The Sixth Five-Year Plan (1980-85) aims to reduce the proportion of population below the 'poverty line' to 30% by its terminal year, by means of growth and redistribution of aggregate consumer expenditure. The far higher than expected rate of increase in population, revealed in the results of...

It is generally believed that the new direction given to the banks since their nationalisation in 1969, and the slackening productivity, have led to a declining trend in the profits and profitability of the banks. The study enquires whether there has actually been a declining trend in the...

The present study of the jute industry demonstrates that no "crisis" exists in the industry such as is alleged by the jute mill-owners and that explanations of the so-called crisis offered by the mill-owners are untenable. It is argued that the industry has gained by exploiting the jute growers...

Based on field investigation in 40 firms, the study outlines the nature of innovative activity in Indian manufacturing industry. The data demonstrate the innovative spirit prevailing in many firms. They respond to competition through technical innovation. (DÜI-Sen)

Three broad groups of factors determine the incidence of rural poverty. First, factors like rural wage rates and wage employment which affect mainly the income of rural labour households. This paper deals with third set of factors, agricultural prices and production, which affect the incomes of...

After reviewing the literature on the concept of informal sector, the author investigates whether such a concept can satisfactorily account for Calcutta's economy. Survey of the tailoring industry in Garden Reach (a Calcutta suburb) and some other industrial sectors in different parts of...