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Premium Segment of Indian Bikes

The past few months have seen exhilarating competition in the premium segment with the launch of the Apache 150 in May 2006. The bike has received rave reviews, as the market share of TVS has increased to around 12% in the period from April-July 2006. Already, the Apache is the number 2 brand in the premium segment, beating Honda Motorcycles, though still far behind Bajaj Pulsar. Says K. N. Radhakrishnan, President, TVS Motor Company, “Riding high on the style and design quotient, TVS Apache has met with wide acceptance amongst youth and upwardly mobile professionals.” The premium segment saw sales figures of 384,409 units in the period from April-July 2006, a growth of 42.07% over last year. In the same period, the executive segment recorded sales of 1,668,558 units, growing by 16.66%. Quite a few new launches in the premium segment like Hero Honda Karizma 250 Fi, Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTFi and Yamaha Gladiator 250 are on the anvil.

The premium segment focuses more on technology and flamboyance. According to Shahwar Hussain of The Auto Magazine, “The 100- 125cc segment is huge, contributing to nearly 90% of the market, but the premium segment will soon overtake it as more people will now buy premium segment products.” Meanwhile, there are enough proponents of the executive segment, with the high selling Hero Honda Splendour, Bajaj Platina and TVS Victor. Manufacturers maintain 70-80% of total production capacity for this segment. Radhakrishnan puts it thus, “The launch of value-added bikes in the entry level economy segment has brought a fresh lease of life to the 100cc category.” As the segment attracts middle income groups, product range is oft en extremely diverse and allows buyers to have bikes custom made. Hero Honda,with sales of 982,000 units for the period from April-July 2006, is the market leader followed by Bajaj with sales of 394,000 units in the same period.

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BUOY YOUR ANCHOR, IT’S ROUGH WATERS

THE MOVE TO CHECK FDI FOR SECURITY THREAT HAS STALLED PORT INVESTMENTS; PRAY LET IT NOT STOP EVERYTHING
“No nation was ever ruined by trade,” is what Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of United States of America, oft en liked to say. It’s pretty much the same today. A country’s economic strength is increasingly being measured in terms of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) it can attract. Several countries, including India, are gradually relaxing norms to encourage foreign companies to set bases on their soil. However, there’s a gnawing worry: Are we endangering the nation in the process? Early last month, India’s National Security Council (NSC) Secretariat finalised the first draft of the National Security Exception Bill.

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Bollywood Masala?

‘A GENERATION AWAKENS’, AN AUDIENCE IS BORN…
The scenes of songs in the rain where the heroine’s sari clings suggestively to her, and where she flutters her eyelashes and sighs helplessly waiting behind a tree for the hero to find her, are slowly fading away. Of course, like any versatile audience, we Indians enjoy popcorn movies. Sometimes we like unwinding without having to think for three straight hours like, recently, in Golmaal. We enjoy seeing our actors and actresses all dolled up, dancing and gyrating for our entertainment. But we also enjoy movies that massage our grey cells. Realising this, Bollywood is witnessing a spurt of ‘thinking’ movies – increasingly liberal, increasingly rebellious – in mainstream cinema. Take Mani Ratnam’s next project.

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NOT THE TIME TO ROCK & ROLL YET...

WITH RISING INPUT COSTS, SMALL COMPANIES WILL HAVE TO EXPLORE OPTIONS
A whopping Rs.14.895 trillion is what India needs to pump in the infrastructure for the next five years, says CII in a recent report. The private sector, too, will have to contribute an enormous Rs.600 billion every year, further adds the report. According to RBI’s August bulletin, capital expenditure by the private sector has shown a remarkable growth in FY06, but is expected to increase at a decreasing rate in the current fiscal year, courtesy rising input cost. The aggregate capex of the services industry catapulted from a mere Rs.42 billion in 2004-05 to Rs.196.69 billion in 2005-06, taking the total capex to a record Rs.824.50 billion (an 8% increase over last year). Also, there has been a substantial increase in the project cost & average cost, which primarily hints at two things.

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DRESSED TEXTILES DELIGHT

AND SO THE TEMERITY OF TEXTILE IS ON TO CASH THE SIZZLING HOT MARKET
It’s festival time again and the bigwigs of the Indian textile industry are weaving up massive game plans to cash in on the sizzling hot opportunities. And why not? It’s that time of the year when people can be motivated through special offers to upgrade their wardrobes, which they are otherwise used to putting off till later. As per KSA Technopak’s ‘PAN India Survey’, the textile sector generates a whopping 60% of its annual sales in September & October alone. Notwithstanding the Rs.5 billion losses due to the recent floods in Surat which might have taken a bit of the sheen away from this sector, the apparel behemoths with latest global trends and smartest deals are ramping up their act to pamper the consumers. So, starting from textile titans to the new kids on the block and dashing designers – all are sprucing up their act to roll on this festival carnival.


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IIPM-Press Release:- DANGEROUS OB ‘SEZ’SIONS PART II

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Almost everyday, a Special Economic Zone comes up. Policy makers are evidently happy and are encouraging more such zones. However, the equally crucial infrastructural and administrative bottlenecks persist.

Consequently,there’s a touch of the obsessive about the SEZs. Touted as the magic potion, can they deliver? Will they overcome the pitfalls that kayoed earlier projects?


Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath must be a happy man. And why not! His hopes of attracting investments to the tune of $100 billion for the setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) appear to be making that crucial move from dream to reality. The decision by the Ennore Port Ltd. (ELT), a public sector company, to jointly set up a huge 2,500-acre SEZ in northern Chennai, with Tidco and Sipcot, is a shot in the arm for Nath. It marks an important milestone for the United Progressive Alliance government which has made all efforts to obsessively pursue what the previous six-year-old government of the National Democratic Alliance began.

Yet, despite this sudden rush of real estate developers, who seem to be racing to grab every possible chunk of land to turn it into SEZs, we need to look closely at how much difference the SEZs will really make to the Indian economy, especially the export sector. And much because the current trend seems more like a bumper harvest for real estate developers and enterprises eyeing lucrative tax holidays, rather than a genuine matter of enthusiasm for exporters. The SEZ Act, 2005, was brought forward by the government to replicate the Chinese success story in India. But the Act, which was to boost investments, has many shortcomings in its current form. For example, the government has allowed just 3.9 square miles and 0.039 square miles for multi-product zones and IT, gems & biotechnology zones, respectively.

Contrast this with the findings of a Morgan Stanley report in June 2006, which states that the minimum size of a SEZ should be somewhat between 40-50 square miles. The difference becomes obvious when one compares these SEZs with Chinese counterparts like Hainan (which is as big as Kerala). “SEZs were set up in order to give facilities that were not there in the other parts of the country. But we have seen that exports are doing well even without SEZs. So, we need to have an open mind and it would be wrong to assume that SEZs are the only option to improve our exports,” says Anjan Roy, Economic Advisor, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Other than that, it is also difficult to understand the logic behind setting up numerous SEZs in the interiors of the country.

Unlike China, where SEZs were set up in late 1970s to attract investments,India went ahead with its SEZ policy to improve its exports and not to attract investors. But, considering that the level of infrastructure (especially road transport) is still pathetic in India, one wonders as to how any of the SEZs could be of real help. Further, with exports estimated to grow at a rate of 20% and more in the coming years, ports are under severe pressure. Currently, 12 major ports in the country handle 75% of the total trade traffic, while the remaining 25% is covered by more than 187 small and medium-sized ports.

While no major change in any of the technologies or the setup has been brought about, ports are getting overburdened, affecting their traffic flow. Something can be done, but with the prevalent attitude, lack of speed has become a concerning factor. Only recently, the National Maritime Development Programme stressed that in order to boost India’s port infrastructure, the country needs to invest a whopping Rs.607.50 billion in major ports over the next seven years. And without these investments, the Shipping Ministry’s desire to double the current cargo handling capacity of ports over the next five years will remain a dream. But the inefficiency of Indian ports is not the only concern for exporters. It is the lack of coherence in government policy regarding exports that seems to be keeping exporters from showing enthusiasm for SEZs.


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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, 2006

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IIPM-Publications:- SIDHU WILL SHOW VISA THE WAY

A jaunt on the road to success sure gets more convenient with a Visa Card or two in tow. That is why cricket’s ubiquitous celebrity – the baadshah of boisterous – Navjot Singh Sidhu has been caught clean by Visa International to spread the good word about the company’s sponsorship of the imminent ICC cricket tournament. And words are what Sidhu can rattle off at the drop of a hat; not just that, switch on any channel – sports or news – chances are that his rumbustious Sidhuisms are doing the rounds. His quotes and his penchant for witticism (bordering on the corny and the eccentric at times, but nonetheless hilarious!) exemplify his friendly and flamboyant nature. Which is probably why Visa ‘got him’.

The ‘Visa Clean Bol’ contest kick started from the first of August in order to promote holiday packages for the ICC Champions Trophy 2006. Winners who devise the best ‘Sidhuisms’ will get to be at the ICC. All you have to do is shop till you drop and foot the bill with your Visa card, and you’re entitled to take part in the contest. Visa is looking at leveraging Sidhu’s wackiness for added impetus – all this to draw in the crowds. The swashbuckling wordsmith is bound to shore up responses to the company’s initiatives, outdoing Visa’s earlier tie with Sachin. In the meantime, here’s a potential Sidhuism winner for the contest: “Fields and the competitive arena were never meant to be churches!” Howzzat! 4Ps

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, 2006

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