Foreign investments have made noticeable effect in the Indian Economy. This paper aims to study the identify the effect of foreign capital flow on exchange rate in India for the period 2006 to 2013 using monthly data. The data includes the Inflow of FDI into India, Net FII, Exchange rate between Indian Rupee to US Dollar and Indian Rupee to Pound Sterling. Foreign investors are attracted to success stories; they are drawn to countries already growing, politically stable, and with a sizable purchasing power. It is attracting towards high interest rate and large market size as well as certain level of scope for new business and innovative ideas. Foreign investment inflows to India continued to increase over the last two decade as a result of investment favorable policies adopted by the Indian government. There is sufficient evidence to show that there are significant effects of foreign capital flow on foreign exchange rate. It is evident in the results that the regression analyses do not provide much support for the view of a robust link between exchange rate and capital flow in India.
Entrepreneurship plays a significant role in the economic development of the nation. The present research paper tries to find the relationship between the characteristics of entrepreneurs and their success and also tries to find out the motivational factors of entrepreneurs in Manipur. The data were collected from 207 entrepreneurs in SMEs sector of Manipur. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and regression analysis were used to achieve the objectives. The study also shows the educational qualification of the respondents and success has significant relationship. The study also depicted that most of the enterprise are of the age of 6 years and more. The success and longevity of the enterprise have significant relationship. The study further shows that need for increasing income is the most important factor that motivates entrepreneurs to start their own enterprise. Family member security was also one of the important factors that motivate entrepreneurship in the study area.