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    ARESEARCH REPORT

    ON

    A Study on Consumer Perception as the Pre-Purchase Behavior

    towards Personal Care Products in the Markets of Durg and Bhilai.

    Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degreeMaster of Business Administration

    Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai

    Submitted by,K. Ganesh Kumar

    MBA 2nd Semester[Session 2010-2011]

    Approved ByDr. Sumita Dave

    HOD

    Guided ByMr. Saket Ranjan Praveer

    Sr. Associate ProfessorMBA (SSMV)

    Shri Shankaracharya MahavidyalayaJunwani, Bhilai (C.G.) - 490020

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    CERTIFICATE

    This is to certify that the project A Study On Consumer Perception As The Pre-

    Purchase Behavior Towards Personal Care Products In The Markets Of Durg And

    Bhilai. submitted to Shri Shankaracharya Mahavidyalaya, Bhilai in partial fulfillment of

    the requirement for the award of Master of Business Administration (MBA) is an original

    work carried out by Mr. K. Ganesh Kumar a student of MBA II Sem, under my

    supervision and guidance.

    Place: Durg Saket Ranjan Praveer Date: Sr. Associate Professor

    SSMV, Bhilai

    Shri Shankaracharya MahavidyalayaJunwani, Bhilai (C.G.) 490020

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    DECLARATION

    I, K. Ganesh Kumar, a student of MBA II Semester 2010, at Shri Shankaracharya

    Mahavidyalaya hereby declare that this Project Report under the title A Study on

    consumer perception as the Pre-purchase behavior towards personal care

    products in the markets of Durg and Bhilai. is the record of my original work under

    the guidance ofMr. Saket Ranjan Praveer. This report has never been submitted to

    anywhere else for award of any degree/diploma.

    Place: Bhilai K. Ganesh Kumar

    Date: MBA II Semester

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    No great task can be completed successfully without suitable functional

    environment and proper guidance of the eminent personalities on the subject. I am

    really indebted to my teacher of Management Department Mr. Saket Ranjan Praveer

    (Faculty & research guide), under whose guidance we learnt various subjects of

    Management and reach the stage of preparing this research report. I also convey my

    sincere gratitude to other faculty members of SSMV for their kind support. I extend my

    warm and sincere thanks to respondents of Durg, who have given their precious time to

    fill the questionnaire which helped me to reach the conclusions. I feel proud to prepare

    this research report under the able guidance of all eminent and renowned personalities

    who provide their valuable guidance during the preparation of this research report. I

    hope it will prove to be an important study on the consumers preferences towards the

    FMCG sector.

    Place: Bhilai K. Ganesh Kumar

    Date: Enrollment No. AG8490

    MBA II Semester

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    i. CERTIFICATE

    ii. DECLARATION

    iii. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    iv. TABLE OF CONTENTS

    1. INTRODUCTION

    2. LITERATURE REVIEW

    3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

    4. DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS

    5. INTERPRETATION OF FINDINGS

    6. RECOMMENDATIONS

    7. LIMITATIONS

    8. CONCLUSION

    vi. REFERENCES

    vii. APPENDIXES

    Employee

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    CHAPTER 1:-INTRODUCTION

    The Indian personal care industry is estimated at Rs 170 billion. The industry is

    divided into fabric wash, personal wash, hair care, oral cares, skin care, colored cosmetics,

    mens toiletries and fragrances. Most segments of this industry are going through a decline

    in 2002 with several leading players reporting lower sales in 2002 due to lower volumes as

    well as lower realization. The next phase of growth has to come from the rural market as

    the urban markets are near saturation levels in terms of penetration. The industry has a low

    entry barrier and competition is severe. Besides the large multinational players, there are

    some leading domestic players as well as the huge unorganized players. Though most of

    the market share is with the larger players, companies vie for the marginal market share.

    Cheaper imports and duplicate products are also affecting the major players. Companies

    have been adopting promotion schemes to dole out freebies and repackaging products in

    smaller packages to cater to a wider consumer base are some recent trends. The way

    ahead for the personal care companies is to introduce new and better product, improve

    penetration, and make the consumer trade up in price and quality. Rural marketing will be a

    major thrust area for all companies.

    This study is been done to analyze the major factors which emphasis the consumers

    while purchasing personal care products, The current survey aims to combine information

    from the literature on the consumer perception, fate and effects of factors on intention of

    consumers while purchasing personal care products.

    Here is an attempt to know the perception of consumers towards personal care

    products in Durg and Bhilai. In this research I have tried to find out the impact of various

    factors on the purchase intention of the consumers.

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    Contributions of this study

    The purpose of this report is to provide a background understanding of what factors

    are considered by the consumers to know the perception towards personal care product.

    To prepare the report, an extensive literature based on factors of consumers perception

    towards personal care product has been done.

    With the help of this research i have tried to find out the significant impact of some

    factors such as Price, Quality, Convenience and Brand on the purchase intention of

    consumers while purchasing personal care product. In this research as per the time

    limitation I have done the work in following steps

    1. I have identified some general factors which affects the purchase intention of

    consumers while purchasing personal care product.

    2. According to these factors I have made questionnaire and done the survey in the

    market of Bhilai and Durg.

    3. There was a problem of time limitation so I have done the survey with the sample

    size of 100 respondents.

    4. For the analysis of data I used Factor Analysis and Regression. After the analysis of

    the data I found that price, quality, Convenience, brand is the major factor which

    significantly affects the purchase intention of consumers while purchasing personal

    care products.

    Analysis of the results of the research should go significantly beyond simple graphs,

    tables, and analysis of variance. The goal is to identify characteristics of buyers

    satisfaction level regarding various features that can be helpful in differentiating among

    groups of consumers with different beliefs, feelings, intentions, and buying behaviours,

    especially regarding personal care product.

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    INDUSTRY PROFILE

    India is one of the largest emerging markets, with a population of over one billion.

    The Indian personal care industry is estimated at Rs 170 billion. The industry is divided into

    fabric wash, personal wash, hair care, oral cares, skin care, colored cosmetics, mens

    toiletries and fragrances. India is fourth largest economics in the world in terms of

    purchasing power and has a strong middle class base of 300 million. Around 70% of total

    households in India reside in the rural areas. The total number of rural households is

    expected to rise from 135 million in 2001-02 to 153 million in 2009-10. This presents thelargest potential market in the world. The annual size of the rural FMCG market was

    estimated at around us$ 10.5 billion in 2001-02. With growing incomes at both the rural and

    the urban level, the market potential is expected to expand further.

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    CHAPTER 2:-LITERATURE REVIEW

    A literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of

    current knowledge and ormethodological approaches on a particular topic. Literature

    reviews are secondary sources, and as such, do not report any new or original

    experimental work. Most often associated with academic-oriented literature, such as

    thesis, a literature review usually precedes a research proposal and results section.

    Its ultimate goal is to bring the reader up to date with current literature on a topic and

    forms the basis for another goal, such as future research that may be needed in the

    area. A well-structured literature review is characterized by a logical flow of ideas;

    current and relevant references with consistent, appropriate referencing style; proper

    use of terminology; and an unbiased and comprehensive view of the previous

    research on the topic.

    Perception

    Perception is a process by which individuals organize and interpret their

    sensory perceives in order to give meaning to their environment. However, what one

    perceives can be substantially different from objective reality. There need be, but

    there is often, disagreement. For example, its possible that all employees in a firm

    may view it as great place to work favorable working conditions, interesting job

    alignments, good pay, excellent benefits, an understanding and responsible

    management but, as most of us known, its very unusual to find such agreement.

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    Pre-Purchase decision

    Pre-purchase behavior data is essential in understanding what buyers are

    looking for and what in-person experiential marketing and merchandising tactics will

    best inform and satisfy these decision-makers. Whether at a tradeshow, in a store, or

    at other offline venues, more focus and attention must be paid to capturing data that

    exposes customer behavior -- which products they looked at, which features they

    spent time examining, what problems they are trying to solve.

    Studies have shown that in the absence of comprehensible information,

    customers determine their own baseline decision criteria for comparing products.

    Whereas a manufacturer may have designed a product to include features relating to

    performance, for example, a customer may overlook these features and focus on

    form factor, or price -- unless these features, advantages, and benefits are exposed

    to the customer in an articulate and effective manner. The purchase decision is a

    critical milestone for everyone involved in the sales process. But learning about pre-

    purchase behavior is equally important. Answering the question "Why did the

    customer buy this product?" will eliminate guesswork, and will lead to long-term

    successful customer relationships.

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    Impact of various variables on purchase intention

    Price

    Price is the one element of marketing mix that produces revenue; the other

    elements produce costs. Prices are perhaps the easiest element of the marketing

    program to adjust; product features, channels, and even promotion take more time.

    Price also communicates to the market the ongoing companys intended value

    positioning of its product or brand. A well-designed and marketed product can

    command a price premium and reap big profits. (Kotler & Keller, 2003, page 431).

    Saxena Rajan (page-321) explains that to manufacture, price represents the

    quality of money (or goods &services in a barter system) received by the firm or the

    seller for its product. Price determines the capability of a customer to buy. Thus price

    considered as

    Price= (quality of money by the seller)/ (quality of goods & services received

    by the seller)

    Price impact refers to the correlation between an incoming order (to buy or to

    sell) and subsequent price change. J.P. Bouchaud said that a potential powerful way

    to assist consumers in making dynamic decision is to disclose price information to

    them before they shop (Bouchaud, 2009).

    Quality

    Quality is a multidimensional concept that cannot be easily defined or

    measured, a distinction can be made between objective quality and perceived

    quality. Objective quality refers to the actual technical excellence of the product that

    can be verified and measured (Monroe & Krishnan 1985). In contrast, perceived

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    quality is the consumers judgment about a products overall excellence or superiority

    (Zenithal, 1988).

    The importance of perceived quality derives from its beneficial impact on

    purchase intentions, although contradictory research findings have been reported in

    the literature. Some scholars support a positive direct effect of perceived quality on

    purchase intentions (Carman 1990; Bounding, satisfaction (Cronin & Taylor 1992;

    Sweeney, Souter, & Johnson 1999) and yet others argue that both relationships exist

    (Tsiaotso 2006). However, it is of note that the dual effect (direct and indirect) of

    perceived product quality on purchase intentions has been found for goods, while the

    single effects (direct or indirect) have been reported from studies focused on

    services.

    In the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a cult hero of college

    students in an earlier generation literally went crazy trying to figure out the meaning

    of quality. Marketers appear to use the word quality as a catchall term for good.

    Because of its wide and imprecise usage attribute of quality threatens to become a

    meaningless claim (Solomon, 2003, page-306).

    Convenience

    The consumer usually purchases convenience goods frequently, immediately,

    and with a minimum of effort. Examples include tobacco products, soaps, and

    newspapers. (Kotler, 12Ed, page-375)

    Convenience is anything that is intended to save resources time, energy or

    frustration. A convenience store at a petrol station, For example: Sells items that

    have nothing to do with gasoline\petrol but it saves the consumer from having to go

    to a grocery store.(Wikipedia\ convenience) Impact of convenience according to

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    (journal of marketing management) states that there is a great impact of

    convenience on purchase intention of consumer.

    BRAND

    A Name, Term, Sign, Symbol or Design & a Combination of them, intended

    to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers from those of

    competitors (By American Standard Association)

    Kotler, pg 276 had approached that Brand equity is the added value endowed

    to product or services. A brand is said to have positive customer-based brand equity

    when customer reacts more favorably to a product & the way it is identified as

    compared to when it is not.

    Branding is an important element in business. Without a brand, customers

    have to explain to the sellers in detail about the products that they want, while sellers

    may be confused or give the wrong products to the customers. Therefore, it can be

    assumed that brand acts as a sign, name or symbol for the products and services.

    The main aim of the brand is to identify the products or services of a seller or groups

    of sellers and differentiate an offering of a seller from that of its rivals (Kotler).

    (Halliday Jess, 29-Jul-2010) Branding and labeling have the most impact on

    consumers buying decisions, followed by blind tasting. When a consumer is making

    up their mind whether or not to buy a product they are not guided by its taste alone.

    A number of extrinsic factors also vie for their attention, such as awareness of the

    brand, labeling, price and origin. Kotler (pg 276) approaches brand equity from a

    customer based perspective defining it as the differential effect of brand knowledge

    on consumer response to the marketing of the brand.

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    Hypothesis: -

    H1: Price has a significant impact on consumer purchase intention while purchasing

    personal care product.

    H2: Quality has a significant impact on consumer purchase intention while purchasing

    personal care product.

    H3: Convenience has a significant impact on consumer purchase intention while

    purchasing personal care product.

    H4: Brand has a significant impact on consumer purchase intention while purchasing

    personal care product.

    Research Model and Conceptual framework

    Price is taken as independent variable which has significant impact on purchase

    intention of customers, as given in literature review J.P. Bouchaud said that a potential

    powerful way to assist consumers in making dynamic decision is to disclose price

    information to them before they shop.

    Quality is taken as another variable which has significant impact on purchase

    intention of consumers; the importance of perceived quality derives from its beneficial

    impact on purchase intentions.

    Convenience is taken as variable which has significant impact on purchase intention

    of customers because convenience is anything that is intended to save resources time,

    energy or frustration.impact of convenience according to (journal of marketing

    management) states that there is a great impact of convenience on purchase intention of

    consumer.

    Brand is taken as independent variable which has significant impact on purchase

    intention of customers (Halliday Jess, 29-Jul-2010) When a consumer is making up their

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    mind whether or not to buy a product they are not guided by its taste alone. A number of

    extrinsic factors also vie for their attention like brand, labeling and origin.

    Figure 1

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    CHAPTER 3:-RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

    Research Methodology:-

    Research Methodology is the way to systematically solve a research problem. In itthe various steps are followed that are generally adopted in the study along with the logic

    behind them. It is a conceptual structure with in which the study is conducted. It constitutes

    the blue print for the collection, measurement and analysis of data.

    Causal research design has been taken to conduct the study. Data collection has

    been organized through primary source for which questionnaire containing 7-point likerts

    scale has been used. A convenience sampling has been used to collect data. 100

    respondents were approached who were the users of personal care products. The samples

    collected from the city of Durg and Bhilai.

    Research Objectives:-

    1. To identify the significant factors of consumer perception as the pre-purchase

    behavior.

    2. To evaluate the impact of the factors of consumers perception as pre-

    purchase behavior.

    Research Plan

    Research Design Causal

    Research Instrument Structured questionnaire

    Measurement Scale 7 point Likerts Scales

    Sample Plan

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    Sampling Design Convenience

    Sample Size 100

    Sampling unit User of Personal care products

    Demographics Age, Gender, Income, Occupation

    Sample Location City of Durg and Bhilai

    Data Collection:-

    Primary Data Collection -

    It was collected during the interaction with people through questionnaire and

    personal interaction.

    Secondary Data Collection -

    The data collection was done through literature and information obtained

    from various sources to increase the effectiveness of the research. On the other

    hand, these are those which have already been passed through the statistical

    process .Inputs were obtained from:

    o Websites.

    o Magazines.

    o Books.

    o Journals.

    Questionnaire Design:-

    It translates the information needed into a set of specific questions that the

    respondents can and will answer.

    CHAPTER 4:-DATA TABULATION AND ANALYSIS

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    Factor Analysis:-

    Factor analysis attempts to reduce the number of variables and discover the

    underline constructs that explain the variance. It extracts the uncorrelated factors that

    account for the largest portion of variance from an initial set of variables Correlation matrix

    is used to discover the simple pattern in the pattern of relationships among the variable.

    With the help of Factor Analysis found that quality and Brand were loaded in the same

    column, thus by analyzing the central point of both the variable, Quality (x21, x22, x23) is

    found to be lower than Brand i.e. (x41, x42, 43) thus quality has been eliminated from

    observed variables and then the regression analysis is done on remaining variables i.e.

    Price, convenience, Brand.

    Regression Analysis

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    Rotated Component Matrix

    Component

    1 2 3 4

    Y1 0.295 0.140 0.900 0.039

    Y2 0.246 0.071 0.912 0.007Y3 0.246 -0.028 0.871 0.050

    X11 0.133 0.172 0.008 0.907

    X12 0.105 0.168 -0.019 0.923

    X13 0.149 0.218 0.117 0.855

    X21 0.791 0.349 0.180 0.021

    X22 0.848 0.254 0.192 0.026

    X23 0.843 0.296 0.053 0.025

    X31 0.134 0.892 -0.050 0.221X32 0.113 0.898 0.107 0.167

    X33 0.088 0.892 0.080 0.176

    X41 0.804 -0.090 0.346 0.182

    X42 0.828 -0.095 0.304 0.169

    X43 0.810 -0.064 0.231 0.298

    Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.

    a. Rotation converged in 6 iterations.

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    Variables Entered/Removed

    ModelVariables

    EnteredVariables

    Removed Method

    1 X4, X3, X1a

    . Enter a. All requested variables entered.

    Model Summary

    Model R R SquareAdjustedR Square

    Std. Errorof the Estimate

    1 0.497 0.247 0.224 1.21099

    a. Predictors: (Constant), X4, X3, X1

    ANOVA

    Model Sum of Squares Df Mean Square F Sig.

    RegressionResidualTotal

    46.216 3 15.405 10.505 0.000

    140.784 96 1.467

    187.000 99

    a. Predictors: (Constant), X4, X3, X1b. Dependent Variable: Y

    Coefficients

    Model

    UnstandardizedCoefficients

    StandardizedCoefficients

    t Sig.BStd.

    Error Beta

    1 (Constant) 2.150 0.569 3.776 0.000X1 0.007 0.100 0.008 0.074 0.941

    X3 0.072 0.099 0.070 0.730 0.467

    X4 0.424 0.085 0.478 4.977 0.000

    a. Dependent Variable: Y

    Regression Analysis

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    Regression is the determination of a statistical relationship between two or more

    variables. In simple regression, we have four variables, three variable (defined as

    independent) is the cause of the behavior of another one (defined as dependent

    variable).Regression interpret what exists physically i.e., there must be physical way in

    which independent variables x4, x3, x1 can be affected by dependent variable Y.

    It was found by factor and Regression analysis test that there was one factor which

    is significantly responsible for affecting purchase intention f consumers while purchasing

    personal care product, that is brand. In the factor analysis test the coefficient value of brand

    is 0.000 which is less than 0.05; the brand is a major factor which affects the consumers

    perception as pre-purchase behavior towards personal care product.

    The coefficient value of price is 0.941, quality is 0.467, which are greater than 0.05;

    these four factors dont affects the consumers perception as pre-purchase behavior

    towards personal care product.

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    CHAPTER 5:-INTERPRETATION OF FINDINGS

    1. It was found by factor and Regression analysis test that there was one factor which

    significantly responsible for affecting purchase intention of consumers while purchasing

    personal care product, that is brand.

    2. In the factor analysis test the coefficient value of Brand X4 is 0.000 which is less than

    0.05; the Brand X4 is a major factor which affects the consumers perception as pre-

    purchase behavior towards personal care product.

    3. The coefficient value of Price X1 is 0.941, Quality X2 is 0.467, which are greater than

    0.05; these four factors dont affects the consumers perception as pre-purchase

    behavior towards personal care product.

    4. Coefficient value shows that most of the respondent highly considered brand while

    purchasing personal care products.

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    CHAPTER 6:-RECOMMENDATIONS

    Since, there is a significant difference among the determinants so every determinant

    is to be treated differently. As the consumers highly considered the factor Brand while

    purchasing personal care product, so Brand will be given highest consideration while

    developing market strategies.

    The marketers should focus on branding strategies as the consumers consider it

    while purchasing.

    More of investments need to be made towards building brand.

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    CHAPTER 7:-LIMITATIONS

    This study is only modest attempt and not be claimed as comprehensive one, further

    it is to be pointed that data are inebriation for the study and consequently the findings mode

    out of it are reliable to the extent that the respondent have been for the right nourishing the

    same.

    During conducting this research I come across the following limitation: -

    1. The research and survey was limited to only one city of Chhattisgarh.

    2. The time available for conducting was not sufficient.

    3. Respondents were least interested.

    4. Since the sample size taken was very small, the conclusion cannot be generalized.

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    CHAPTER 8:-CONCLUSIONS

    It can be concluded that Brand has the major significance on the purchase intention

    of the consumers.

    It can be said that the impact of other factors on consumer purchase intention is low

    like Price, Quality, and Convenience.

    The consumers, of personal care products are more inclined towards the highly

    advertised brands available in the market.

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    APPENDICES

    QUESTIONNAIRE

    STUDY ON CONSUMER PERCEPTION AS THE PRE-PURCHASE BEHAVIOUR

    TOWARDS PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS IN THE MARKETS OF DURG ANDBHILAI

    I am a student of master of business administration at shri shankaracharyamahavidyalaya, Bhilai. As a part of my curriculum, i am conducting a study on CONSUMERPERCEPTION AS THE PRE-PURCHASE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS PERSONAL CARE

    PRODUCTS IN THE MARKETS OF DURG AND BHILAI. The data will be used exclusively foracademic purpose only, without disclosing your identity. I would be grateful to you for yourcandid responses. Please mark a tick () in your preferred box.

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    5.1 I prefer Brand while purchasing Personal care products1

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    5.3 If I get good Brand I purchase Personal care products 11

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    6 Personal Details

    6.1 Name /Optional

    6.2 Age o 60

    6.3 Gender o Male o Female

    6.4Annual Income

    (Rs. Lakhs)

    o 4.5

    6.5 Occupation o Studento Business

    Person

    o Service

    Persono Professional o Household

    o Other

    (Specify)

    Thank you for your contribution

    K.GANESH KUMAR

    MBA-II, Semester

    SSMV, Bhilai