Urbanization in India is not rapid but massive. In order to plan for balanced and integrated development of the district and to control the growth of Nagpur, potential cities and towns should be developed to their optimum capacity. These growth centres should be developed not only to direct some...

Scheduled Tribe (ST) population represents a heterogeneous group scattered in different regions of India. The differences are noticed in language, cultural practices, socio-economic status and pattern of livelihood. The STs are confronted with problems like forced migration, exploitation,...

Rural industries have a major aspect in Indian economy due to scarcity of capital; increasing unemployment; regional imbalances and disparities; inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth; and un-utilization and/or under-utilization of rural resources. This study analyses the...

Globalisation has introduced a system of production where flexible work contract or sub-contracting and ‘putting-out’ system of production is becoming a general practice. Either as cost reduction strategy or as businesses strategy production is being out sourced and consequently a set of...

The process of economic globalisation and liberalisation during the last two decades has reshaped the labour norms in India. As a result, the share of the informal workers in total employment has increased tremendously. During this period, a significant part of the incremental employment is...

The study measures farm level technical efficiency among paddy farmers of Hailakandi district of Assam on the basis of farm level primary data of 265 cultivators for the peak cropping season of 2009-10. A translog stochastic production frontier is estimated and selected non-input factors are...

Macro-regions are experiencing regional crises. Interestingly, macro-regions are also able to react in terms of policy responses. This article addresses economic governance against the backdrop of two macro-regional cooperation models, in the European Union and in ASEAN. Economic governance is...

Balanced regional development has always been an essential component of the Indian development strategy. Since all parts of the country are not equally well endowed with physical and human resources to take advantage of growth opportunities, and since historical inequalities have not been...

Expansion of the secondary sector in India is marked by the inability to achieve prolonged spells of its rapid growth, though it has shown relatively stable employment elasticity. The analysis of the nature of employment growth with output growth in the sub-sectors indicates that while...

Health is an essential input for development of human resources and quality of life and in turn the social and economic development of nation .A positive health status is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not only the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO,...