Introduction -- A Brief Review of Literature- International and Indian -- Fisheries Sector in India - An Overview -- International Trade in Fisheries: India and its Global Partners -- Study Area and Methodology. .

Purpose: This paper examines the prices of fishery products (an important source of protein for the poor) and drivers of their inter-regional variations in India, where fishery is a critical sector. By explaining regional price differences, we make an attempt to derive policy implications as to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the status of a class of non‐permanent labour in the globalised era in India. Design/methodology/approach – To understand this the paper uses both secondary level information and primary data collected through a survey. Secondary level...

It is well known that around 80 per cent of farmers in India are in the small or marginal farmers group which requires financial resources on a regular basis for their farming activities. Needless to say, as these households do not possess adequate savings, accessibility to financial resources...

This paper examines the nature and extent of household indebtedness in West Bengal, focusing on households’ access to credit and factors influencing interest rate determination in informal credit markets. As far as accessibility is concerned, it finds that the urban poor face greater...

This paper studies the efficiency properties with respect to transactions cost, of a trading post set-up vis-à-vis a marketless trading arrangement under the well-known frame-work of Ostroy and Starr [1974]. It is revealed from this exercise that the social institute of money works better when...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the status of a class of non-permanent labour in the globalised era in India. Design/methodology/approach – To understand this the paper uses both secondary level information and primary data collected through a survey. Secondary level...