ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on energy and power consumption by type and use of fuels in urban areas of Maharashtra, India - presents results of a sample survey (1982-1983) of energy use (incl. Private sector transport) in eight communitys in households of six levels of income, as well as...

In spite of substantial investment by the Government of India, the country’s irrigation and drainage sector finds itself plagued with numerous concerns. The current productivity and efficiency levels, as well as economic returns, are all lower than expected. In light of the growing stress on...

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...

Budget 2012-2013

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...

The intention of the paper is to find out whether e-banking initiatives in Indian public sector banks (PSBs) can be considered as a successful case of BPR implementation. Attempt has been made to study e-banking solutions adopted by Indian PSBs and to evaluate their performance in improving the...

The Indian mutual fund industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the Indian capital and financial markets. The mutual fund industry in India has seen dramatic improvements in quantity as well as quality of product and service offerings in recent years. Mutual funds assets under...

India has one of the fastest growing telecom services industries in the world. Teledensity in the country which was less than one telephone per 100 people in 1991, when the country unleashed a wave of market reforms, have now increased to about 66 per 100 at the end of 2010. There are, of...

Despite an extensive tiered public healthcare system, India has one of the most privatized healthcare systems in world. There is no evidence suggesting that this privatization at anytime has been deliberate. So what has contributed to the private healthcare sector becoming so dominant in the...