Mutual Fund came in India with the establishment of Unit Trust of India in 1964 with the view to provide a wider choice to small investors. The Government of India amended Banking Regulation Act in 1987 to permit commercial banks to launch mutual funds in India. Considering the fact that the...

The Indian capital market also witnessed a significant institutional development in the form of a diversified structure of mutual fund in the last decades. A wide variety of mutual funds schemes have also been developed by the fund-managers to attract the investors. Tax-saving mutual funds are...

The aim of the study is to provide an analytical analysis of co-integration between Indian and U.S stock market. The study used monthly average data from the stock indices namely, NSE Nifty (NSE) and NASDAQ Composite (NASDAQ), for the period from January 2010 to December 2018. A number of...

In the absence of mandatory reporting requirements in India, few corporate bodies make environmental disclosure purely on a voluntary basis in the form of sustainability reporting. Thus, the purpose of the present paper is to assess whether Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited furnishes...

Private (non-state) sector engagement in the provision of educational services at the primary and secondary levels in South Asia has recently undergone remarkable growth. This type of education comes in various forms, such as schools financed and managed by the private sector, schools financed...

Six randomized control trials were published simultaneously in one issue of the 'American Economic Journal: Applied Economics' in 2015. The studies show no or minimal impact from providing microloans to clients and have led many researchers and policy makers to conclude that microfinance has...

This report investigates how more and better jobs can be created in South Asia. It does so for two reasons. First, this region will contribute nearly 40 percent of the growth in the world’s working-age (15–64) population over the next several decades. It is important to determine...

This book is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one is an overview. Chapter two reviews South Asia's recent track record with regard to the quantity and quality of job creation. It traces the relationship of such job creation mostly to overall economic growth and attempts to answer what needs...