In the present paper the methodology and data sources to construct estimates of capital stock as on March 31, 1961 for 15 major state economies in India are described pointing out gaps in the availability of required data. The estimates of capital stock at state level in India are also presented...

With increasing cross-border trade and globalization of markets, country of origin effect is assuming importance in the domain of cross-national consumer behaviour. Country of origin effect refers to consumers general perceptions of quality for products having brand names associated with a...

The policy intervention in agriculture has been credit driven. This is even more pronounced in the recent interventions made by the State, in doubling agricultural credit, providing subvention and putting an upper cap on interest rates for agricultural loans, the package announced for distressed...

This survey reviewed studies published during 1963-1979. In all 26 studies were reviewed which dealt with data collected on samples drawn from 14 different occupations representing 26 countries of the world. The following conclusions can be drawn from the survey: 1. It indicates the relative...

A considerable effort has been devoted all over the world during the last decade on improvement in management of population programmes. This paper reviews experiences in selected developing countries and addresses the following three questions: 1. What has been the contribution of the quality of...

This paper, based on the detailed study of a village level handloom cooperative, brings out various dimensions in relation to the survival of a handloom industry. The major finding of the study is that extremely low level of wages given to the handloom weavers is the major reason why the weavers...

Accounting for leases is a debatable subject in spite of variety of standards having been issued by the professional accounting bodies all over the world. Two important issues relate to the treatment of lease rentals and the disclosure of leased assets in the financial statements. Opinions are...

The paper presents results of the third part of the study on Productivity in PSEs. Productivity has often been talked about and examined in the context of Physical Performance of an Enterprise. Invariably, however, it has seldom figured in evaluation of financial performance of PSE. The aim of...

A two-phase project is underway to develop greenhouse systems suitable for water scarce, semi-arid region of north-west India (Kutch). The first phase aimed at studying the effectiveness of natural ventilation and earth-tube-heat-exchanger for environmental control, in place of fan-pads commonly...

Situations abound in the real world, where aggregate demand for a commodity exceeds aggregate supply. When such situations of excess demand occur, what is required is some kind of rationing. The literature on rationing problems has an interesting origin in the Babylonian Talmud. The purpose of...