The importance of providing the poor man with an opportunity to perceive and participate in the process of economic development has long since been realised. An examination of some past and current policies in India, however, idnicated that the results have not been commensurate with the size of...

It is well-known that the demand for services at many if not all hospitals is variable over a given year such that the demand is significantly higher in some months compared to the rest of the months in any given year. This is especially true for surgical departments at many hospitals....

Number of integrated pulp and paper mills in India increased from 17 in the early 1950s to 250 in 1985, and the production capacity rose from 137,000 tonnes to 2,350,000 tonnes. The capacity utilization, however, declined continually from 90 per cent during 1951-56 to 58 per cent during 1980-85....

The main purpose of this paper is to formalize the concept of a compromise function. Subsequently, given a compromise function, we define a voting equilibrium and prove the existence of such equilibrium. We further show in our analysis that under some assumptions a voting equilibrium is Pareto...

Scooters India Ltd. (SIL), a Public Sector Enterprise (PSE), was among the top 10 loss-making companies in India in 1989-90. It was setup in 1972 and continued to report losses till 1995-96. It carried a negative net-worth of Rs. 6.47 billion in 1995-96. The company was rejuvenated and has been...

Systematic efforts to promote the use of box solar cookers began in 1979 in Gujarat, along with similar efforts in other parts of the country. During this 15 year period only about 34,000 units have been sold in Gujarat. This is much better than other states. But on absolute basis this number is...

By the very nature of tourism as a service industry, its efficient management and successful operation depend largely on the quality of manpower. In India, the shortage of skilled manpower poses a major threat to the overall development of tourism. In particular, the rapid expansion of hotels of...

The purpose of this paper is to generate discussion on certain basic issues pertaining scope and limitations of community actions for agricultural development. For this purpose a sociological-historical-cultural approach has been followed keeping in mind the two roles of agricultural...

There has been a heated controversy around the Narmada project. Environmentalists have rightly argued for an open and informed debate. The government and the academics supporting it have felt that all the information has been shared. We do not intend to discuss the merits or demerits of various...

This paper looks at the case of 50,000 odd workers who lost their jobs between 1983-84 as a result of closure of privately owned textile mills in Ahmedabad city. In a large majority of cases, these workers did not receive their due benefits or retrenchment compensation; and they remained outside...