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Case Study: TNCs in India

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Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) in India

TNCs (Trans-National Corporations) are businesses that sell goods & services globally in lots of different countries. Unilever Hindustan and Vodafone India are TNCs operating in India.

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What are the advantages of TNCs in India?

  • In 2018, Unilever Hindustan employed 18,000 people.
  • In 2018, Vodafone India also employed 18,000 people.
  • TNCs create jobs. They also train local people in skills demanded in developed countries, allowing more value to be added in India, rather than added in developed nations.
  • Both Unilever and Vodafone make profits in India, which can be taxed by the government. The taxes can then be spent on improving India's infrastructure and public services.
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What are the disadvantages of TNCs in India?

  • TNCs often take the profits made in India and give them to Western shareholders as dividends.
  • TNCs may stop new local businesses emerging; competing against Unilever and Vodafone can be hard.
  • TNCs can make developing countries compete by promising jobs in exchange for tax incentives. Ireland is a developed country. However, it offered businesses like Apple tax incentives to operate in Ireland instead of other European countries.

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