Forms of Business

1. FORMS OF BUSINESS
The orgn or establishment
through which a business
conducted is called a
business enterprises or
business undertaking

2. On the basis of size
1. Small business undertaking
2. Medium sized business undertaking
3. Large business undertaking

3. On the basis of nature of activity
1. Industrial undertakings
2. Trading undertakings
3. Service undertakings

4. On the basis of ownership and control
1. Private sector enterprises
2. Public sector enterprises
3. Joint sector enterprises

5. Private sector enterprises
A undertaking owned, managed and
controlled by a private individual or a group
individuals.
E.g.: TATA, Birla, Reliance

6. Public sector enterprises
• A undertaking owned, managed and
controlled by the state or central govt
• E.g. Indian Railway

7. Objectives of Public Sector Undertakings
1. To promote rapid economic development.
2. To provide basic infra-structural facilities for the
growth of the economy.
3. To undertake economic activity strategically
important for the growth of the country.
4. To achieve balanced regional development and to
reduce disparities in income.
5. To avoid concentration of economic powder in a few
hands.
6. To enhance the employment opportunities.
7. To increase exports and earn foreign.

8. Joint sector enterprises
• An enterprises in which state or central govt
take equity participation with private parties.
E.g. Deccan fiber glass Ltd-AP
Goa carbon Ltd-Gujarat
Cochin Refineries Ltd-kerala