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CASE 01- IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING MONOPOLY FIRMS IN INDIA
CASE 02- ANALYZING PERFORMANCE OF UBER AND AMAZON IN INDIA
SUBMITTED BY:
NAME -HITESH PAREEK
GROUP- 2
SECTION -B
ROLL NO- 18416
Case 01 –Identifying and Analyzing Monopoly Firms in India
Indian Railways
Coal India Limited
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
1) INDIAN RAILWAYS:
Indian Railways is owned and operated by Ministry of Railways, Government of India. It
is founded in 8 May 1845, having revenue of 1.683 trillion INR and number of employees
1.331 million, is the biggest monopoly in India and on the rank fourth in the world. It has
a total track of 119630 kms
Passenger Railways
Freight Services
Parcel carrier
Catering and Tourism Services and other related services
Indian Railway is a Monopoly because it is one of its kind in the country having large
number of customers and it is the only seller, it is a price maker.
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Central Coalfields Limited
Central Mine, Planning and Design Institute Limited
Eastern Coalfields Limited
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
Northern Coalfields Limited
South Eastern Coalfields Limited
Western Coalfields Limited
HAL has over 20 units and 10 R&D centres across India and it designs and
manufactures Aircrafts for Indian Defence.
The opening up of Indian Defence to 100% FDI may also help HAL for foreign
partnerships to tap new opportunities.
Products of NPCIL:
Nuclear Power
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Electricity Generation and Distribution
There are 22 Nuclear reactors operating under 8 nuclear plants. The usual rule of thumb
for nuclear power is that about two third of the generation cost is accounted by fixed
cost. The cost of fuel is lower in Nuclears whereas operating and maintenance cost is
higher in Nuclear Plant.
Uber operates in around 30 cities in India and planning to add 6-7 more.
Company has not filled latest profit numbers in its annual returns. It was profitable in two
years after its inception
In India Uber competes with Ola, which has raised more than $1 billion in Investments.
Currently Uber is operating in 30+ cities while its competitor Ola is in 100 cities
Amazon India net loss for its India Business is Rs 1724 crore in the year end in March
2015. Taking the combined loss of big 3 online firm including Flipkart and Snapdeal to
Rs 5025 crore as hunted for buyers by offering deep discounts.
The performance in India was the hallmark of the Amazon CEO Post result comments
that happens to be his first on the country’s internet marketplace after local rival Flipkart
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recently raised $2 billion from softbank .Flipkart is currently ahead of Amazon India on
the value of goods sold through its platform.
Amazon has cost cutting initiative ‘Get-fit’ includes cost cutting in Packaging, more
Automation in warehouse and more effectively product delivery
Another initiative is ‘Get-Big’ which is to make company the largest online retailer in
India. In past two quarters, the Indian Business has specifically called out as one of the
biggest loss driver in Amazon Inc.
Untill unless there is no monopoly in E- Commerce , Neither Amazon nor flipkart is going
to stop big discount offers.
REFERENCES:
CIL
NPCIL
BUSINESS STANDARD
ECONOMIC TIMES
AMAZON INC.
INDIAN RAILWAYS
TIMES OF INDIA
HAL
UBER INDIA
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