I think it was last year when the Ganpatis during the Ganpati festival seemed to have come from China. Indian manufacturing has a long way to go except for niche areas such as small car manufacturing, machine tools etc.
As to CPG products, the market is run by MNCs alright - but the MNCs find themselves transformed. Companies such as Unilever and P&G have Indian managers all around the globe from the middle to the top. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ram/Rajen > This is no doubt a commendable article reflecting on > the booming software > industry of India. > A few years ago I read in a journal that all this > progress can be attributed > to multinationals or other large industries that > operate from abroad. Only > an insignificant part of the global trade is > indigenous confined to South > India, I now forget the names of the States, I think > they are Andhra Pradesh, > Tamil Nadu or Kerala (Knowledgeable netters may > kindly correct me). > During my visit to India last May, I happen to look > at some chemical > products like disinfectants, hair colours etc. I > found that these ordinary household > items are actually produced by giant German and > other foreign companies > employing highly-paid Indian executives, jobs which > are pursued relentlessly by > our MBAs. (Incidentally in Nepal I found an > abundance of articles of all > sorts imported from China, South Korea and of > course Western countries; and of > course these cheap goods are available in the > Western markets as well). > Regards > Bhuban > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
