Government policy of reducing transfer payments drastically is based on arguments of strong preference for leisure by the beneficiaries. Since this has direct bearing on working poverty, empirical evidence on the relationship between the incidence of working poverty and transfer payments in...

Cities are often compared with one another using a variety of indicators which measure the physical, economic and social well being of the residents. Such comparisons are used to assign rankings such as “best places to live” or “best places to do business” etc. Frequently these...

The paper New Economy - The behavioral Issues focuses on the impact of the Information Technology. The IT virtually has sipped into the very existing structure of the mankind, be it a kitchen or a corporate office. The paper contains a description of some of the main characteristics of New...

Since cotton is grown under different agroclimatic and local conditions of the northern, central and southern regions of the country, the performance of cotton production is influenced by the agroclimatic and region-specific factors. In this study, an econometric model has been developed for...

In this paper we present the details of fertigation system for greenhouse at Kothara (Kutch). Two separate alternatives--Drip and Sprinklers--have been examined.

An important problem of artificial intelligence is learning class description from pre-classified examples. The emphasis of some of the important learning systems such as ID3, INDUCE and CART is to discriminate each class from every other class. In many practical cases such descriptions are very...

Our analysis of markets, competitors and suppliers in three key Indian export industries-diamonds, garments, and software – sheds light on the effects of India’s recent economic reforms on export competitiveness. It also calls attention to the imperative to upgrade in international...

An increasing number of Indian women are joining managerial ranks, yet very few studies have been carried out to empirically assess people’s attitudes towards women managers. This paper reports results of a study of attitudes towards women managers in banks. Data were collected from 65 female...

During the last decade, there has been tremendous growth in mobile penetration in many countries across the globe including a number of developing countries. The total number of mobile subscription 5 billion by the end of 2010 and is further expected to grow multi-folds. On the other hand,...

The empirical evidence on the price elasticity of fertilizer demand in India is not conclusive. In order to properly estimate the likely impact of the policy changes affecting fertilizer prices on the fertilizer use and hence on the agricultural growth in the country, magnitude of the short-run...