Industry Overview

Heralded as the Oyster of the global dairy industry, India boasts of its credit of being the largest milk producer on the earth besides offering a galaxy of opportunities to entrepreneurs across the world in the dairy industry. India has been alluring a large number of investors to invest in the milk production and dairy products manufacturing arena. While the dairy industry in India is growing at a rapid phase, the liberal economy offers myriad opportunities for foreign investors and MNCs to take advantage of the huge potential in this industry segment. The dairy industry in India moves ahead...

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What comprises baby care products industry? Baby care products industry comprises of segments which address the needs of baby-care. Any product that promises to meet the demand for taking care of an infant, generally between o-4 years of age, falls under this industry. Typical segments of this industry are skin-care, hair care, baby food, toiletries , apparels & footwear, baby travel gear and medical kits for everyday use. Current Scenario While the developed nations have reached near stagnation in the growth of baby products industry, there is a huge potential in the coming decades...

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What is Food Processing? Food processing is any method that is used to add value to the raw food materials (including marine products, poultry and meat) which can be consumed by human beings or animals. It means to transform raw food materials into the forms which are either consumable directly or have shorter preparation cycle, are packaged in a convenient, attractive and marketable way and which increase the shelf life of the food items. Most of the food items consumed by the urbanites in India today are processed to some grade. For example, pasteurised milk, energy and nutrition bars,...

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Aluminium Industry in the Indian subcontinent is a highly concentrated sector with 5 prominent players catering to the majority of the country’s aluminium production. The country has been witnessing a growing demand for the metal in the domestic market accounting for an enviable growth in the sector. Truly speaking, today the aluminium production in the country is outpacing the demand. Very strangely the per capita consumption of the aluminium metal in India is less than 1kg, whereas the same is estimated at 25 to 30 kgs in US & Europe, 15 kgs in Japan, 10 kgs in Taiwan and...

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Aviation Industry in India is a significant one among those industry segments that have experienced a phenomenal growth across the globe over the past years. The open sky policy of the Indian government is one of the key factors that have allured international players into the aviation industry in India. Since long, the aviation industry in India has been growing in terms of number of air travel firms and number of aircrafts. Today, private airlines alone bear the burden of not less than 75% of the domestic aviation requirements. Indian aviation industry is the 9th largest in the world....

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India is the second largest producer of cement on the globe after China. In total, India manufactures 251.2 Million Tones of cement per year. The cement industry in India has received a great impetus from a number of infrastructure projects taken up by the Government of India like road networks and housing facilities. While the Indian cement industry enjoys a phenomenal phase of growth, experts reveal that it is poised towards a highly prosperous future over the very recent years. Estimates state that the production in the sector will touch 262.61 MT in FY12. The cement industry in the...

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Understanding Agriculture Industry One can understand the agriculture or agro industry as the offshoot of agriculture. Development in the agricultural industry is crucial to make agriculture more profitable and generate more employment opportunities both in the levels of production and sales. The comprehensive development realized in the agriculture industry will help enhance both the physical and social infrastructure in the subcontinent. Commercialization and diversification of agriculture will further add up to the income of the farmers and give way to food surpluses. One can see the agro-industry mainly consisting of the post-harvest activities including processing and preserving of agricultural...

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Indian economy, with one of the handsome economic growth rate in the world, is also witnessing boom in India’s retail industry. Although the recent recession slowed down the growth for some time, it still has great prospects. To show the extent of its scope consider this – penetration of organized retail in US is more than 85% where as in India it is just about more than 8%. The Indian retail industry is divided into unorganized sector and the organized sector. Organized sector consists of the retail shops which are registered, licensed (where applicable) and pay sales and income...

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The publishing industry in India is defined by a vast set of variables. To understand its intricacies, one cannot simply come up with a figure for market size and growth rate. In fact, for such precise figures one needs sufficient customer data. At this point, such data is missing and in reality the book publishing sector alone might be much bigger than the current estimates of Rs 80 billion. This is one of the reasons why John Makinson, a former journalist with The Financial Times, Chief Executive of Penguin group since 2002, calls publishing in India ‘a step in...

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Sports Equipments Manufacturing Industry of India Tracing the roots of the sports equipments manufacturing industry in India will take us to Sialkot, Pakistan. For so long, this town enjoyed a renowned fame in this sector by housing a long list of different sized companies that were into this arena. Eventually, following the partition of India a number of skilled craftsmen of this town moved to Punjab, settling in Jalandhar. Since then, Jalandar has been offering a strong foothold for the development of sports goods manufacturing in the country. The following years also witnessed the expansion of this industry to...

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