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Re: Make in India

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Post by eitally »

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…

It's not as hard to do business in India as it is in Brazil.

We do about US$800m/yr revenue there.

Re: Make in India

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Post by ankurpatel »

chdir wrote: post #30
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.

I agree but you are posting on a forum which consists of web developers who do not care too much about Indian politics.

Re: Make in India

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Post by donniezazen »

dominotw wrote: post #17
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…

Don't know why you are being downvoted. What you said is true. I would like to see how these things are being addressed in India on that website.

He is being downvoted probably because he didn't add anything to the conversation. Just paraphrasing the problem isn't enough.

Re: Make in India

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Post by arjie »

theCricketer wrote: post #8
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.

The FAQ question answers a ton of questions. Just search for a question you have and see what happens :)

I'm certain that few Internet users truly believe in site-specific search. This is no exception.

Question: What is the average time to incorporate? (also other variants, "...incorporate [a limited liability company | public limited company | private limited company])

Response: Large wall of text. After reading it, question is not answered.

The purpose of a FAQ is to quickly answer frequently answered questions. This search function works as a search function. It does not work as a FAQ.

Does look nice, though. I hope this doesn't come across as usual HN negativity. I would actually be interested in the answer.

Re: Make in India

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Post by anupam13bb »

I think the idea behind the design of the FAQ page would be for a visitor to browse through the website and then type in any question he/she encounters regarding the content or even matters peripheral to the content. Worked for me.

Re: Make in India

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Post by anupam13bb »

I think the idea behind the design of the FAQ page would be for a visitor to browse through the website and then type in any question he/she encounters regarding the content or even matters peripheral to the content. Worked for me.

Re: Make in India

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Post by chdir »

ankurpatel wrote: post #32
chdir wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I agree but you are posting on a forum which consists of web developers who do not care too much about Indian politics.

Saying HN is for web developers it too myopic. I feel it's about startups/hacking/business. Secondly, the article is less about Indian politics and more about removing politics from business. It's about streamlining manufacturing startups to India. If it works as planned, it could be quite relevant to HN.

Re: Make in India

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Post by superasn »

I cannot speak for other industries but India is pretty unfriendly for web startups. The Reserve Bank of India has the worst policies when it comes to IT companies.

1) In India, you cannot create recurring subscriptions as the RBI prohibits charging the credit card automatically. Not one Indian payment processor (I've talked to a many) gives you the option to create recurring subscriptions. Can you imagine where half the internet companies will be if you could not create recurring subscriptions?

2) Add to that, Paypal to Paypal transfer within India is prohibited by RBI. Why? Because certain people used to evade tax by purchasing goods directly with their Paypal balance. So, instead of catching the tax evaders the govt. of India found it easier to ban the whole thing.

Re: Make in India

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Post by enlightenedfool »

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…

"first he needs to fix a few things in the country". No. that way you could never make progress. You promote WHILE improving/fixing things.
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