The Creators

The Bigger Picture

INDIA
Population 1.2Billion

SINGAPORE
Population 5 million Urban & Suburb areas City Infrastructure Singapore Government. Salaries are at par with corporate industry Qualifications and background of Politicians is as per strict laws. Development at the cost of freedom of public at large.

Rural & Urban Areas City and State Infrastructure as well. Government Hierarchy Central State Municipal Corporation Panchayat Systems Salaries are not competitive to corporate industry. Politicians lack adequate skills Public is sometimes successful in bringing changes to government policies.

PORTS

INDIA
Approx. 200 ports still India lags

SINGAPORE
6 commercial sea-ports still they have an advantage : Natural harbors Latest equipments and technology No charges for transshipment of goods for 9 days Average turnaround time is 8-9 hours Custom policies are favorable for business Effective usage of IT infrastructure i.e Port Net system and CITOS software

because of: No natural harbors Use of old machinery & equipments Average turnaround time is 2-3 days Harsh custom policies therefore ICTT, Vallarpadam is facing critical issues IT infrastructure needs to be developed for efficient outputs

Contd..

INDIA
Apart from all these factors India still has an advantage of cheap labor, hence we can capitalize on our labor

SINGAPORE
Port Business is a major contributor to Singapores economy hence during recession the growth is hit in a significant manner as can be seen : 2008 - 29 Mn(TEUs) 2009 - 25.14 Mn

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INDIA

TRANSPORT

INDIA
One of the fastest growing automotive hubs in the world Needs to develop integrated and extensive intra and inter state transport Centralized system for parking needs to be designed Space conservation and multilevel parking Use of RFID required to save time while parking as well as toll booths.

SINGAPORE
Land scarce country Excessive cost of COE on cars. Centralized system for parking & parking slots availability displays.

TRANSPORT

INDIA
India is progressing fast: 20 kms of roads to be built everyday Indian Railways Vision 2020 : 20,000 kms of new tracks to be build New airports are being constructed and old ones are getting upgraded eg. DIAL and Hyderabad Int. Airport.

SINGAPORE
Further connections are being built for SMRT.

Restroom Association

INDIA
Improve restroom facilities Requirement of such organizations. IPC exemption to promote investment.

SINGAPORE
One of the best washrooms in world Immediate feedback systems of dirty toilets IPC exemption

CONCLUSION

INDIA
India needs to have effective and efficient implementation of policies and reforms. Government should be committed towards development rather than individual benefits. Needs to focus on tourism in order to generate revenue. Effective utilization of resources. Government departments should sync with each other in order to achieve long term sustainability.

SINGAPORE
No manufacturing industry Needs to develop sources of revenue which are less affected due to recession. Govt can be little more emphatatic towards people of Singapore.