Topics for Group Discussion MBA 1st and 2nd Year K.R.Ansari 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Is Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail sector good for India? How to Deal with High Oil Prices? Multinational Corporations: Are they Devils in Disguise? Are Indians Less Quality Conscious? Ethics in Business are just a Passing Fad Is the Consumer really the King in India? Commercialization of Health Care: Good or Bad? Is there any Point in having a Business Strategy when the World changes from Month to Month? 9. Is the Patents Bill Good for India? 10. Is the Business of Business only Business? 11. Public Sector being a Guarantor of Job Security is a Myth 12. Capitalism is a very Flawed System but the others are so much worse 13. How can a Business get rid of the Bad Name that it has earned? 14. Government Pumping Money into the Economy is not the Solution for our Economic Problems 15. Is the Budgeting Exercise of any Use? 16. Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped? 17. Is MNCs Superior to Indian Companies? 18. Advertising is a Waste of Resources 19. Privatization will lead to Less Corruption 20. Should India break Diplomatic Ties with Pakistan? 21. Use of Force by Banks to Recover Loans 22. Skilled Manpower Shortage in India 23. Technology Creates Income Disparities 24. In our economic matters, there is an excessive tendency towards the thinking rather than doing. 25. Every cloud has a silver lining 26. Is disinvestment really that good for India or is a rethink in order? 27. Are co-operatives relevant in today's globalised environment? 28. Foreign aid is a dangerous drug that can stimulate in small doses but become fatally addictive in larger doses. 29. Government should clean its own hands before pointing finger at the private sector

for corruption. 30. Reforms have to grow up. 31. Globalization vs. Nationalism 32. Economic freedom not old fashioned theories of development will lead to growth and prosperity 33. Should businessmen run the finance ministry? 34. Should important services like transport be left to market forces?. 35. Who says MNCs are superior to Indian companies? 36. What we need to reduce scams is better regulatory bodies. 37. Trade can help the poor? 38. Water resources should be nationalised 39. Are Co-operatives Relevant in Today's Global Environment? 40. Indian villages - our strength or our weakness? 41. Space Missions are a Wastage of Resources for a Resource-Starved Nation like India 42. Private Participation in Infrastructure is Highly Desirable 43. Developing Countries need Trade, not Aid 44. Poverty in Third World Countries is due to Prosperity in First World Countries 45. Indian Economy: Old Wine in New Bottle! 46. Is Globalization Really Necessary? 47. What shall we do about our Ever-Increasing Population? 48. Banning of Trade Unions will be Beneficial in Growth of the Economy 49. Why can't India be a World-Class Player in Manufacturing Industry as it is in IT & BPO Sectors? 50. We Need Drinking Water and Not Coke & Pepsi in Rural India 51. Rise of Regional Blocs Threatens Independent Nations like India 52. Should the public sector be privatized? 53. A Unipolar World spells disaster for underdeveloped countries like India 54. What shall we do about our ever-increasing Population? 55. Corruption is the price we pay for Democracy 56. Foreign Television Channels are destroying our culture 57. What India needs is a Dictatorship. 58. With media publishing and telecasting trivia, censorship is the need of the hour.

59. Kaun Banega Krorepati is less about knowledge but more about money and personality. 60. Beauty contests degrade womanhood 61. The rise of regional blocs threatens independent nations like India 62. Is China and India are similar nations with contrasting ways 63. Is India a Soft Nation? 64. Value based politics is the need of the hour 65. Religion should not be mixed with politics 66. Our cricketers are not to blame for match fixing 67. Why cant we be world players in industry as we are in software? 68. Should there be limits on artistic freedom (the controversy on Fire). 69. Should there be private universities? 70. Does banning fashion shows and New Year parties save our culture