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Globalisation And The Indian Economy

Question
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'In a matter of years, our markets have been transformed!' Explain.

Solution
In a matter of years, our markets have been transformed:

(i)As consumers in today’s world, some of us have a wide choice of goods and services before us. The latest models of digital cameras, mobile phones and televisions made by the leading manufacturers of the world are within our reach.

(ii)Every season, new models of automobiles can be seen on Indian roads. Gone are the days when Ambassador and Fiat were the only cars on Indian roads.

(iii)Today, Indians are buying cars produced by nearly all the top companies in the world.

(iv)A similar explosion of brands can be seen for many other goods: from shirts to televisions to processed fruit juices.

(v)Such wide-ranging choice of goods in our markets is a relatively recent phenomenon. We wouldn’t have found such a wide variety of goods in Indian markets even two decades back.

Some More Questions From Globalisation and The Indian Economy Chapter

‘The impact of globalisation has not been uniform’. Explain this statement.

How has liberalization of trade and investment policies helped the globalization process?

How does foreign trade lead to integration of markets across countries? Explain with an example other than those given here.

Globalisation will continue in the future. Can you imagine what the world would be like twenty years from now? Give reasons for your answer.

Supposing you find two people arguing : One is saying globalisation has hurt our country’s development. The other is telling, globalisation is helping India to develop. How would you respond to these arguments?

Indian buyers have a greater choice of goods than they did two decades back. This is closely associated with the process of ____________________. Markets in India are selling goods produced in many other countries. This means there is increasing __________________ with other countries. Moreover, the rising number of brands that we see in the markets might be produced by MNCs in India. MNCs are investing in India because _________________ While consumers have more choices in the market, the effect of rising _____________ and ________ has meant greate _____________ among the producers.

The past two decades of globalisation has seen rapid movements in:

The most common route for investments by MNCs in countries around the world is to:

Globalisation has led to improvement in living conditions.