Chauvinist forces

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The armed forces of the country fall awfully short when it comes to employing women in their ranks. Indian Navy had women in their ranks only after 1992. The women now form part of their education, logistics, medical and the air traffic control units; but surprisingly, they are neither in the combat units nor can they rise higher in the hierarchy. Indian Air Force similarly employs women in several sectors including flying helicopters and fixed wing aircraft s, but not the fighter aircraft s. In Indian Army, gender equality remains farthest in agenda. Statistically, of the total of 34,000 officers that the Army has, only 933 are women. The Navy has a majestic 100 out of 7,000, while the Air Force has 450 women in their 10,200 officer ranks. It must also be highlighted that women are in general employed only for the short service commission in most of the cases serving a maximum of 14 years.

The standard argument of ‘cultural sensitivity’ that is given for their non inclusion falls flat when women’s inclusion into all ranks of Police hierarchy is considered. That reasoning finds few supports even historically, given the rich legacy of women fighters from Razia Sultan to Rani Laxmi Bai Regiment (in the Indian National Army). Needless to say, in changing times, the policy framework reflecting more of chauvinism needs to change.

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Honda blows a clean horn

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According to new California emission norms of 2007, vehicles that weigh less than 6000 pounds should not emit more than 0.07 grams of N2O (Nitrogen oxide) per mile on an average. Honda along with other Japanese conglomerates is engaged in the business of selling lighter fuel efficient cars in America and therefore this obligation hurts. Honda has announced that it will launch a diesel powered vehicle by 2009, which will meet the stringent norms that other major automobile manufacturers have failed with. In this regard the company is experimenting with some high-end diesel technologies and is planning to invest an estimated $4.8 billion on R&D activity. Honda is also going to launch its next generation FCX fuel-cell sports car in the American markets.

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The initial set of companies selected for arriving at India’s top 100 profitable companies were chosen from the BSE 500 index. Incidentally, the BSE 500 index represents 93% of the total market capitalisation on BSE. Only those companies, whose financial details were available, were taken into consideration. The advantage of using the BSE 500 index as a sample was that it virtually covers all possible sectors that have contributed to the economy, and hence, is an index not biased or inclined towards a particular sector. Grouping of the companies was done strictly according to the sector bifurcation done by the BSE (primary data sourced from Capital Line Plus).

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Not the goods though, as players enter into M&As to unleash growth

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The FMCG sector has witnessed heightened M&A activity in the recent past in order to expand product and market presence in a sluggish sector. With FICCI extrapolating a growth of merely 2% for the year 2005-06 in the (so-called) fast moving consumer goods industry, the bigwigs of this space are looking for new avenues to overcome the negative trend.

Godrej Beverages & Foods Ltd. grabbed Nutrine for Rs.2.7 billion, Wipro acquired the Glucovita brand from HLL, and Dabur India acquired the loss making Balsara (which is now showing profits), with brands like Odonil, Odomos, Odopic & Sanifresh for Rs.1.4 billion. In the same league, Wockhardt acquired Dumex India, owner of the brands Protinex & Farex from Royal Numico NV.

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