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Roots of disaffectation in Punjab - Comments on the book "Federalism, Nationalism and Development: India and the Punjab Economy " by Pritam Singh

Singh, Ajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

world. It focuses on the Punjab, a geo-politically important state on India’s north-western frontier with Pakistan. Punjab … population. The state comprises 2 per cent of India’s population and a lower proportion of its land area, yet it provides 60 …-70 per cent of wheat and rice consumed by India’s urban population. …

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Quality of Jobs Generated by Unorganised Establishments During Globalisation: A Diagnosis with a Case of Indian Punjab

Jain, Varinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

‘What has been the quality of jobs generated by Punjab’s urban unorganised establishments in an era of globalisation?’ is the central question addressed in this paper. It is argued that the unorganised establishments’ growth, under the conditions of exogenous technology, may be due to...

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PHYSICAL CAPITAL FORMATION AND INCOME RELATIONSHIPS: A TEMPORAL ANALYSIS FOR PUNJAB AND HARYANA

Sethi, Amarjit Singh; Kaur, Supreet - In: Journal of Regional Development and Planning 2 (2013) 2, pp. 109-130

The present paper aims at examining comparative growth performance, structural transformations and causal relationships among Physical Capital Formation and Gross State Domestic Product in Punjab and Haryana states. Various analytical estimations have been made from secondary time series data...

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Marketing of Bt Cotton in India: Aggressive, Unscrupulous and Falseâ€¦.

eSocialSciences - 2007

The paper examines the prevailing situation of Bt cotton marketing in India. It tells a story of how aggressive and … unethical marketing practices are adopted for luring faemers into the Bt cotton trap in India. …

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Morinda Revisited: Changes in Nutritional Well-being and Gender Differences After 30 Years of Rapid Economic Growth in Rural Punjab India

Levinson, F. James; Mehra, Sucheta; Levinson, Dorothy; … - Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition … - 2003

of Punjab state in India 30 years after the original study, and following a period of rapid economic growth. The original … 1971 study had found a high prevalence of mortality and malnutrition, and the worst gender difference in nutritional status … ever recorded in an Indian study. The 2001 follow-up study found dramatic reductions in child mortality, child malnutrition …

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Post-Green Revolution Agro-entrepreneurship among Capitalist Farmers in Indian Punjab and Andhra Pradesh

Singh, Sukhpal - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurship 22 (2013) 2, pp. 161-180

Indian agriculture has undergone substantial changes due to the phenomenon of Green Revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s resulting in accumulation of agrarian surpluses in many regions. This article examines the conversion of such surpluses into commercial and industrial capital in terms of...

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Internal Security Crises in Punjab, Kashmir and Jaffna: The Power of Moderation

Ahmed, Ali - In: South Asian Survey 17 (2010) 2, pp. 295-311

The article argues that the militarised nature of Indiaâ€™s initial reaction to an internal security crisis contributes to deterioration in the situation. The resulting full-blown insurgency, usually complicated by proxy war, takes several years to wind down due to the political prong of...

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