lndia is a newly 'adjusting' country in the global economy. Despite the significance of human resource development in the rapidly modernising economy. adult education is not treated as a priority sub-sector of general education. In India the major thrust of the policy on adult education has been...

When a new product is introduced into the international market every country makes an attempt to assess the possible value addition from this product to its consumers. On this basis they expect a certain level of output to be made available at some competitive price. Similarly, they wish to see...

Differences between natural forests and commercial plantations, and natural capital and human-made capital suggest the rate of time preference for forest resources being an endogenous factor of a cummunity. An examination of the rate of time preference in the context of the community's attitude...

Primary Agricultural Co-operative Societies (PACS), along with Farmers Service Societies (FSS) and Large Sized Adivasi Multi -purpose Societies (LAMPS), form the lowest base of the cooperative credit syslem in India These base-level institutions are affiliated to the district fcntrpl cooperative...

The paper reviews the experience of developing countries in the multilateral tradlng system from the conclusion of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 and the establishment of the World Trade organization (WTO) in 1995. It traces the ongins of GATT and the history of eight...

This paper, while analysing various aspects of water use. estimates the household's willingness and ability to pay for drinking water in rural areas for formulating price policies. It questions the validity of the 5 per cent thumb rule for formulating blanket price policies. The study also...

This paper deals with an important but as yet unexplored facet ill the Sociology of lndian diaspora. namely. the interaction between Indian nationals and diasporic Indians. Focusing on the encounters between Trinidad Indians and Indian nationals. it analyses the processes of inter-cultural...

The notion of 'sustainable development' assumes that development can be made viable in an ecological. social and economic sense. Empirical analysis demonstrates that reductionist approaches to development are inadequate, as is demonstrated here by an analysis of the work done on the relationship...

The paper highlights the role of the financial sector in achieving sustained economic growth. It argues that an efficient financial system is very much essential for improving the saving and investment activity and for promoting the overall productivity in the economy. In this context. the paper...

Broadly speaking humanity has experienced six revolutions so far. The present ongoing revolution led by a coalitional vanguard focuses simultaneously on three sources of deprivation exploitation, discrimination and oppression. This gives birth to intense conflicts between the cumulatively...