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Report to the People on Environment and Forests: 2009-2010

eSocialSciences; Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI - 2011

The present report aims to generate greater awareness and environmental consciousness amongst our citizens. The objective of the report, therefore, is to generate a national debate among various stakeholders on the key environmental issues and challenges that must be addressed to ensure a rapid...

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India's Forests and the Judiciary-The Godavarman Story

Upadhyay, Sanjay; Chohan, Shilpa; Gupta, Priya - eSocialSciences - 2011

stakeholders are the three most prominent examples of judicial activism in the sphere of forests and wildlife. It is important to … study and analyze the impact of these judicial pronouncements and interventions on forestry practices and wildlife … on the future course of intervention and also serve as a ready reckoner for persons interested in forest and wildlife …

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Price Transmission and Market Power in Modern Agricultural Value Chains

Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - eSocialSciences - 2014

Price transmission is theoretically examined and how exogenous consumer price shocks (triggered for instance by income changes, global shocks, or by changes in consumer preferences) are transmitted to producer prices, taking into account the particular nature and institutional characteristics of...

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Market Dynamics in Supply Chains: The Impact of Globalisation and Consolidation on Food Companie's Mark-ups

Kaditi, Eleni A - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper examines whether ownership and increased competitive pressure affect food retailersâ€™ market power, analysing whether all actors involved in the food supply chain deviate from the pricing behaviour that exists under perfect competition. A method proposed by Roeger (1995) is used...

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OTC Derivatives Market in India: Recent Regulatory Initiatives and Open Issues for Market Stability and Development

Arora, Dayanand; Rathinam, Francis Xavier - eSocialSciences - 2010

The paper seeks to prove the point that the Indian OTC derivatives markets, unlike many other jurisdictions, are well regulated. Only contracts where one party to the contract is an RBI regulated entity are considered legally valid in India. A good reporting system and a post-trade clearing and...

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Re-Activating Primary Health Centres Through Industrial Partnership in Tamilnadu Is it a Sustainable Model of Partnership?

D, Varatharajan; D, Wilson Arul Anandan - eSocialSciences - 2009

Keralaâ€™s success in human development demonstrated that efficient functioning of government health care delivery system opens the doors of prosperity for the poor and vulnerable sections of the population.1-4 Better accessibility, appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency of public...

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The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development Implications

D'Costa, Anthony P. - eSocialSciences - 2006

This paper charts the complex dynamics of the movement of technical talent in the world economy and assesses broadly the impact of such mobility on both sending and receiving countries. Based on secondary data and primary information from the Indian and Japanese IT industry, the study presents a...

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Fuel Price Hike and Indonesiaâ€™s Energy Insecurity

Sembiring, Margareth; Kenawas, Yoes C. - eSocialSciences - 2013

Fuel price hikes have always been unpopular in Indonesia, largely because of their wide-ranging impact on the population. Yet, it is undeniable that the current high subsidies are unsustainable. To move forward on this issue then, the government would need to focus on comprehensive measures that...

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In the Name of Science and Public Health: Concerns about the Safety of Pentavalent Vaccine

Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2014

This report provides information on the policy and implementation of immunization in India. A description of the findings of the verbal autopsies gathered from the visits to Srinagar and Haryana, as also the replies obtained under from RTIs on the situation in other states. There is a discussion...

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Establishing a Comprehensive Health Sector Response to Sexual Assault

CEHAT, ... - eSocialSciences - 2014

CEHAT is the first institution in India to have directly engaged with the public health sector to develop a health-system based model to respond to sexual assault. This initiative, which began in 2008, has been built on an earlier initiative in which the Public Health department of MCGM and...

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