journalists

This book demonstrates, through the many recent instances of privatization and disinvestment (in India and around the world), that the gainers from such policies are the economy, the government, taxpayers, consumers and even the workers of the erstwhile public-sector units.

Disinvestment in India , Privatization in India

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Can India grow without Bharat? Can we reap the "demographic dividend" of a young population? How should we revive industrial employment? Is the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act affordable? Why have reforms sputtered despite the "dream team"? How is growth so strong though reforms have stalled? How can populism be restrained? Can 8 per cent growth be sustained? Should we deploy forex reserves to build infrastructure? What must we do to renew our decaying cities? What is the solution to the coming water crisis? Who are India's tax reformers? Can bilateral trade agreements substitute for the Doha Round? Should SAARC have a common currency? Is "fiscal responsibility" working? Does monetary policy work? Can we really aspire to China's economic league - or is it all hype? How good is our foreign policy? The eminent economist Shankar Acharya provides forthright and provocative answers to these key issues about India's development.

Indian economy , Economic reforms , Employment challenge , Economic growth , Infrastructure problems , Budget , Tax policies , Foreign trade and payments , Foreign affairs

This publication contains state-specific data on key indicators including educational development index in respect of all the 35 states and UTs in India.

Education, Elementary education in India - statistics

ENERGY

Energy conservation building code 2007

The Code defines norms and standards of energy consumption expressed in terms of per square meter of the area wherein energy is used and includes the location of the building.

ENERGY

Energy trading and derivatives: scope, prospects, issues and challenges for India

This report provides energy policymakers in India with information for their assessment of the merits of derivatives for managing risk in energy industries. It also indicates how market players can use derivatives as effective tools for risk management.
The report notes various developments taking place in India towards the advancement of energy markets in general and energy derivatives market in particular. It discusses several existing barriers that have been impeding further growth of energy markets in the country. Finally, the report proposes way forward for the structured development of energy markets in India.

Energy trading and derivatives in India, Energy derivatives market in India, Electricity markets in India, Oil markets, Natural gas, Coal, Carbon, Global derivatives industry

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The book profiles 101 successful, first generation entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu

Entrepreneurship in Tamil Nadu, Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu

FICTION

The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram's journey from the darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.

English fiction , Novel

FICTION

The story is an unusual tale of a pen-friendship between Snehamoy Chakrabarti, a mathematics teacher in a secondary school in Shonai, an island in the estuarine area of the Bay of Bengal, and Miyage, a Japanese woman, that leads to an unexpected marriage...

The Appeal

Arrow Books : London , 2008

The story centers on a small Mississippi law firm who wins a big verdict over a chemical giant, Krane, that has spread carcinogenic pollutants. Krane, fearful that this verdict, if not overturned, would set a precedent that would eventually destroy it, goes into action. It files an appeal that will find its way to the state supreme court, and hires a "dirty tricks" firm to unseat a sitting justice believe to be unfriendly. This is a viable strategy since Mississippi elects their Supreme Court justices and 69% of its voters know little about the court's candidates. The "Appeal" provides a believable primer on how to rig an election - pick a victim; promote an unknown candidate with no visible record; and ambush the victim by painting him/her as a extreme ideologue (this liberal judge will destroy the family). Done well...and the election process is subverted.

Fiction , Novel , Legal thriller

FICTION

The circle of reason

English fiction , Novel

FICTION

The Calcutta chromosome

The Calcutta Chromosome is one of those books that's marketed as a mainstream thriller even though it is an excellent science fiction novel (It won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award). The main character is a man named Antar, whose job is to monitor a somewhat finicky computer that sorts through mountains of information. When the computer finds something it can't catalog, it brings the item to Antar's attention. A string of these seemingly random anomalies puts Antar on the trail of a man named Murugan, who disappeared in Calcutta in 1995 while searching for the truth behind the discovery of the cure for malaria. This search for Murugan leads, in turn, to the discovery of the Calcutta Chromosome, which can shift bits of personality from one person to another. That's when things really get interesting.

English fiction , Novel , Science thriller

FICTION

The Shadow Lines is a novel by Amitav Ghosh, published in 1988. It is a book that well captures the perspectival view of time and events, of lines that bring people together and hold them apart, lines that are clearly visible on one perspective and nonexistent on another. Lines that exist in the memory of one, and therefore in another's imagination. A narrative built out of an intricate, constantly criss-crossing web of memories of many people, it never pretends to tell a story. Rather it invites the reader to invent one, out of the memories of those involved, memories that hold mirrors of differing shades to the same experience.

FICTION

In an antique land

In a leisurely blend of travelogue, history and cross-cultural analysis, Indian writer Ghosh reconstructs a 12th-century master-slave relationship that confounds modern concepts of slavery. Abraham Ben Yiju, a prosperous Tunisian Jewish merchant based in medieval Cairo, resettled in Aden, then spent two decades on India's Malabar Coast, where he hired a slave or servant, probably of Indian origin, named Bomma. Bomma acted as Ben Yiju's business agent and made overseas trips for him. In medieval India and the Middle East, Ghosh points out, servitude was often a career opportunity, the principal means of recruitment into privileged strata of the army and bureaucracy. Researching in letters and documents in Egypt, where he lived for several years, Ghosh ( The Shadow Lines ) evokes a world of mud-walled houses and class warfare between Egyptian laborers and landowners. He also writes vividly of southern India, a tapestry of castes, cults and worship of spirit-deities.

English fiction , Novel

FOREIGN TRADE

Handbook of procedures 2004-2009 : Vol 1 ( updated as on 11th April 2008 )

This book contains : General provisions regarding exports and imports ; Promotional measures ; Duty exemption /remission scheme ; Export promotion capital goods scheme ; Export oriented units ( EOUs ) , Electronics hardware technology parks ( EHTPs ) , software technology parks ( STPs ) and Bio-technology Parks ( BTPs ); Special economic zones ( SEZ ) ; Deemed Exports ; Miscellaneous matters.

This policy is essentially a roadmap for the development of India's foreign trade. It contains the basic principles and points the direction in which we propose to go.

Foreign trade policy - India , Special economic zones

FOREIGN TRADE

India export series: sectoral analysis, Volume 1

India's share in the world merchandise trade increased rapidly to reach around 1.28% in 2006-07 from less than 0.2% in the early nineties. This export series tries to address the issues of four sectors namely Textile, Leather, Gems and Jewellery and Engineering as they constitute more than 50% of India's export and contribute to bulk of employment.

Export from India, Key issues and challenges.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The global information technology report 2007-2008

The report is an assessment of 115 countries, which highlights on best practices and gleaning policy lessons from various country experiences. The report consists of three main parts: the first includes analytical chapters related to networked readiness, the second contains country profiles, and the third part consists of data tables that contain country rankings for every indicator.

Information Technology , IT , Information Society , ICT , Networked Readiness Index , Case Studies , Country Profiles , Statistics , Productivity , Innovation , Competitiveness , Emerging opportunities for India

This book provides strategies for; (1) Redesigning systems to co-create value with customers and connect all parts of a firm to this process; (2) Measuring individual behavior through smart analytics; (3) Ceaselessly improving the flexibility and efficiency in all customer-facing and back-end processes; (4) Treating all involved individuals - customers, employees, investors, and suppliers - as unique; (5) Working across cultures and time zones in a seamless global network; (6) Building teams that are capable of providing high-quality, low-cost solutions rapidly.

Innovation strategies , Technical architecture for innovation

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

India and China: comparing the incomparable

This book analyses the advantages and disadvantages of different models of growth adopted by India and China. The book presents a comprehensive comparison of China and India on a variety of dimensions using the most recent data; captures the debates around the sustainability of the development models of the two countries; provides a broad perspective on the ongoing economic reform processes in the two countries; rectifies the superficial analysis that is often carried out to compare the two economies; and addresses the issues of common interest.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

EU India relations: a critique

India and the European Union have stepped up efforts to improve relations, especially since the first EU India Summit of 2000. However, there seems to be a growing gap between their expectations from each other in most areas and their perceptions of the world order. What are the reasons for this state of affairs? Do they have the capacity to become strategic partners in the near future? Will India prefer the US to the EU after the implementation of the India-US nuclear deal? Would the EU and India be able to settle their differences on human rights issues? This book provides reply to these questions which have been narrated by distinguished scholars and experts.

India - ASEAN partnership agenda

This report is a documentary on India ASEAN economic cooperation focused on CII's initiatives in the Region. The report also profiles India's bilateral economic cooperation with ASEAN nations. 

ASEAN, India - ASEAN relations, CII's activities in ASEAN region, Bilateral relations - India and ASEAN

LEADERSHIP

Riding the blue train: a leadership plan for explosive growth

It combines tools for an individual's personal and professional growth that could easily act as a catalyst for business growth as well. The book is an easy read with real life examples and practical applications in each chapter.
The authors emphasize the importance of common goals across individuals and the organizations that they represent. The authors call it a `line of one' where the individual, the team and their organizations work together harmoniously in a `Full-on-Mode'. This enables a common future vision and acceleration of personal as well as business growth.

The future of management

This is a book for dreamers and doers. It's for everyone who feels hog-tied by bureaucracy, who worries that the 'system' is stifling innovation, who secretly believes that the bottleneck is at the top of the bottle, who wonders why corporate life has to be so dispiriting, who thinks that employees really are smart enough to manage themselves, who knows that 'management,' as currently practiced, is a drag on success - and wants to do something about it.

Management , Technological innovations , Knowledge management

MANUFACTURING

Profile and analysis of Pune manufacturing [industries]

This report carries analysis related to turnovers, employment and investment figures of all Pune based units. This is also an easy guide on how to do business in Pune.

MANUFACTURING

Mission 5x5: positioning India amongst leading five ICTE manufacturing nations in five years - a discussion paper

A discussion paper aims at creating a shared vision with stakeholders.

Information Communication Technology and Electronics, ICTE, ICTE manufacturing in India

PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

Annual report of the performance of the central public sector enterprises in India.

Public Sector Enterprises , Steel , Minerals and Metals , Coal and Lignite , Power , Petroleum , Fertilizers , Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals , Heavy Engineering , Medium and Light Engineering , Transportation Equipment , Consumer Goods , Agro Based Industries , Textile , Trading and Marketing Services , Construction Services , Industrial Development and Consultancy Services , Tourist Services , Financial Services , Telecommunication and Information Technology , Section 25 Companies , Survey , Statistics , India

SKILLS

Skills compendium 2007-2008

An account of CII's skills development activities for the year 2007-2008.

Skills initiative at CII, Skills development, Affirmative action,

SKILLS

CII, Mumbai, 2007

According to the study, the opportunity landscape in Maharashtra will have 6-6.5 million new (incremental) jobs to offer till 2012. The employment opportunities envisaged are likely to emanate mainly from the following sectors – construction, organized retail, IT and ITES, banking, financial services, and insurance, agro processing, pharmaceuticals, engineering, chemicals and petrochemicals, auto and auto components. These sectors will require about 4 to 4.25 million skilled and highly skilled human resources and about 2 to 2.25 million semi skilled and unskilled human resources.

Human resources development in Maharashtra, Skill development, Skill initiative, Skill gap in Maharashtra, Skills initiative

SMEs

A study on Success of Joint Ventures and Technology Collaboration between Indian SMEs and Foreign Companies.

Indian SMEs , Indian economy , Foreign investment in India , Foreign companies , Joint venture , Foreign companies in India , Indian SME

Emerging SMEs: Chennai 2008

This publication seeks to profile the emerging SMEs in the Chennai cluster and attempts to provide a platform for the profiled SMEs to showcase their achievements.

SMEs in Chennai, Emerging SMEs in Chennai

SMEs

Emerging SMEs: Pune 2008

This publication seeks to profile the emerging SMEs in the Pune cluster and attempts to provide a platform for the profiled SMEs to showcase their achievements.

SMEs

The Emerging IT SMEs of India 2007 attempts to provide a platform to the IT SMEs. The publication aims to bring into focus the IT SME segment, which has played a vital role in the growth of the industry. It presents a brief profiles of the IT SMEs in India.

SMEs in India, SMEs in IT sector in India

India@risk 2007

World Economic Forum's Global Risk Network and CII identified six risks that are critical to the future of India. They are economic impact of demographics, Loss of freshwater, Economic shocks and Oil peaks, Globalization vs protectionism, Climate change, and Infectious diseases. These risks have been clearly defined presenting important trends, their impacts, mitigation and examples.

Risks in India, Economic impact of demographics, Loss of freshwater, Economic shocks and Oil peaks, Globalization vs protectionism, Climate change, and Infectious diseases

Statistical outline of India 2007-08

A pocket book containing basic economic indicators of India.

Statistics - India , National income , Population , Agriculture , Mining industry , Energy , IT and telecom , Foreign trade , Transport and communications , Corporate statistics , Capital market , States , Investment , FDI , Labour and employment , Productivity , Money , banking and insurance , Public finance , Social sector , prices , Five year plans , WTO , International comparisons

Handbook of industrial policy and statistics 2006-07

Department of Industrial & Promotion , Ministry of Commerce & Industry , Government of India : New Delhi , 2007

This issue of the Handbook of Industrial Policy and Statistics is the 14th issue  of its kind. It is a comprehensive document of policies and statistics related to industrial sector in particular and the economy in general. The present edition combines developments after the previous issues, particularly for the years 2005, 2006 and partly for 2007.

Industrial policy , Index of Industry Promotion , Industrial performance - sector wise , Industrial growth , Foreign direct investment , FDI , Public sector enterprises , Small scale sector , Employment and industrial relations , Macroeconomic data , GDP , Whole sale index price , Research and Development , State profiles, Industrial statistics

Development and growth in Northeast India: the natural resources, water, and environment nexus

This report synthesizes the study, which focuses on water and forests, two key interconnected resources of the region, and the institutional framework that deals with their management. 

WOMEN

Statistics on women in India 2007

Statistics on women in India.