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Determinants of Clusters in Indian Manufacturing: The Role of Infrastructure, Governance, Education, and Industrial Policy
Fernandes, Ana M.; Sharma, Gunjan - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper investigates the determinants of spatial concentration and entry within manufacturing across states in India …
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Target the Beneficiaries in the 2013-14 Budget
Mishra, Rudra Narayan - eSocialSciences - 2013
In spite of several programmes in the country to reduce undernutrition, India continues to have a large number … these programmes reaches the beneficiaries. Efforts have to be done to reduce the micronutrient deficiency in India. The …
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Remoteness and Unbalanced Growth: Understanding Divergence Across Indian Districts
Das, Samarjit; Ghate, Chetan; Robertson, Peter E. - eSocialSciences - 2013
The existing literature on Indian growth finds no evidence of convergence across states. This represents a puzzle given the relatively free flows of capital, labor and commodities across state borders. A new data set of district level income and socio-economic data is used to explore the...
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Vulnerability of Migrants and Responsiveness of the State: The Case of Unskilled Migrant Workers in Kerala, India
Kumar, N. Ajith - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper examines how the state and other agencies in the host state (Kerala) responded to reduce the vulnerability of inter-state migrant workers. The paper also makes an assessment of a pioneering welfare scheme for inter-state migrant workers introduced by the Kerala government. [CSES...
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Infrastructure Challenges in India: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships
Nataraj, Geethanjali - eSocialSciences - 2014
Inadequate infrastructure was recognized in the Eleventh Plan as a major constraint for rapid growth. The Plan had …, therefore, emphasized on the need for massive expansion on investment in infrastructure based on a combination of public and … private investment, the latter through various forms of PPPs. To develop infrastructure in the country, the government is …
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Election 2014: What Political Parties Must Commit to Children
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2014
What children need are effective institutions, equitable services and adequate resources, combined with political will and accountable leadership. This is what political leaders can promise them. [HAQ CRC].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945563
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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, GOI 2012-13
Initiative, Accountability - eSocialSciences - 2012
This brief uses Government reported data to analyse Sarva Shiksha Ahiyan performance along the following parameters: a) Overall trends in allocation and expenditures, b) Expenditure performance across key SSA activities, c) Coverage and outputs. [AI Report]....
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Annual Report (2011-12) on The Working of State Power Utilities and Electricity Departments
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2012
Major shifts in the policy initiated in the electricity sector are well documented, only then the effect of the policy change can be analyzed, especially from the point of view of laying down future policies in the power sector. It is with perspective that this document has been published by the...
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Governance and Health
Acharya, Shankar - eSocialSciences - 2007
As we celebrate 60 years of political independence and take pride in our dynamic private sector, our remarkable IT successes and all the other usual dimensions of success, let us remind ourselves that a great deal remains to be done to improve the foundations of India’s human resources...
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Union Budget-First Cut Analysis 2009-2010
IRIS, IRIS India - eSocialSciences - 2009
The thrust of this budget on the expenditure side is twofold. Continue with the fiscal stimulus measures and extend these for another six months or one years as the case maybe. Significant among these, is the six month extension to the farm loan waiver and an additional 1% subvention in farmer...
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