The Lal Imli: The Closure Story of Giant Public Sector Company – A Branch of British India Corporation Limited

  • Pawan Kumar,
  • Dr. Krati Rajoria and Dr. Akash Gupta
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  • Pawan Kumar

    Research Scholar at Amity Law School, Amity University, Gwalior, M.P., India

  • Dr. Krati Rajoria

    Associate Professor at National Law Institute University, Bhopal, M.P., India

  • Dr. Akash Gupta

    Associate Professor at Amity Law School, Amity University, Gwalior, M.P., India

Abstract

The present study is case study-based research, which is endeavor an attempt of the author to create mile stone story of a giant public sector under taking namely popularly known as Lal Imli established at Kanpur, (Earlier it was Cawnpore) Uttar Pradesh, India, a branch of British India Corporations. The study is an observation-based study by visiting the official campus of the company and the data is collected from primary and secondary sources by conducting the personal interviews of its retired employees and the company reports obtained from office and newspaper information. The paper focuses its key high lights as how it caters the 40 percent needs cotton and woolen cloth of Indian people through its products in its segment, its management features, policies, working culture. Further the paper also presents a SWOT analysis of the company, as how its reached to its dead end even after several attempts of revival and rehabilitations schemes by the government and finally it becomes a monument of the history in Kanpur.

Keywords

  • Lal Imli
  • British India Corporations
  • Woolen mills
  • Companies
  • Production
  • Textiles
  • Winding up

Type

Research Paper

Information

International Journal of Law Management and Humanities, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 696 - 710

DOI: https://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.1112075

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