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...April-it quickly realized that it would need to build its own distribution network almost from scratch. "If we are putting up a pan-Indian business in terms of the front end, then we needed to put up a pan-Indian business in terms of the procurement," says Sanjeev Asthana, president of Reliance's agri-and-food supply chain. Because profit margins are thin in the grocery business, shipping delays and spoiled merchandise can be harmful to the bottom line. "You cannot afford to have an unreliable supply," says Asthana...
...goal, says Reliance's Asthana, is to "ultimately have the ability to link up all the country's markets in a ... seamless supply chain. That will reduce wastage, give the farmers more money and consumers better quality produce." But building the infrastructure may be the easy part. Convincing government and those invested in the old system that it's time for a change is still a major struggle. While the national coalition government in New Delhi says it is committed to reform as a way of helping farmers boost their incomes, its left-wing members are horrified by the prospect...
...farmers, consumers and governments will benefit from the competition. "By structuring and organizing the trade, by getting more Reliances and Wal-Marts or Bhartis or otherwise, the government revenue is only going to go up because the corporates will pay taxes, they will not hide taxes," says Reliance's Asthana, who points to studies estimating that mandis regularly underreport their trade by up to 50% to avoid government levies...
...Asthana] was pretty creative..."Harvard coach Bill Doyle said. "He was tough to play...
...last, and perhaps one of the most exciting and well-played matches of the day, Ben-Shachar battled Franklin & Marshall freshman star Vincent Asthana for three marathon games in front of a packed crowd. Ben-Shachar had trouble putting the speedy Asthana away, but, to his credit, Ben-Shachar never lost his poise and always gave Asthana the benefit of the doubt on points...
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