Using individual-level data from the National Sample Survey for 1999-2000 and 2009-2010, theur paper has done an empirical assessments of their socio-economic condition of OBCs, SC-STs. [CDE Working Paper No.233]. URL:[http://www.cdedse.org/pdf/work233.pdf].

We trace changes in standard-of-living indicators across the three broad caste groups in India in order to comment on the evolution of the relative ranking of "Other Backward Classes" (OBCs). Employing a difference-in-diffrences strategy and analyzing individuals born between 1926-1985, we and...

The most common method of education remains that of the student teacher relationship in the classroom. Within this framework, although the student has the final choice on attendance, the educational institution can affect his relevant incentives. At the two extremes, full attendance can be...

The extensive use of foreign languages in schooling might have an important role to play in the poor educational outcomes observed on the African continent. Exploiting the language policy change of 1994 in Ethiopia as a natural experiment, we estimate the effects of provision of mother tongue...

This paper surveys the patents output of major publishing countries and India for the years 1985, 1986 and 1987; presents the Indian patents output for the period from 1978-1979 to 1987-1988, and analyses the complete specifications accepted and notified in the Gazette of India, Part III Section 2...

The granting of patents in India is governed by the Patents Act (1970). The patent offices come under the administrative control of the Government of India, Ministry of Industry, Department of Industrial Development. Indian Patent Law is as old as 130 years and underwent many revisions. The...

The article analyses quantitatively the bibliographic searches such as cumulative search reports, SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information) searches and applicant-inventor searches of the office of the Patent Information System (PIS) provided during the period from 1 March 1984 to 31 December...

This substantive and original contribution to the study of urbanization in India critically analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the Indian urban system and provides new insights into contemporary urban problems. The author's perspective of urban development in India interrelates the...

This report presents an evaluation of the Phase II Smart Card Demonstration Project, the goal of which is to develop a transit fare payment system for commercialization that will improve transit efficiency and effectiveness. The major focus of the project is the testing of selected technologies...

This paper is an attempt to define and explore the phenomenon of loan pushing in international lending in the 1970s. The earliest descriptions of loan pushing are anecdotal; this paper surveys the various facets that emerge from these anecdotes and suggests a possible definition that serves as...