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What is the difference between Formal and Informal employment?

Formal = Large scale (usually factory), high level skill work, needs sizeable funding and equipment, often more than 100 workers, protection from danger, pays taxes to the government.

Informal = Small scale (could be on street corners), mostly low level skill work, needs little funding and equipment, usually only few workers or self employment, no protection for workers, doesn’t pay taxes.

What is the capital of India?

Maharashtra

Mumbai in Maharashtra hosts Bollywood which is…?

The worlds largest film industry, which creates thousands of jobs and lots of income.

What services are key in Maharashtra?

IT and banking

Does Mumbai in Maharashtra have a port?

YES they have the second largest port in India.

What is the capitol of Maharashtra?

Mumbai is the capitol of Maharashtra state, where some of India’s most talented, well paid people live.

What is the schools attendance like in Bihar?

School attendance is low, only a third of children complete primary school, literacy rate is 47% and only 2% of children reach years 12 and 13.

What is the electricity like in Bihar?

Only 59% of Bihar’s population has electricity.

What is life like for women in Bihar?

Women are poorest in Bihar, with India’s lowest literacy rates (33%). They rarely own land and are mostly low-wage labourers.

What percentage of Bihar is rural?

86% of Bihar’s population is rural and isolated from urban areas. Many are subsistence farmers.

What ports does India have?

• 12 Major sea ports

• 185 Minor sea ports

India’s key facts (population rank, money, meat consumption)?

Highest population in the world, most money abroad, lowest meat consumption in the world.

Is Maharashtra wealthy or poor (give further info in your answer)?

Maharashtra is one of the wealthiest states in India, an urban core region with a very high GPD.

Is Bihar wealthy or poor (give further info in your answer)?

Bihar is the poorest state in India, it is largely rural periphery and far from any urban core areas.

What does Rostow’s Modernisation theory show?

Rostow’s theory explains the steps to a country becoming more + more developed, from ‘traditional society’ all the way to ‘high mass consumption’.

What does Frank’s Dependency theory show?

He believes that global poverty is caused by the historical and ongoing exploitation of "peripheral" (developing) nations by "core" (wealthy) nations. Rich countries, or "metropolis," extract resources and cheap labour from poor "satellite" nations, keeping them dependent, underdeveloped, and trapped in a cycle of poverty, rather than allowing them to develop independently.