The paper examines the status of Indian Petrochemical Industry in the context of world situation. Based on data analysis and interviews, the paper identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the industry in the new liberalised economic scenario in the country and business...

This study presents the findings of a study of technology development in the Indian textile industry undertaken by the author as part of a larger international study led by The World Bank. The study methodology included a field survey of 18 firms size, technological dynamism and location;...

As the Indian economy is being modernized through dismantling of rigid controls and greater reliance on the interplay market forces, the Indian industry is likely to witness major restructuring through a spate of mergers and acquisitions. This paper begins with a short overview of the benefits...

The significant liberalization of the Indian government’s policies towards foreign collaboration and industry in general has led to an upsurge in the annual number of tie-ups between Indian and foreign firms in industrially developed countries. While this development augers well for the...

In this paper we extend the relationship between social welfare and national income from an economy consisting society of private goods to an economy consisting of public goods as well.

The issue of reservation has been presented as arising out of educational and social backwardness of the OBCs. Except in nomenclature there is no substantial evidence to show that most or even the majority of the ‘jatis’ that constitute the OBCs are educationally backward. The heterogeneity...

Indian tea has virtually lost all global markets because it continues to be traded as a commodity. The much talked about value addition is limited and rather late. Only the markets that have consumers with shallow pockets buy tea as a commodity and that share is fast depleting. The industry...

The paper presents a simulation model of population dynamics in an Indian village and discusses its usefulness to a policy maker concerned with the economic and social development of such a village. The model contains some of the elements and interrelations which seem to have significant impact...

This working paper is developed to highlight the methodology for identification and evaluation of various constraints and minimum requirements of farm firms, identification of feasible activities and computation of their input output coefficients including values of objective function. The model...

The study examines application of communication in influencing attitude which turn habitual and therefore difficult to change. It tests the effectiveness of appeals based on information processing theory vis-à-vis educative appeals. Storage and Retrieval, two basic elements of information...