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Re: Make in India

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Post by canvia » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 3:11 PM UTC

alecco wrote: post #18

Dow Chemical gave a 5* review.

Are you referring to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster

Re: Make in India

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Post by roneesh » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 3:15 PM UTC

Usability issues aside (that FAQ is ridiculous), this site is a step in the right direction.

I've been looking for a way to be handloomed textiles for some time and this website helps find all the government agencies, but then each of their sites are hopelessly broken.

I've encountered bad links, broken pages, email bounce backs and a woeful lack of information. However if they upgrade those sites to the quality level of this one, then business in India really will be easier.

Re: Make in India

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Post by virens » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 3:30 PM UTC

viach wrote: post #16

Hm, so their cheap Mars mission was sort of local manufacturers promotion? Clever move.

Its coincidence for both the events. But surely Mars mission will help in promotion.

Re: Make in India

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Post by garimagupta95 » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 3:38 PM UTC

Madeinindia.com would have probably better

Re: Make in India

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 3:39 PM UTC

suprgeek wrote: post #13

India has very cheap labor so you might save some costs on that front. However there are many deep-rooted infrastructure issues that need to be overcome: Industries need un-innterupted power. There are massive power shortages already. Mass production requires good road & rail connectivity - the state of roadways in India is pathetic Freedom to hire (and fire) people - 1950s era socialist labor laws are abundant in In…

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Re: Make in India

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 4:01 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #25

suprgeek wrote: post #13

India has very cheap labor so you might save some costs on that front. However there are many deep-rooted infrastructure issues that need to be overcome: Industries need un-innterupted power. There are massive power shortages already. Mass production requires good road & rail connectivity - the state of roadways in India is pathetic Freedom to hire (and fire) people - 1950s era socialist labor laws are abundant in In…

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Re: Make in India

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Post by davesque » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

rohunati wrote: post #11

If it weren't for one of the comments here, I would have absolutely no idea what this is about. Really poorly designed. FAQ should be a list of questions. I can guess but not entirely sure who this is from.

Right, I had the same problem. Don't know what the purpose of the site is. It's very opaque.

Re: Make in India

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Post by scott_karana » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

ashishbharthi wrote: post #7

RankingMember wrote: post #4

Pretty cryptic. The FAQ should list the FAQs (make some possible ones up and answer them if you haven't had people ask any :) ), not ask the user for a question.

I agree. There are lots of usability issues with the website. However this still one of the better websites compare to all the government websites.

My favourites are still http://work.sweden.se/ and https://www.gov.uk/, both of which are pretty usable seeming. :)

Re: Make in India

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Post by sravfeyn » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 5:08 PM UTC

For those looking at the usability of the website, here's little context.It's not a great website. It's a change (in good direction) in the existing India government websites that use yesteryear technologies.

Re: Make in India

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Post by chdir » Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 5:16 PM UTC

sravfeyn wrote: post #29

For those looking at the usability of the website, here's little context.It's not a great website. It's a change (in good direction) in the existing India government websites that use yesteryear technologies.

It's not about the website, it's about an initiative. Strangely, there's too much fixation on the website here, not the business model that would or wouldn't work.