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Carrying Over: Analysing Female Utopias and Narratives of Education from 17th-century France to 18th-century Britain and 20th Century India
B, Bagchi - eSocialSciences - 2008
journeying back to seventeenth-century ancien regime France, to 1770s Scotland, to 1790s England, to early 20th-century Bengal …, and back again to where she started from, 21stcentury India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341771
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Parking Space for the Poor: Restrictions Imposed on Marketing and Movement of Agricultural Goods in India
Wadhwa, Mayank - eSocialSciences - 2010
Agricultural markets in India have been regulated since 1928 with the inception of the "Royal Commission of Agriculture …." Policy intervention in agriculture was virtually absent till the Bengal Famine of 1943, in which more than a million people … died. The famine provided a major impetus for formulation of a comprehensive food policy in India. The Food Policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504568
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Mexican Swine Flu—A New Threat to Humanity
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2009
The article provides information pertaining to the recent outbreak of "swine flu", which has spread beyond Mexico and the US. The present study shows that the outbreak has lot to do with industrial farm animal production, which is becoming popular in the West.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250498
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Reforming Foodgrains Management: Achieving Food Security with Cost-Effectiveness
Kumar, A. Ganesh; Gulati, Ashok; Ralph Cummings, Jr. - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper examines the efficacy of the current system of public foodgrains management and policies in promoting food security in the country. It argues that the system has outlived its usefulness, and that continuing with the same only stifles growth in foodgrains, with very little welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009913
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Consultation Paper on Media Ownership
TRAI, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - eSocialSciences - 2008
policy relating to cross media and ownership restrictions in India. The comments of all stakeholders on the issues discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528211
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One Hundred years of Economic Change in Bengal: Re-visiting the Economic Life of a Bengal District
Raihan, Selim - eSocialSciences - 2011
Through the use of secondary data, field visits and focus group discussions, this study explores the dynamics of the evolution of the economic life in Greater Faridpur over the last 100d years (1910-2010). Such investigation suggests that there have been large increases in population and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321448
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Book Review: Of Space and 'Spatialities'
Dantas, Anandi - eSocialSciences - 2010
Review of Spatialising Politics: Culture and Geography in Postcolonial Sri Lanka. Catherine Brun and Tariq Jazeel (Editors). Sage Publications, New Delhi; 2009, 260 pp, Rs. 695.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250456
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Regulatory Structure for Financial Stability and Development
Goyal, Ashima - eSocialSciences - 2010
Stricter regulatory surveillance in emerging market economies (EMEs) largely insulated their financial systems from the crisis. Development and convergence of regulatory apparatus has been rapid. In some respects, EMEs may be closer to new global norms. The development of financial markets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008473442
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The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Information and Communication Technologies
Rao, C Niranjan - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper starts by recapitulating the basic arguments provided by economic theory to explain the existence of the patent system. The paper then concentrates on the three important ICT industries viz., telecommunication equipment, computer hardware and semiconductor industries. The issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487573
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Labour Market in Urban Agglomerations: A case from an Indian Global City
Paul, G.D Bino; M, Krishna Krishna - eSocialSciences - 2011
The study explores different aspects of employment and labour market prevalent in large in UAs, in particular global cities. To capture the role of labour market in urban agglomeration, particularly pooling of labour and concentration of economic activities, the paper present a case study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319328