ECONOMICA

On 10th December, 2016 PM Mr. Narendra Modi  said, “After  milk revolution it’s time for honey revolution” while giving speech in Gujarat.So, now let’s get some information about what is Honey Revolution and how Honey Production (Bee Keeping) help the farmers. History                  Apiculture (from Latin : Apis “Bee”) is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives by humans in order to collect their honey and other products. Depiction of humans collecting honey from wild bees dates back to 15,000 years ago. Domestication  is shown in Egyptian art from around 4500 years ago.                    Bee Keeping is one of the oldest tradition in India for collecting honey. Honey Bee farming is becoming more popular due to its market demand in national and international markets as ...

One of the BJP-led NDA government’s glorious campaign is Make In India . " Make in India"  is a lion's step, the logo is a silhouette of a lion on a prowl made entirely of cogs symbolizing  India’s  manufacturing strength and national pride.There are some goals which seem achievable to me and some I think are merely fantasy.The aim of Make In India is to create demand and then incentivise producers to meet the demand.This according to the Make In India campaign consists of 4 broad measures: 1. Cheaper costs of production and movement of goods – Raw materials have to make their way into the factory and finished goods have to move out. In the middle of this the processing of materials into goods would take water, electricity, real estate, clinics and hospitals to support this facility. An alternative is to set up your own unit, that would mean incurring more costs which would go against our aim in the first place. The current energy deficiency in India is around...

  In early December, 2016, Amazon took the wraps off Amazon Go, a real-world grocery store that comes with a twist: there’s no checkout process. You just grab the stuff you want and walk out; the order posts to your Amazon account afterwards. There are no cashiers, no lines, no fumbling for a credit card. “ Four years ago we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no lines and no checkout? Could we push the boundaries of computer vision and machine learning to create a store where customers could simply take what they want and go? Our answer to those questions is Amazon Go and Just Walk Out Shopping. ” – Amazon Amazon posted this video on YouTube, and it outlines what Amazon Go is all about. The video now has over 7.7 million views. Have I piqued your interest yet? So, how did Amazon Go start and how does it work? In 2013 and 2014 Amazon filed two patents that described most of the technology that the Amazon Go store ...

Picture from Orobel.com Looking back upon the year 2016, I am filled with a sense of dread. Will I be next? How bad would my city look after an attack? And how will we cope if an international terrorist organization were to strike on our soil? Hopelessness, uncertainty and mainly a sense of fear prevails. Personally, I fear the feeling I had right after 26/11 when my entire city was on lockdown and everyone sat clutching their hearts in their hands. I fear that we will be holding our breaths so long for good news, that it will be eons before we are safe again. I fear, Fear itself. But as I spent my year studying economies and learning market structures in detail, the one question that kept plaguing my mind was this, will our economy fall if we were ever to be attacked?  Did USA crash after 9/11? Were Paris and Brussels affected in 2016? After immense research and a lot of questions, this is what I gathered. Economies as individuals are affected after a terrorist...

Dr. Deshpande (centre) being felicitated by Dr. Desai (left) as Dr. PRakash Salvi looks on (right). On 15 th December, the University of Mumbai and Economica (the Department of Economics at Ruparel) organized a talk on Artha Saksharta (Economic Literacy) with Dr.  Chandrahas Deshpande  (Ex-Director, MC) as a part of the celebration of 168 th year of the University of Mumbai.                  The program was organized by Sharanya Pillai.  Members volunteered as photographers, videographers, to get the bouquet, for setting up the whole room, for board decoration and publicity. The program received an enthusiastic response from students.                  The program started with little introduction of the chief guest and his felicitation with a bouquet of flowers. He then started his speech. First of ...

The Cultural Department is an imperative part of the D.G . Ruparel College. With activities going on year round, our college has been a part of state level competition called Maharashtra Utsav . This year, I had the privilege of being a part of the MU Team. My role in MU was limited to one event only i.e Folk dance. The folk dance to be performed was called as Kalbeliya . It is a folk dance that belongs to the North-West State of India i.e Rajasthan.  Folk Dance in general requires lot of energy and stamina. It is considered to be one of the most hectic dance forms, ours was not an exception. My team consisted of 10 members including me. The day we reached the rehearsal hall, we were told about the dance form and also that the time limit given was approximately 8-10 mins. All of it seemed impossible during the initial days, with us attending lectures in the morning and then spending the entire afternoon rehearsing! We were extremely unsure of ourselves. Ruparel's Kalbeliya...