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Supermarkets in India: Struggles Over the Organization of Agricultural Markets and Food Supply Chains
\\jciprod01\productn\M\MIA\68-1\MIA109.txt unknown Seq: 1 12-NOV-13 14:58 Supermarkets in India: Struggles over the Organization of Agricultural Markets and Food Supply Chains AMY J. COHEN* This article analyzes the conflicts and distributional effects of efforts to restructure food supply chains in India. Specifically, it examines how large retail corporations are presently attempting to transform how fresh produce is produced and distributed in the “new” India—and efforts by policymakers, farmers, and traders to resist these changes. It explores these conflicts in West Bengal, a state that has been especially hostile to supermarket chains. Via an ethnographic study of small pro- ducers, traders, corporate leaders, and policymakers in the state, the article illustrates what food systems, and the legal and extralegal rules that govern them, reveal about the organization of markets and the increasingly large-scale concentration of private capital taking place in India and elsewhere in the developing world. INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 20 R I. ON THE RISE OF SUPERMARKETS IN THE WEST ............................ 24 R II. INDIA AND THE GLOBAL SPREAD OF SUPERMARKETS ....................... 29 R III. LAND, LAW, AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN WEST BENGAL .............. 40 R A. Land Reform, Finance Capital, and Agricultural Marketing Law ........ 40 R B. Siliguri Regulated Market ......................................... 47 R C. Kolay Market ................................................... 53 R D. -
Fragments from the Ājīvikas* Piotr Balcerowicz
DRAFT, to be published in: Hiroshi Marui; Ernst Prets (eds.): Transmission and Tradition. Proceedings of the Matsumoto Conference on the Meaning and the Role of ‘Fragments’ in Indian Philosophy. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna 201? (forthcoming) Fragments from the Âjîvikas* Piotr Balcerowicz 1. The doctrine of Âjîvikas, an ancient Indian religion and philosophical system which predates—albeit by perhaps a slight margin—the emergence of Jainism and Buddhism, is hardly known. In the period between the fourth and second centuries BCE, it was perhaps one of the most influential non-Brahmanical religions in India, second to Buddhism,1 and despite some attempts taken by a number of scholars— such as Hermann JACOBI (1880), Bunyiu NANJIO (1884), Ernst LEUMANN (1884), D.R. BHANDARKAR (1912), K.B. PATHAK (1912), Jarl CHARPENTIER (1913), B.M. BARUA (1920), A.F. Rudolf HOERNLE (1926), A. BANERJI SASTRI (1926), B.M. BARUA (1926–1927), N. AIYASVAMI SASTRI (1941), Arthur Llewellyn BASHAM (1951), Arthur Llewellyn BASHAM (1971), Haripada CHAKRABORTI (1973), S.N. GHOSAL (1979) and (1980), Pranabananda JASH (1982a) and (1982b), Gustav ROTH (1993), Johannes BRONKHORST (2000), (2003) and (2007)—we still have an * Work on this paper has been generously supported by the National Science Centre of Poland (Research Project: History of Classical Indian Philosophy: non-Brahmanic Schools, National Science Centre, 2011/01/B/HS1/04014). 1 Its followers are mentioned three times in two Aœokan edicts, i.e. in two inscriptions from Barâbâr Hill in Bihar (BLOCH (1950: 159): 1. lâjinâ piyadassinâ duvâ-ðasa-vassâbhisittenâ iyaô niggoha- kubhâ dinnâ âjîvikehi.—‘This Banyan Cave was donated to the Âjîvikas by [the king Aœoka] Favourably Disposed, who was consecrated twelve years [ago].’; 2. -
HCS — History of Classical Scholarship
ISSN: 2632-4091 History of Classical Scholarship www.hcsjournal.org ISSUE 1 (2019) Dedication page for the Historiae by Herodotus, printed at Venice, 1494 The publication of this journal has been co-funded by the Department of Humanities of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the School of History, Classics and Archaeology of Newcastle University Editors Lorenzo CALVELLI Federico SANTANGELO (Venezia) (Newcastle) Editorial Board Luciano CANFORA Marc MAYER (Bari) (Barcelona) Jo-Marie CLAASSEN Laura MECELLA (Stellenbosch) (Milano) Massimiliano DI FAZIO Leandro POLVERINI (Pavia) (Roma) Patricia FORTINI BROWN Stefan REBENICH (Princeton) (Bern) Helena GIMENO PASCUAL Ronald RIDLEY (Alcalá de Henares) (Melbourne) Anthony GRAFTON Michael SQUIRE (Princeton) (London) Judith P. HALLETT William STENHOUSE (College Park, Maryland) (New York) Katherine HARLOE Christopher STRAY (Reading) (Swansea) Jill KRAYE Daniela SUMMA (London) (Berlin) Arnaldo MARCONE Ginette VAGENHEIM (Roma) (Rouen) Copy-editing & Design Thilo RISING (Newcastle) History of Classical Scholarship Issue () TABLE OF CONTENTS LORENZO CALVELLI, FEDERICO SANTANGELO A New Journal: Contents, Methods, Perspectives i–iv GERARD GONZÁLEZ GERMAIN Conrad Peutinger, Reader of Inscriptions: A Note on the Rediscovery of His Copy of the Epigrammata Antiquae Urbis (Rome, ) – GINETTE VAGENHEIM L’épitaphe comme exemplum virtutis dans les macrobies des Antichi eroi et huomini illustri de Pirro Ligorio ( c.–) – MASSIMILIANO DI FAZIO Gli Etruschi nella cultura popolare italiana del XIX secolo. Le indagini di Charles G. Leland – JUDITH P. HALLETT The Legacy of the Drunken Duchess: Grace Harriet Macurdy, Barbara McManus and Classics at Vassar College, – – LUCIANO CANFORA La lettera di Catilina: Norden, Marchesi, Syme – CHRISTOPHER STRAY The Glory and the Grandeur: John Clarke Stobart and the Defence of High Culture in a Democratic Age – ILSE HILBOLD Jules Marouzeau and L’Année philologique: The Genesis of a Reform in Classical Bibliography – BEN CARTLIDGE E.R. -
The History of Cartography, Volume 2
15 · Introduction to South Asian Cartography JOSEPH E. SCHWARTZBERG In terms of surviving numbers of maps, and in some ways and execution derive almost solely from European or in map quality as well, the premodern cartographic other modern models. achievements of South Asia pale by comparison with When I use the term "Indian" in this section, I do not those of the neighboring regions of the Islamic world and refer only to the area of the present-day Republic of India East Asia. That this should be so is a matter for wonder, but include the whole of the Indian subcontinent, includ given India's major contributions to astronomy, geom ing Sri Lanka, other nearby islands, and an indeterminate etry, and other branches of mathematics and the remark penumbra of adjacent mountainous terrain within the ably creative exuberance of its culture. Although there cultural orbit of India (fig. 15.2). There are also times are grounds to suppose that Indians produced maps for when I shall refer to an even wider Indic cultural realm various purposes for roughly two millennia before the that would include the more or less Indianized cultures advent of the Portuguese-and possibly over a consid of mainland and insular Southeast Asia (modern Myan erably longer period-virtually nothing in the way of mar [Burma], Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, and ancient cartography survives. In fact, apart from some much of Indonesia) and the vast region of southwestern incised potsherds of the second or first century B.C. that China inhabited by Tibetans, an area substantially larger bear rough plans of monasteries and a few ancient sculp than the present Tibetan Autonomous Region. -
An Insight to the Structure of the Indian Retail Sector
Munich Personal RePEc Archive An Insight to the Structure of the North East Indian Retail Sector Hazarika, Bhabesh Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 28 April 2015 Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/63945/ MPRA Paper No. 63945, posted 01 May 2015 05:16 UTC AN INSIGHT TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE NORTH EAST INDIAN RETAIL SECTOR Bhabesh Hazarika Research Scholar Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur West Bengal India, 721 302 Email: [email protected] Abstract Retail trade plays a major role in all economies all over the world. The performance of the sector has important implications towards the economic development of a country. Towards the end of 2008-09, while the world economy got shrank, the Indian economy was not much hampered due to its strong consumer demand. Retail demand,, bar some exceptions, has proven to be more resilient than that was expected for many emerging countries during the economic downturn of 2008-09. In India, the concept and idea of shopping have been experiencing a considerable change in terms of format and consumer behavior, ushering a shopping revolution in India. Modern retailing has entered into the retail market in India and is observed in the form of busting shopping centers, multi-storied malls and huge complexes offering shopping, entertainment, and food under one roof. Apart from changing business environment and use of information technology, people are becoming more enthusiasts for brands, online shopping, etc., leading to a considerable growth of retail sector in India. JEL Classification: L81 Keywords: Retail trade, Consumer behavior, India 1. -
Combined Methods in Indology and Other Writings, D. D. Kosambi
Combined Methods in Indology and Other Writings, D. D. Kosambi, Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, 2005, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005, 0195677307, 9780195677300, 837 pages DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/1tCz08i http://goo.gl/RP3Ok http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Combined+Methods+in+Indology+and+Other+Writings D. D. Kosambi was a pioneer in Indian studies, introducing new perspectives and interdisciplinary methods. This book collects many of his most important writings, on a wide range of topics, from philology and text editing to religion, historical reconstruction, archaeology, and anthropology. This anthology is the first to give readers easy access to this versatile and influential body of work. DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/150cgxN http://scribd.com/doc/24209040/Combined-Methods-in-Indology-and-Other-Writings http://bit.ly/1t3SzY1 Modern South Asia History, Culture, Political Economy, Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal, 2004, History, 253 pages. A wide-ranging survey of the Indian sub-continent, Modern South Asia gives an enthralling account of South Asian history. After sketching the pre-modern history of the. The Discovery of India , Jawaharlal Nehru, 2004, India, 642 pages. Gives an understanding of the glorious intellectual and spiritual tradition of (a) great country.' Albert Einstein Written over five months when Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned. A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization , Niharranjan Ray, Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, Jan 1, 2000, History, 673 pages. A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization aims at familiarising its readers with the various aspects that go into the making of the history of Indian civilisation. The arrangement of. The History and Culture of the Indian People: British paramountcy and Indian renaissance, pt. -
Indian Anthropology
INDIAN ANTHROPOLOGY HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN INDIA Dr. Abhik Ghosh Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology Panjab University, Chandigarh CONTENTS Introduction: The Growth of Indian Anthropology Arthur Llewellyn Basham Christoph Von-Fuhrer Haimendorf Verrier Elwin Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Roy Biraja Shankar Guha Dewan Bahadur L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer Govind Sadashiv Ghurye Nirmal Kumar Bose Dhirendra Nath Majumdar Iravati Karve Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia Dharani P. Sen Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas Shyama Charan Dube Surajit Chandra Sinha Prabodh Kumar Bhowmick K. S. Mathur Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi Triloki Nath Madan Shiv Raj Kumar Chopra Andre Beteille Gopala Sarana Conclusions Suggested Readings SIGNIFICANT KEYWORDS: Ethnology, History of Indian Anthropology, Anthropological History, Colonial Beginnings INTRODUCTION: THE GROWTH OF INDIAN ANTHROPOLOGY Manu’s Dharmashastra (2nd-3rd century BC) comprehensively studied Indian society of that period, based more on the morals and norms of social and economic life. Kautilya’s Arthashastra (324-296 BC) was a treatise on politics, statecraft and economics but also described the functioning of Indian society in detail. Megasthenes was the Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya from 324 BC to 300 BC. He also wrote a book on the structure and customs of Indian society. Al Biruni’s accounts of India are famous. He was a 1 Persian scholar who visited India and wrote a book about it in 1030 AD. Al Biruni wrote of Indian social and cultural life, with sections on religion, sciences, customs and manners of the Hindus. In the 17th century Bernier came from France to India and wrote a book on the life and times of the Mughal emperors Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, their life and times. -
Major Challenges and Opportunities of Organized Retailing in India
Advances in Economics and Business Management (AEBM) p-ISSN: 2394-1545; e-ISSN: 2394-1553; Volume 2, Issue 15; October-December, 2015, pp. 1502-1506 © Krishi Sanskriti Publications http://www.krishisanskriti.org/Publication.html Major Challenges and Opportunities of Organized Retailing in India Jayadatta S Anjuman Institute of Technology and Management Bhatkal, Karnataka State Abstract—A rapidly changing retail landscape is seen in India in untapped retail industry are probably the key features and recent years and is been scrutinized by large scale investments by forces for global retail giants wanting to enter into newer domestic and foreign players. Today Indian retail industry is ranked markets in India which in turn will help Indian retail industry among the ten largest retail markets in the world. The face of to grow faster. A growth rate of 25% is expected from Indian retailing in India is transformed by the attitudinal shift of the Indian retail. Today India is the third largest economy in the world in consumer and the emergence of organized retail formats. In recent years consumer buying in retail sector is being projected as a key terms of GDP as well as fourth largest economy in terms of opportunity area with the sign of reemergence of economic growth in purchasing power parity. It is believed that modern retailing in India. As a consequence, with the idea to use resources optimally in India could be worth US $175-200 Billion by 2016. As of now order to create core competence and gain competitive advantage the food retail industry dominates the shopping basket in Indian corporate houses are refocusing its strategic perspectives in India. -
A Study About Problems Faced by Retailers-With Special Reference to Kottayam District in Kerala
www.ijcrt.org © 2018 IJCRT | Volume 6, Issue 2 April 2018 | ISSN: 2320-2882 A STUDY ABOUT PROBLEMS FACED BY RETAILERS-WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KOTTAYAM DISTRICT IN KERALA Aparna Merin Mathew , M.phil Commerce Muslim Arts College, Thiruvithancode(MS university) Address for communication: Nanthikattu House, Mundankal , Pala, Kottayam, Kerala-686574 ABSTRACT India is a country having the most unorganized retail sector. In retail marketing, retailer is the last link in the chain of distribution between the manufacturer and the ultimate consumer. Retailing or retail trade consists of the sale and all activities directly related to the sale of goods and services to ultimate consumers for personal, non- business use. In retail marketing, retailer faces several problems and challenges like price/market competition, competitive trend, governments contribution, growing economic disparity, supply chain management, frauds in retail etc….These problems and challenges may mainly affected by the retail sector. Each retail executive must be able to identify the retail marketing issues and have a plan to handle them as well.Therefore the present investigation is conducted in Erattupetta Panchayat to identify the problems and challenges of large scale retailers and small scale retailers. Keywords: Retailing, Market Competition, supply chain management, competitive trend INTRODUCTION In the growing market, retail marketing has become one of the major emerging trends in the entire economic cycle. It is the retail market only which provides the consumer a basic platform to encounter with goods and a shop keeper for the first time. Retail market consists of a fixed location like boutique store, department store etc… here in these location consumers meets the shop keeper and purchase goods in return of certain value. -
Impact of Organized Retail in Changing Perspective of Unorganized Retail Sector in India
Amity Journal of Commerce and Financial Review S P Singh Impact of Organized Retail in Changing Perspective of Unorganized Retail Sector in India SP Singh1 Abstract The retail sector in the current scenario is an emerging part of the Indian economy. The retail revolution has brought many changes and has also opened the door for many players in India and abroad. Indian market has the capacity to absorb a lot of retail players as a small proportion of the pie is still being organized. The retail sector has expanded significantly in recent years. In India, the organized retail sector has only a share of approximately three percent of the overall retail sector, while the largest chunk is doing the unorganized sector. A number of studies show that the organized sector posed a threat to the unorganized sector that is facing a strong degree of organized retail industry rivalry. The organized sector, on the other hand, is a major influence and impact on the unorganized sector. This paper is a humble effort to examine effects of organized retail industry from the various aspects and open areas for further study on the unorganized retail sector. Keywords: Indian retail market, organized and un-organized retail 1. Indian Retail Market - An Overview: The Indian retail market is expected to rise from US$790bn in financial year 2019 to US$1400bn by financial year 2024. Traditionally, retail has been a big sector that employs millions of people in India. Retailing in India accounts for over 10% of country’s GDP and 8% of total employment. -
Introduction to Retailing
P a g e | 1 BLOCK 1 INTRODUCTION TO RETAILING UNIT 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF RETAILING UNIT 2 STRUCTURE OF RETAIL INDUSTRY UNIT 3 RETAIL ORGANIZATIONS AND FORMATS UNIT4 CONTOURS OF INDIAN RETAIL MARKET FUNDAMENTALS OF RETAILING P a g e | 2 Block 1 INTRODUCTION TO RETAILING This block consists of four units, dealing with introductory concepts of retailing. The first unit gives you an insight into the fundamental concepts of retailing which include characteristics of the retail industry along with the distribution channels that are used in retailing. The second unit looks into the retail industry structure along with the concepts of concentration, market saturation and diversity in retailing. The third unit provides insights into the retail organization and various formats used in retailing. It discusses the concepts of independent, multiple, and franchise forms of ownership. The fourth and last unit of this block provides an overview of various dimensions of retailing in India including the challenges faced by organized retailing. FUNDAMENTALS OF RETAILING P a g e | 3 Unit 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF RETAILING Objectives After reading this unit, the learner would be able to: Understand the basic concepts of retailing Appreciate the role of a retailer in the distribution chain and society See the importance of the retail trade in development of the economy and employment generation Structure 1.1 Retailing Defined 1.2 The Retailer within the Distribution Channel 1.3 The Vertical Marketing System 1.4 The Consumer-Led Approach to Retailing 1.5 The Retail Industry - Its Contribution to the Economy 1.6 A Global Viewpoint 1.7 Employment in the Retail Sector 1.8 A Retailer's Position in Society 1.9 Summary 1.10 Review Questions 1.11 Further Readings FUNDAMENTALS OF RETAILING P a g e | 4 1.1 RETAILING DEFINED The word retailing has its origins in the French verb „retailer‟, which means “to cut up”, and refers to one of the fundamental retailing activities which is to buy in larger quantities and sell in smaller quantities. -
Chapter Number- One an Overview of the Retail Industry of India And
chapter number- one an overview of the retail industry of india and worldwide CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER CONTENTS AT A GLANCE AN OVERVIEW OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY OF INDIA AND WORLDWIDE TOPIC PARTICULARS PAGE NUMBER NUMBER 1.0: Introduction 02 2.0: The Retail Industry of India: The Major Landmarks 05 3.0: India’s Retail Sector: Size & Growth Trends 11 4.0: The Emergence of Organized Retail in India 21 5.0: Major Indian Retailers in Organized Retail Sector 27 6.0 Global Retail Expansion 35 7.0: SWOC Analysis of Retail Industry 40 8.0: Understanding Shoppers’ Behaviour in Retail Stores 41 9.0: Future Trends of Modern Retail in India 48 10.0: Concluding Remarks 54 11.0: Selected References 55 1 CHAPTER-ONE AN OVERVIEW OF RETAIL INDUSTRY OF INDIA AND WORLDWIDE 1.0: INTRODUCTION: Marketing is an applied social science. It has made progress by judiciously borrowing from other social sciences such as Economics, Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology etc. It has developed into a separate discipline now. The sub-areas of marketing include advertising, retailing, brand management, sales management, and consumer behaviour (Philip Kotler, 2009). Marketing starts with understanding needs of the customers both stated and unstated, designing products or service to satisfy those needs, informing the target customers about the availability of the product or service, influencing, motivating the customer to buy the product and also making the product available at the place where the customer needs, at an appealing price. In a nutshell, marketing is the organizational process in which decision is taken with respect to what is popularly known as ‘4Ps’: The Product, Price, Place and the Promotion.