This paper investigates the potential and scope of transformation of a Microfinance NGO into a NBFC. Conversion into a NBFC gives a Microfinance NGO greater credibility as it brings the Micro Finance Institution under the purview of Reserve Bank of India. Besides, being a corporate entity...

Retailing in India is not a very new phenomenon. It has been in practice since long. But the emergence of Globalization (1991) has added extra pace and dimension to the retailing sector. This decade has brought a number of changes in a number of ways. The most vitally affected are the social and...

Infrastructure development is the key to sustainable growth in India. It makes India globally competitive, raises standard of living, enhances profits for government, bridges rural-urban divide and increases level of employment. The most significant criteria for a continued growth rate of an...

Private sector participation through Public Private Partnerships is increasingly being used as a means for delivering physical infrastructure amidst increasingly constrained public budgets and inadequate service delivery. The Government of India, which is currently grappling with a crippling...

The Internet is growing at a rate of almost 50-100% per year in India. From being a medium for exchange of information and communication between the scientific research workers, it has opened a vast vista of entertainment and information (edutainment) for millions of people on the Internet...

Women Consumers are playing an important role in online shopping. The increasing use of internet by the women consumers in India provides an emerging prospect for online retailers. If online retailers know the factors affecting women consumers' buying behavior, then they can further develop...

The most significant criteria for the continued growth rate of an economy rests on the provision of quality infrastructure. The Indian government finds it difficult to provide the required financial and technical resources and the executive capacity to cope with the rising demand for roads,...

On the eve of planning the foreign trade of India showed an excess of imports over exports. The increase in imports was largely due to pent-up demand of the war and the post war period as a consequence of various control and restrictions. Like other developing countries India faces structural...

International trade is a major source of economic revenue for any nation that is considered a world power. Without international trade, nations would be limited to the goods and services produced within their own borders. International trade is in principle not different from domestic trade as...