Indian Business Environment

Overview

© 2003 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin

 Module -1

•What is Business?
•Characteristics of Modern Business
•Business Environment
 Internal Environment
External Environment
 Micro Environment
 Macro Environment
• Environmental Scanning
•Business policy
 Module - 2
• Economic Environment
•Patterns of Indian Economy
•Economic Systems
•Sectors of Economy
• Economic Policies
Industrial Policy
 Foreign exchange policy
Fiscal Policy
Monetary Policy

•Economic Planning
•Foreign Trade
•Foreign Trade ( Development and regulation)
Act 1992
•Balance of payments
• Foreign Investment
FDI
Portfolio Investment
•Economic Role
• Sustainable Development
• Globalisation and its Impact
 Module - 3

• Social and Cultural Environment

• What is culture
•Social structure
• Impact of Culture on Business
• Social responsibility
• Why Social responsibility?
•Business ethics
• Types of business ethics
• Consumerism
• Consumerism in India
• Consumer Protection
• Consumer Protection Act 1986
•Consumer rights
 Module-4

• Political environment
•Government Intervention
•Types of intervention
• Economic roles of the Government
• The fundamental rights
• Fundamental Duties
•GATT
•TRIPS and TRIMS
•GATS
• Patents
• Indian Patent Act 1970
• Trademarks
• Trade marks act 1999
• Copy rights Act 1957
• Government Responsibilities to business
 Module-5

• Technological Environment
• Impact of technology
• Technology Policy
 Module- 6

• MRTP Act 1970

• Industrial Licensing
• Industrial ( Development and Regulation) Act
1951
• Foreign exchange regulation Act 1973
• Foreign exchange management act 1990
• Central Sales Tax
• Central Excise Duty
• CENVAT
 Module- 7

• Indian Money market

• Functions of money market
• Instruments in Money market
• Indian Capital market
• Stock exchange
• SEBI
• Trends in Stock exchange
• Capital markets reforms
• Commercial banks
•Commercial Banks
•NBFC’s
 Module- 8

• Institutional Structure and Finance

• Types of Finance
• Working Capital
• Indian Constitution
 Module- 9

• Insurance
• Types of Insurance
• IRDA 1999
•IRDA and Privatisation of Insurance.
 Reference Books

• Francis Cherunilam - “Business Environment”

• Datta R and Sundaram KPM – “Indian
Economy”
• Agarwal AN. – “Emerging dimensions of Indian

Economy.”
• K. Aswathappa- “Essentials of Business
Environment”
• Suresh Bedi- “ Business Environment”
• Adhikary,- “Economic Environment of Business”
• Misra and Puri - “ Indian Economy”
• Misra and Puri - “ Economic Environment of
Business