Cash Crops in India. The cash crops in India can be divided into three groups, viz. (1) Fibers, (2) Drugs and Beverages, and (3) Oilseeds. 1. Fibers. 1.1 Cotton: Cotton is a major cash crop in India. Cotton grows in a warm and equable climate. As a rule, it is a dry region crop though it can grow also in the deltaic legion of West Bengal. The best soil for cotton cultivation is the regur or black cotton soil found in the Deccan.
Former Blockbuster workers all over the world must cringe every time they hear the words online streaming and on-demand.. That's because back in 2000, Reed Hastings approached former Blockbuster CEO John Antioco and asked for $50 million to give away the company he founded â Netflix.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Ken Ishii/Getty CEO Reed Hastings will be paid $900,000 in 2016 by Netflix, but can make many times that in stock options, according to Variety. Hastings' stock options allowance for 2016 will sit at over $19 million, up from $13.7 million in 2015. Over the last three years, Hastings' salary has trended downward. In 2014, he had a base salary of $3 million, which was lowered to $1 million in 2015. But with his stock options, this has little bearing on how much the CEO actually takes home. His net worth is $1.58 billion, according to Forbes. Hastings cofounded Netflix back in 1997 as a rental-by-mail company, and has led the company on its journey to become a video streaming powerhouse.