INDIA GOING HARD

Written by: ANURAG SAHOO

OFF WITH THE OLD, GO WITH THE NEW.

When the Britishers left India on August 15th 1947 midnight, the economy of India was in shambles. The world and especially Europe’s economy was devasted because the world was only 2 years old from the greatest war mankind had ever faced. India was facing an acute shortage of staple food materials and the Indian industries especially cottage industries were crippled by the Britisher’s exploitation.

The frontrunners of the Indian Politics were faced with a mammoth task of rejuvenating a once glorious but now destroyed economy. Due to several economic reforms like THE GREEN REVOLUTION which encouraged the use of high-quality seed in agriculture or THE WHITE REVOLUTION which made India the world’s 2nd largest producer of milk after Canada, India’s economy got a facelift.

Today, Indian companies share growth stories similar to global giants like SONY, PEPSI, etc. Let’s take some examples. The AMALGAMATED COFFEE BEAN TRADING COMPANY opened a coffee shop in Bangalore in 1996. Little did everybody realized by then that this will turn into a very popular brand called CAFÉ COFFEE DAY. This brand grew to 800 plus outlets all over India, Sri-lanka, Pakistan, Europe within just 13 years.

DLF’s Kushal Pal Singh saw a dream of transforming an under-developed area in Haryana into an urban metropolis. Today, the dream have been achieved as “WIKIPEDIA” refers GURGAON as the BPO capital of the world making DLF the world’s largest real estate developer.

INDIA INC is now respected globally as TATA-JLR acquisition or TATA-CORUS acquisition are consolidating the Indian company’s image as aggressive bidders. The day will not be far when more and more Indian companies will find a place in the FORTUNE-500 list. Our nation and the companies seem to follow the above mentioned rule strictly and relentlessly. INDIA IS INDEED GOING HARD.