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India's Public Distribution System: A National and International Perspective

Radhakrishna, R.; Subbarao, K.; Indrakant, S.; Ravi, C. - eSocialSciences - 2014

This study examines the impact of India's Public Distribution System (PDS) on poor households in terms of income gains … gains of PDS in terms of income transfer were very meager and the impact on poverty and nutritional status minimal. The … PDS developments and their likely impacts on the poor. The study measures the extent of income transfer. It also assesses …

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Persistent Inequality: An Explanation Based on Limited Parental Altruism

Das, Mausumi - eSocialSciences - 2008

This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited …

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Realising The Potential Of Panchayati Raj In India

Saxena, Naresh C. - eSocialSciences - 2005

Rural decentralisation and panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) are a profound change in the Indian rural institutional scene. They may ultimately offer a better option for rural development and poverty alleviation. However, it was a mistake to think that PRIs would emerge as caring institutions...

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From Income to Urban Contest in Global Settings: Chronic Poverty in Bangalore

Benjamin, Solomon - eSocialSciences - 2009

The paper is a research which studies the government policies and agendas that affect the poor in India. For the research 8 to 10 families, who had been intervened several years ago were re-interviewed to identify and explore the processes that reinforced or helped them escape the situation of...

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Public Private Partnership in Uttar Pradesh Health Care Delivery System- UPHSDP as an Initiative

Jahan, Bibi Ishrat - eSocialSciences - 2009

The objective of the study is to find out the primary reason to encourage public private participation in health care delivery system in Uttar Pradesh and the study also aim to analyse UPHSDP -a World Bank project.

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BMC Budget 2011-12

BMC, Municipal Commissioner - eSocialSciences - 2011

Budget presented to Municipal Commissioner

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Economic Survey, 2010-11, Maharashtra

Government, Maharashtra - eSocialSciences - 2011

State income, public finances, agriculture and animal husbandry, education, health, population etc are given importance …

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Beer Drinking Nations: The Determinants of Global Beer Consumption

Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Colen, Liesbeth - eSocialSciences - 2011

economy. A quantitative empirical analysis shows that the relationship between income and beer consumption has an inverse U …

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Multidimensional Indices of Achievements and Poverty: What Do We Gain and What and What Do We Lose?

Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2011

Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …

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Detection and Forecasting of Islamic Calendar Effects in Time Series Data: Revisited

Rao, Nasir Hamid; Bukhari, Syed Kalim Hyder; Jalil, Abdul - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper is an attempt to revisit the pioneering work of Riazuddin and Khan (2002). A complete business cycle has been elapsed (2002-2010) since their study, so there is need to review the results with additional information. This revisited attempt, based on a theoretically specified...

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