Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
NEPAL
Submitted By:
ADITHYA RAJ
(08PG144)
GAURAV KUMAR
(08PG304)
NISHANT CHOUBISA
(08PG108)
SURBHI AGARWAL
(8PG201)
Despite its isolation and the variety of its local produce, Nepal has not
developed a distinctive style of cooking. It is, more often than not, Dal Bhat
lentils and rice. An exception is Newar cuisine, which can be very elaborate
and spicy. Most dishes here are regional Indian. Most people are asleep by
2200. Nightlife is fairly limited; a few temples and restaurants offer
entertainment and some tourist hotels stage Nepalese folk dances and
musical shows.
A. Location:
Nepal is a landlocked kingdom sharing borders with Tibet to the north and
northwest, and India to the west, south and east. It lies between the latitudes
26°N and 30°N and longitudes 80°E and 88°E. The country can be divided
into five zones: the Terai, the Siwaliks, the Mahabharat Lekh, the Midlands or
Pahar and the Himalayas.
B. Climate:
The climate of Nepal ranges from subtropical monsoon conditions in the Terai
region to alpine conditions in the Great Himalayas. Annual rainfall ranges
from 70 and 75 inches in the eastern Terai and between 30 and 35 inches in
western Nepal. Flooding is a serious problem in the low-lying areas of the
Terai plain during the monsoon season, from July to mid-October. The winter
season extends from November to March, when temperatures vary from
19°C in the southern Terai region to 13°C in the intermountain basins. During
the summer season, which lasts through April and June, the mercury varies
from 21°C to 28°C, in the same regions.
C. Topography:
This Himalayan kingdom is divided into three regions. Himalayan range and
its watershed area in the north, and Mahabarat range and Churia hills in the
middle and Terai (plain) in the south. Himalayan range includes 8 of the 14
highest peaks of the world that has altitude more than 8000 meter: Mt.
Everest (8848m), Kanchanjunga (8586m), Lhotse (8516m), Cho Oyu (8201m)
and Dhaulagiri (8167m), Mt. Makalu (8463m), Manaslu (8163m) and
Annapurna I (8091m). It covers about 16% of the total land area of Nepal
with elevation range from 2500m to 8848m-(Everest). The middle hills known
as Mahabarat range encompass 65% of the area with altitude range from
500 to 3000 meters above sea level. The plain area known as Terai covers
17% of the land with altitude range from 100 to 300m. Because of its fertile
land now Terai has 48% of the country’s population. Some of the best known
national parks are in this region.
A. Family
Nepal has mainly three types of family system-Joint family, Patriarchal and
Rana family system. In recent days, on one hand, depleting socio-cultural
value system, diversification in occupation basically agricultural to non-
agricultural, higher mobility of economically active persons for seeking job
and better education, and replacing existing joint family system by nuclear
family system have been causing problematic for the security of aged people
particularly above 65 years in Nepal. Since, children and those elder groups
mostly rely on familial support in Nepal.
B. Education
Since 1951, the country established an education system with free primary
education to all children. In 2000, while the education was not compulsory
throughout Nepal, the country was committed to providing free universal
education from grades 1-10. Under the Ninth Five-Year Plan, compulsory
primary education was implemented in five districts of Chitwan, Ilam,
Surkhet, Syangja, and Kanchanpur with the policy of extending free
compulsory primary education all over the country gradually.
The second official level of education is the lower secondary level, which
comprises grades 6-8 (three years). The secondary level is comprised of
grades 9 and 10 (two years). The School Leaving Certificate (SLC)
examinations are held nationally at the end of grade 10. Since 1992, the
higher secondary level of grades 11 and 12 has also been initiated primarily
through private schools.
Literacy rate in Nepal is 48.6% with male: 62.7% and female: 34.9% (2001
census).
C. Political system
In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by
hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms
in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a
constitutional monarchy. An insurgency led by Maoist extremists broke out in
1996. The ensuing ten-year civil war between insurgents and government
forces witnessed the dissolution of the cabinet and parliament and
assumption of absolute power by the king. Several weeks of mass protests in
April 2006 were followed by several months of peace negotiations between
the Maoists and government officials, and culminated in a November 2006
peace accord and the promulgation of an interim constitution. Following a
nation-wide election in April 2008, the newly formed Constituent Assembly
declared Nepal a federal democratic republic and abolished the monarchy at
its first meeting the following month. The Constituent Assembly elected the
country's first president in July. The Maoists, who received a plurality of votes
in the Constituent Assembly election, formed a coalition government in
August 2008.
D. Legal system:
The constitution promulgated in 1990 reorganized the judiciary, reduced the
king's judicial prerogatives, and made the system more responsive to elected
officials. Under the new system, the king appointed the chief justice of the
Supreme Court and the other judges (no more than fourteen) of that court on
the recommendation of the Judicial Council. Below the Supreme Court, the
constitution established fifty-four appellate courts and numerous district
courts. The judges of the appellate and district courts also were appointed by
the king on the recommendation of the Judicial Council. The Judicial Council,
established in the wake of the prodemocracy movement and incorporated
into the constitution, monitored the court system's performance and advised
the king and his elected government on judicial matters and appointments.
Council membership consisted of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the
minister of justice, the two most senior judges of the Supreme Court, and a
distinguished judicial scholar. All lower court decisions, including acquittals,
were subject to appeal. The Supreme Court was the court of last resort, but
the king retained the right to grant pardons and suspend, commute, or remit
any sentence levied by any court. Supreme Court acts as court of appeal and
review as well as having powers of original jurisdiction; presides over four
regional, 15 zonal and 75 district courts.
Legal system is based on Hindu legal concepts and English common law; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
The 2001 census identified 80.6% of the population as Hindu and Buddhism
was practiced by about 11% of the population (although many people
labelled Hindu or Buddhist often practice a syncretic blend of Hinduism,
Buddhism and/or animist traditions). About 4.2% of the population is Muslim
and 3.6% of the population follows the indigenous Kirant religion. Christianity
is practiced officially by less than 0.5% of the population. With a multiplicity
of groups, Nepal has several cults, and gods and goddesses, which co-exist
with the major religions. In its long cultural history, Nepal has always
remained a land of religious harmony.
Nepalese art and craft reflect the religious themes of Hinduism and
Buddhism and certain location-specific depictions. There are many artists of
canvas painting who are popular among the Nepalese people. The quality of
art that these artists have produced is of a very high standard. Nepalese
sculptures are also of a very high quality. The workmanship in the royal
durbars of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur palaces testify this fact. The
Nepalese handicraft industry is one of the major cottage industries of Nepal
and it helps to generate good revenues. The handicraft of Lalitpur and
Bhaktapur are popular among the tourists visiting Nepal. Most of the existing
craftsmen are Newars.
B. Housing
Most of the population lives in rural villages where houses are made of stone
or mud bricks, with thatched roofs and raised eaves. Bamboo and reed huts
are also prevalent. Most houses have two stories, but some contain only two
rooms, a sleeping room and a room for cooking. The well-constructed houses
of the Sherpas are generally built of stone and timber, roofed with wooden
slats. About four out of five urban dwellings in Nepal are owner occupied. The
latest available figures for 1980–88 show a total housing stock of 3.1 million
units with 5.6 people per dwelling. Housing shortages in urban areas have
resulted in an increase of squatter villages, or slum areas.
C.Clothing
Nepalese men wear daura, suruwai, topi patuka (waist coat) and a khukri,
while the women wear chowbandi choli, gunew tied by patuka, hembari
(shawl tied round the chest) majetro. The ornaments include chyapte sun,
gadavari (ear rings), tilhari kantha, chura, dungri, mundri (nose ring), kallis
(ankle ornaments), sirbandi charrani har and tikmala. The sindur (vermilion)
and the potey (bottle green) are the signs of married women.
E. Social security
The Labour Act 1992 was enacted by the first parliament in 1992. Before this
Act, the Factory and Factory Workers Act 1959 had been in force in factories
and other establishments as notified by the government. After the change of
polity in 1990, the parliament also enacted the Trade Union Act 1993. In
order to complement the Acts, Labour Rules 1993 and Trade Union Rules
1993 were enacted and implemented. Social security issues are dealt with by
the Labour Act 1992 and the supplementary Rules. Social security applies
only to workers with permanent statuses.
1.6 Language
Nepal’s linguistic heritage has evolved from three major language groups,
namely, Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman, and indigenous. The major languages of
Nepal (percent spoken as mother tongue) are Nepali (74%), Maithili (12%),
Bhojpuri (8%) and Tharu (6%). The remaining languages are each spoken as
mother tongue by less than
one percent of the
population, for example
Dura.
2. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
2.1 Introduction:
Nepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world with almost one-third of
its population living below the poverty line. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy,
providing a livelihood for three-fourths of the population and accounting for 38% of GDP.
Industrial activity mainly involves the processing of agricultural products, including pulses, jute,
sugarcane, tobacco, and grain. Bumper crops, better security, improved transportation, and
increased tourism pushed growth past 5% in 2008, after growth had hovered around 2.6% -
barely above the rate of population growth - for the previous three years. The deteriorating world
economy in 2009 will challenge tourism and remittance growth, a key source of foreign
exchange. Nepal has considerable scope for exploiting its potential in hydropower and tourism,
areas of recent foreign investment interest. Prospects for foreign trade or investment in other
sectors will remain poor, however, because of the small size of the economy, its technological
backwardness, its remoteness and landlocked geographic location, its civil strife and labor
unrest, and its susceptibility to natural disaster.
2.2 Population
A. Total
B. Distribution of Population
The population is located mainly in rural areas. The urban population is primarily concentrated in
Kathmandu. Nepalese people are divided into two distinct groups: the Indo-Aryans and the
Mongoloids. Kathmandu Valley is the spiritual and cultural meeting point of all these groups.
Nepal is the only Hindu Kingdom in the world. It is also the birthplace of Lord Buddha.
1. Age
2. Sex
Sex Ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
3. Geographic Areas
5. Ethnic Group
Chhettri - 15.5%
Magar - 7%
Tharu - 6.6%
Tamang - 5.5%
Newar - 5.4%
Muslim - 4.2%
Kami - 3.9%
Yadav - 3.9%
other - 32.7%
The gross domestic product at basic prices registered a growth of 5.6 percent in 2007/08
compared to a growth of 2.6 percent in 2006/07. The agriculture sector grew by 5.7 percent in
2007/08 compared to a growth of 0.9 percent in the previous year. The non-agriculture sector
expanded by 5.6 percent in 2007/08 compared to a growth of 4.1 percent in the previous year.
As per the fourth HBS the reported average monthly household income stood at Rs. 27,391
(urban – Rs. 31,935 and rural – Rs. 22,225) of which, 7.3 percent was contributed by
agriculture, 28.1 percent by salary, allowance, wages and pension, 29.5 percent by
business/service, 16.1 percent by remittance and 10.2 percent by imputed rent (Annex VI).
Similarly, the average monthly expenditure of the household stood at Rs. 15,130 (Urban –
Rs. 17,896 and Rural – Rs. 11,982), of which, 39 percent to food expenditure and 61 percent
to non-food expenditure
D. Distribution of Wealth
F. Surface Transportation
Availability: Airports: 47
Railways: 59 km
Roadways: 17,280 km
G. Communication System
H. Working Conditions
The workers' remittances increased significantly by 42.5 percent to Rs. 142.68 billion in
2007/08 compared to a marginal growth of 2.5 percent in the previous year.
I. Principal Industries
J. Foreign Investment
The accumulation of gross foreign exchange reserves reached Rs. 212.62 billion in 2007/08. This
level of reserves is sufficient to cover imports of 11.3 months and merchandise and services
imports of 9.1 months.
K. International Trade Statistics
1. Major Exports
The sluggish export of Nepalese commodities also had an adverse impact on the Nepalese
economy. The sluggish export badly affected industrial production and employment. The supply
of petroleum products had not been smooth primarily due to the lack of adjustment of domestic
oil prices as per the international crude oil price. In addition, obstruction in the highway, strike
and bandhs also adversely affected the Nepalese economy in 2007/08. Total exports grew by 2.4
percent in 2007/08 as against a decline of 1.4 percent in the previous year.
2. Major Imports
Total imports increased by 16.1 percent in 2007/08 compared to a growth of 12 percent in the
previous year.
Although the trade deficit widened, the overall balance of payments (BOP) posted a surplus of
Rs. 29.67 billion in 2007/08 compared to a surplus of Rs. 5.90 billion in the previous year.
4. Exchange Rates
In the international market, the price of oil (Crude Oil Brent) plummeted by 54.7 percent to US$
43.38 per barrel in mid-February, 2009 from US$ 95.80 per barrel in mid-February 2008.
Similarly, the price of gold rose by 2.0 percent to US$ 935.50 per ounce in mid-February, 2009
from US$ 917.00 per ounce a year earlier. In comparison to mid-July 2008, the Nepalese
currency vis-à-vis the US dollar depreciated by 11.84 percent in mid-February 2009. It had
appreciated by 2.37 percent in the corresponding period of the previous year. The exchange rate
of one US dollar stood at Rs. 77.70 in mid- February 2009 compared to Rs. 68.50 in mid-July
2008.
L. Trade Restrictions
M. Labour Force
O. Inflation rates
Inflation has reemerged as a major challenge for monetary policy. There is a need to be cautious
that monetary growth is not the source of inflation. The annual average consumer price inflation
rose to 7.7 percent in 2007/08 from 6.4 percent a year ago. The year-on-year (y-o-y) consumer
inflation surged to 12.1 percent in mid-July 2008 from 5.1 percent a year ago. The y-o-y
consumer inflation surged further to 13.1 percent in mid-August 2008 from 6.3 percent a year
ago.
We have chosen Nepal as our country of export. Nepal is one of the world’s
poorest and least developed countries. The average annual per capita
income is $210US. About 42% of the people live below the national poverty
line. The Basic human necessities of safe drinking water and adequate
sanitation are only a dream for many. All this, despite persistent government
and private sector intervention - of which corruption continues to play a
major role.
A large proportion of people belonging to poor and excluded groups, those
living in areas beyond the sources or scarce in ground water resources still
have not been able to receive drinking water facilities. The severity of the
water crisis is even more prominent in the rural villages. The infant mortality
rate is high at 74/1000 live births, compared with 5/1000 in the U.S. The
under-five mortality is even higher at 105/1000 births. Fifty four percent of
the population suffers moderate to severe stunting. Diarrhoeal diseases kill
44,000 children annually. The average life expectancy is only 58, compared
with 77 in the U.S.
Additionally, Nepal is a country with common borders with India and as such
transport costs will be low. The Nepali Government also encourages trade as
it looks to increase its share in global trade. Culturally, Nepal and India are
very similar, the countries have similar religious patterns, Nepali and Hindi
are very similar languages and above all, the people in both the countries
are quite similar in their way of life.
The Cause:
Other factors that may influence these numbers are poor nutrition and
sanitation, the general absence of medical care and other social services
which are particularly necessary in rural areas. Some of the main
environmental issues that Nepal faces include deforestation due to the
overuse of wood for fuel; water contamination, mainly due to human and
animal wastes, agricultural runoff, and industrial effluents; wildlife
conservation; and vehicular emissions.
4.MARKETING PLAN
Company Profile:
The Ganga water purifier consists of four main consumable parts. These
parts are: a 'micro fibre mesh', a 'carbon trap', a 'processor' and a 'polisher'.
The micro fibre mesh is a sieve, which filters out visible dirt. The carbon trap
removes parasites and pesticides. The processor is a tablet which contains a
form of chlorine, which removes bacterial and viral content. The polisher
improves taste and clarity of water, and also removes the residual form of
chlorine from the water. These parts are collectively called the I-clean battery
kit or the battery.
The plastic parts and the I-clean battery kit are made using food safe, non-
toxic, engineering-grade materials.
Target Market:
Costs:
Considering the conditions of flood hit houses and flood relief camps, the
deliverables of the final design is defined.
• meet emergency situation needs and safe drinking water need under
flood conditions
• fight against diarrheal diseases
• serve as a first aid, survival water kit in flood-hit areas when complete
disaster management services cannot reach.
Working:
Marketing Strategy:
We feel that the best way to create demand for such a product is through
awareness. As long as our target market is not aware of the ill effects of ground and
river water they will not shift towards Ganga, Nirmal simply because, there is no
perceived need for the product. For this purpose we shall launch an awareness
campaign in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, NEWAH. This will reduce our costs and
also improve our credibility and reach. The following are the various mediums we
will market through:
Radio – the radio is often the only source of entertainment and information for rural
people and as such has maximum reach in our target market.
Hoardings - hoardings are graphic and therefore attract attention. Also, they can
effectively get the message across.
Word of Mouth – we shall ask the elders and heads in the villages to endorse our
product and educate the people about its benefits.
Brand Name:
We have carefully selected a brand name and a tagline to go with it. Our brand
name Ganga and Nirmal is both popular in Nepal and signifies purity, sanctity and
well being. Since it is the name of a holy river of the Hindus it is directly associated
with water. Above all, the name is easy to remember and has great recall value.
Tagline:
The tagline for this brand is “shudh paani, swachya jeewan” which when translated
to English means, “pure water, healthy life”. The message here is very clear and
direct and will appeal to the rural Nepalese. The message will necessarily have to be
in the local language due to high illiteracy.
Distribution:
Our company Aquatec Systems Pvt. Ltd is manufacturing the product. The product
will be sent via land from our Manufacturing Plant in Uttaranchal to our sole
distributors, Aquatech Nepal, in the capital city of Kathmandu. Aquatech Nepal shall
market the product in collaboration with NOM(Nepal Overseas Marketing) and
UNICEF. Nepal Overseas Marketing is a company with 23 years of experience in the
Nepalese market. The company currently acts as the sole distributor for Gillette,
Johnson & Johnson, Playboy, Samsonite and other companies in the Himalayan
kingdom. UNICEF has been actively involved in Nepal for many years and has as
such gathered valuable experience in distribution in the country. Aquatech Nepal
will work in close collaboration with these two organizations to reach the far flung
corners of the country and therefore be able to gain access to previously
inaccessible markets.
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