Business in India

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A India e um reino de antonimos, cruel e emocionada, viciosa e virtuosa, inerte e inquieta, dolente e divertida, que nos agonia e que nos apaixona. E que nos faz voltar. Sempre?" Luis Mieiro List of frequently used abbreviations BOT Build Operate Transfer BPO Business Process Outsourcing FDI Foreign Direct Investment FII Foreign Institutional Investor GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDM Global Delivery Model GDP Gross Domestic Product GDR Global Depository Receipts HTP Hardware Technology Park IRDA Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority IT Information Technology ITA Information Technology Agreement ITES IT Enabled Services KPO Knowledge Process Outsourcing LIC Life Insurance Corporation METROS Top 8 Cities in the Country MNC Multinational Corporation NBFC Non-Banking Financial Company NBFI Non-Banking Financial Institutions PPP Purchasing Power Parity PSB Public Sector Bank PSU Public Sector Unit RBI Reserve Bank of India REMF Real Estate Mutual Funds Rs Indian Rupee SBU Strategic Business Units SDR Special Drawing Rights SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India SEZ Special Economic Zone SEZA Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 SLA Service Level Agreement STP Software Technology Park STT Securities Transaction Tax TIER 1 CITIES Next Level Cities after Metros TRAI The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India VAT Value Added Tax VCF Venture Capital Funds WTO World Trade Organisation SEPTEMBER 1 Visit to Bannerghatta National Park Bannerghatta National Park is situated 22 km south of Bangalore, Karnataka, India...