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India Case Studies and quick facts (Bangalore (In Karnataka, Example of an…
India Case Studies and quick facts
Mumbai (growth of industry)
Generates 5% Indias GDP
80% of people in service sector
Attractive for FDI and BPO
Navi Mumbai SEZ area
Various issues w/ transport
Home to Mumbai metro (response^)
Dharavi (slum) displays wealth disparity
Home to Bollywood, the largest film industry
10% of all factory employment and 40% of foreign trade
50 - 60% live in slums
Punjab (agricultural change)
Green Revolution played huge part
Problems w/ water shortage, soil erosion & nutrient loss
Poorest lose land, unequal distribution of water&poorer farmers pushed out of community
Unsustainable as soil depleting crops cause soil erosion, water shortages have lead to inter state and local conflict, low yields due to nutrient loss. The poorest lose land and the richest profit whilst poorer smaller farmers which make up half the population suffer
Solutions: Diversification of crops, electrification of rural areas, Conservation of water, Planting of trees, education on farming techniques
Agribusiness
Agriculture accounts for 16% of GDP
10% of export earnings
one of the Largest exporter of rice and third largest for potatoes
Diversification of crops e.g growth of mint, red cabbage and other fresh veg leads to higher yields and more profit e.g in Punjab
This has lead to environmental and social issues
Dharavi
1 million people into 1 sq mile
Open sewage leads to diphtheria and typhoid
Unplanned, no road signs, poor infrastructure
85% of people work
Good community, 12 neighbourhoods, local squares and mosques
There are positives and issues, can be argued that it is sustainable, see fact file for more
Mumbai action plan
Increase growth to 10%
Improved transport, Mumbai metro and more buses, tripling freeways
Bringing down number of people in slums, bringing rental costs from their current 140% of per capita income to 50%
Improve infrastructure and reduce air pollution from 1000mcm to safe amounts which is 50-100mcm
Reduce congestion with the inner ring rail and inner ring freeway
Bangalore
In Karnataka
Example of an SEZ
Many FDI such as financing from Britain
BPOs such as call centres from UK based here
Low tax revenue lead to issues with improvement
IT and BPO reached $12 bill as of 2003
10% of Londons wages
British companies save 10 mill a year
Growth of skilled workers in Bangalore helps
However many companies have their own electricity generator due to black/brown outs
Even though workers are trained and skilled they are underpaid which is a social issue
Home to many tech savvy, English speaking people
Navi Mumbai
New town developed 1972
Built to reduce congestion
East Mumbai is the location
Direct road and rail links to Mumbai
Home to 1.1 mill people
Has extensive bus network and airport
An SEZ so attracting services and FDI
Largest 'New Town' in the world
NMSEZ 'best positioned SEZ in India
Good proximity to Mumbai, Urban markets, Sea ports and has an airport
Rural electrification&roads
More than 75 million households have no electricity
Attempted to reach 100% electrification but only managed 67% so far
Many policies passed since 2003 but have failed to meet aims so far.
Even rural India has electricity issues
Challenges: high cost of grid extention, Low tariffs, supply rationing due to non availability and high operation and maintenance costs.
Himachal Pradesh bio fuels
This was also a product of the barefoot college
Biolamps and barefoot college in Rajasthan
People getting poor eyesight and even going blind due to darkness and use of Kerosene lamps
Trains local communities into helping themselves
Manufacturing own power
Trains people in solar engineers, learning how to fabricate, install and repair solar units
Solar lanterns built, and village now has light, providing many jobs for these communities
Solar water pumps have been built in villages where fresh water was too deep due to high salinity
Even in west Bengal there has been solar power fitted to housing, community has been trained
All have been made affordable for these poor rural areas
Also created gasifiers
80,000 villages in darkness
Creates massive social issues