Heritage entry fee hike in rupee

Tour operators are opposing the government's decision

India’s top tour operators feel put down by the government's move to make foreign tourists pay in Indian currency. According to the decision foreign tourists visiting monuments protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will now pay the entry fee in rupee. Says an outraged Subhash Goyal, Chairman, Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO): “Tour operators finalise their clients’ itineraries well in advance. Far from helping us, a fee hike would only create problems.”

From now onwards, each visitor will be charged Rs.250 or about $6 for giving a visit to a World Heritage Site such as the Qutab Minar, the Taj Mahal or the Ajanta and Ellora Caves, and Rs.100 for other monuments. This is a change from the previous dual tariff system under which the fee was $5 for World Heritage Sites and $2 for protected monuments such as the Red Fort & Purana Quila....Continue

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008

An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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The spice route

There’s a spices park coming up in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district. To be built on a nine-acre plot of land, the project will cost about Rs.9.95 crores (Rs.99.5 million), and will offer facilities for dehydration of garlic products, coriander leaves, green chilly extracts, turmeric and other medicinal plants and herbs. Other than these, there is also a proposal to set up a world-class testing laboratory. Phew! This initiative will be jointly sponsored by Spices Board and State Trading Corporation. Now that’s really hot!

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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Tale of how McChicken is going McGreen

The twists and turns started in the late 1980s when McDonald’s faced censure for its polystyrene clamshell containers. In ‘87, McDonald’s replaced CFCs, with weaker HCFC-22’s after facing criticism for ‘contributing to ozone depletion’. They then organized efforts to mail clamshells back to Oak Brook head-quarters, establishing a “Ronald McToxic Campaign”. More such innovative nomenclatures were churned out by these groups – “McPuff ” was the name given to the project when McDonald’s tested its on-site incinerators. In 2006, a sensational protest came from Greenpeace when 7-foot-tall chickens invaded McDonald’s restaurants across the UK and chained themselves to chairs in a protest against deforestation of the Amazons. McDonald’s was accused of sourcing soya and beef from the deforested areas of Amazon. Acting fast, in the same year, McDonald’s and other food companies formed an alliance with Greenpeace to stop the traders from deforesting Amazon.

Thus, with the expansion of a strong environmental policy declaring that Mc- Donald’s is committed to protecting the environment for future generations, they sure are treading the “Green-Back” along with the “Green Path”

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Mining sector reform on the anvil

The policy envisages “attracting domestic & foreign direct investments to the tune of Rs.1,000 billion in the mining sector & generating direct & indirect employment for about 500,000 skilled & unskilled labour force by 2011.” If approved, it would allow 100% FDI in mining of all minerals, barring Coal, Lignite & atomic minerals. Furthermore, staterun agencies will be treated at par with private entities for the purpose of award of concessions. There will be no mandatory joint venture with local or state-owned companies for mining. The Secretary General of Federation of Indian Mineral Industries, R.K. Sharma, told B&E, “On the whole, it is a good step forward, but the auction of mineral deposits & provision of captive mines needs to be opposed.” He further added, “Tatas are sitting over 3,000 million tonnes of iron ore deposits & produce only about 5 million tonnes of steel; while SAIL, which has control over 5,000 million tonnes of steel, produces over 13.33 million tonnes of steel.”

Development needs to be promoted, but selling the assets of the nation at runaway price would be abominable & a breach of people’s trust in the state.

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