Twenty-first century India has emerged as a major economic power in the world, with the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product reaching impressive levels and the poverty ratio coming down significantly. The Structural Adjustment Programme in 1991 that the policy of globalisation was...

The automobile industry in India happens to be the ninth largest in the world. Following Japan, South Korea and Thailand, in 2009, India emerged as the fourth largest exporter of automobiles. The likely capacity and production of the automotive sector for the period 2007-12, with an indication...

In recent years, the role of tourism in the economic development of a country has been the focus of study and research. It is the general consensus that tourism has been pivotal in social progress as well as an important vehicle of widening socio-economic and cultural contacts throughout human...

Agricultural growth is a crucial element in resolving food price crises, enhancing food security, and accelerating pro-poor growth. After decades of policy neglect and underinvestment in public goods such as agricultural science, rural infrastructure, and information and monitoring, high food...

Today women are in the process of enriching themselves through Self-Help Group. Tuticorin District having 19 town panchayats formed 1230 SHGs, and their achievement is 259%. The overall objective of the present study is to analysis the economic empowerment of women though SHGs in five coastal...

In recent years, the role of tourism in the economic development of a country has been the focus of study and research. It is the general consensus that tourism has been pivotal in social progress as well as an important vehicle of widening socio-economic and cultural contacts throughout human...

It is now universally accepted that the level of consumer rights and protection is a true indicator of the development of a country and the progressiveness of its civil society. The reasons for universal acceptance of consumer rights and protection, as often cited, are: the rapidly increasing...

The micro finance is agenda for empowering poor women. Micro enterprises are an integral part of planned strategy for securing balanced development of the economy of the poor women. Rural women's participation in agro-based activities is much more than what statistics reveal. The study was...