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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.

'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.

Can India survive Trump's bombshell?

The election of Republican Party candidate Donald Trump as the next President of the US has sent shock waves across the world. All along, America has been a strong protagonist of free flow of international trade and investment in goods and services. If Trump acts on his electoral pronouncements, this will tantamount to a reversal of the existing US policy stance. It will herald an era of “protectionism”. So what are the major areas of concern for India?  

Executing Demonetisation ‘Effectively'

The Indian demonetisation exercise aims at bringing the entire unaccounted for cash into the banking system, which is beneficial to the economy as well as the citizens at large. This article is not about the assessment of the Government’s move or its impact on the economy but about how to implement the decision with least inconvenience to the general public.

How Soil Fertility Can Alleviate Poverty of Farmers

According to the Central Soil Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Dehradun, India is losing 5,334 million tonnes of soil every year due to its erosion because of the indiscreet and excess use of fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides over the years. On an average 16.4 tonnes of fertile soil is lost every year per hectare. 

abolishing excise duty on pesticides will be economical for farmers

demonetisation has had a 10-15% negative impact on the agricultural sector of india which is largely cash-driven. due to the shortage of new currency in the system, farmers have not been able to purchase agri-inputs on time and at the same time the demand for pesticides has also been impacted. as most farmers are not aware of new technologies, the government should strengthen the agriculture extension activities to impart training to farmers for the adoption of new technology to improve the yield and the acceptance of new transaction methods. 

the ias officer who never 'hears' the odds

this is a story of the indomitable human spirit that has the power to triumph over the worst tragedies imaginable. this is also a story of hopes and aspirations, of grit and determination. this is the story of a son of a poor farm labourer who overcame his total hearing impairment and speech problem to become an ias officer. as three months from now in december, thousands of aspirants across the country will sweat their guts out to write the gruelling civil services mains examination, bureaucracy today brings to them the inspirational and heart warming tale of ias officer mani ram sharma who refused to surrender to his tragic circumstances and has proved the worth of a saying that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”.