This paper examines changes in productivity and profitability of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) using its annual data from 1984-85 to 2009-10. Another objective of the paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of calculating the total price performance measure, i.e.,...

The aim of this study is twofold. First, it aims to put forward new information concerning the technical characteristics of State Road Transport Undertakings (henceforth, STUs) on the basis of a sample of medium and large-size Indian states. Second, it aims to analyze the level of productive...

This study is based on twenty-one State Road Transport Undertakings (STUs), which are selected on the basis of availability of data and volume of their operation. Output (measured in terms of pass.-kms) produced by the sample STUs are usually more than 80 percent of the produced output of all...