AAI Staff Protest Across the Country, Against

Handover of 6 Airports to Adani Group

 IN 2018 THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO PRIVATIZE AIRPORTS IN LUCKNOW, AHMEDABAD, JAIPUR,
MANGALORE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AND GUWAHATI FOR OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) MODEL.
 IN FEBRUARY, ADANI ENTERPRISES LTD (AEL) WON THE RIGHTS TO RUN THESE SIX AIRPORTS AFTER
COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
 THE AAI MANAGES AROUND 120 AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY WITH A WORKFORCE OF AROUND 17,000. THE
AAI UNIONS/ASSOCIATIONS RECENTLY FORMED THE FORUM TO "PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD THE AAI AND
INTERESTS OF ITS EMPLOYEES BESIDE EXPLAINING THE IMPACT OF THE PRIVATIZATION".

THE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS ON ADANI GROUP OF THESE PROTEST :

A. THE ADANI GROUP IS NOT HAVING EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD.

B. THE GOVT. HAS DEFERRED FURTHER AWARDING OF THREE LETTERS TO ADANI GROUP.
C. THE ADANI HAS TAKEN A HUGE DEBT FOR THE DEAL, SO IF THE DEAL DOSEN’T CAPITALIZE IT WILL BEAR THE
RAMIFICATIONS.
NAME: GOURANG NARYANI
ROLL NO: IPM01097
 Beauty Brand Bath and Body Works launches e-store in India

1. American beauty brand Bath and Body Works , known for its body care and home products, has launched its
online store in India.

2. The $4 Million brand had opened several retail outlets across india.

3. The e-store will sell collections of body lotions, soap and fragrances retailed at their brick-and-mortar outlets.

IMPLICATIONS-
1. Bath and Body Works is now toe to toe with the Body Shop in Indian market.
2. Existing companies are now going to suffer as good quality branded products are easily available in the market.
3. Here in this case body shop have an edge as they are already conquered a good amount of share in Indian market.
4. Since the company is focusing more on tier II and III cities they have to focus more on availability of products and also
have to focus on organic products.
Name: Guru Siddharth
Roll no: IPM01098
 Airtel-Jio Fight Enters New Phase
Airtel Xstream enters fray ahead of JioFiber launch
It will allow customers to access diverse digital content on a screen of their choice
Airtel has to combat with Jio’s imminent home broadband blitz
Jio Fiber is available from 5th September
Jio has already logged 15 million registrations across 1600 towns for Jio Fiber

Managerial and Business Implications :

Difficultfor Airtel to pull this off as the company is under loss
Airtel might not be able to create an actual impact in terms of the hardware that it provides considering other options
from the likes of Google and Amazon
Reliance Jio’s bundle broadband service plans may leave DTH firms “most vulnerable”

Name:Harikeshav Pramodu
Roll no: IPM01099
Source: The Economic Times
Maruti Suzuki ,the country’s largest carmaker will make all small cars in its portfolio available in Compressed Natural Gas
{CNG} variants .
It aims to reduce dependence of imported oil and cut down on vehicular pollution.
The company expects the increase in sales of CNG and Hybrid vehicles, to pick up the slack after it stopped diesel vehicle
production.

Business and Managerial Implications

1. Dearth of CNG refilling stations, which might discourage the buyers from purchasing CNG vehicles.

2. In a bid to push adoption of CNG vehicles , the petroleum ad natural gas ministry has announced plans to set up 1o000 CNG
distributions outlets in 5 years. This will help Maruti Suzuki for national roll out in future

3.The company will have to provide more stylish cars in CNG models as costumers demand more aesthetic values now a days.
Harshal Bhatia
IPM01100
About 200 U.S. based companies have expressed interest in coming to India from China.
USISPF received enquiries from those companies about how to invest in India and they have a potential for bringing $21 billion in investments to India.
US President Donald Trump's trade war with China, the problems with protecting intellectual property and restrictions on doing business have prompted
many US companies to look for other places to move or expand operations. 

IMPLICATIONS
By investing in other countries these companies may be able to avoid the high tariffs imposed by Trump, some of which went into effect in September. 
The Centre has to reform labor laws to make the condition of employment of workers easy, enable the acquisition of land easier, create reliable tax systems
and establish a solid financial sector that is able to fuel investment. 
The responsibility of the state is to provide "a framework of welcome" for companies wanting to relocate or invest by helping them find land facilitating
clearances, and running interference with Delhi.
The state also has to provide the kinds of educational and health infrastructure that is required not only for work force, but for managerial talent.

Name: Ishan Sharma Roll no: IPM01101

Name: Ishan Sharma

Roll no. IPM01101
Source: The Economic Times