In this paper, we report returns to education in India using unit level data from the nationwide Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2018-19. OLS estimates from the classical Mincerian equation are presented. Various econometric techniques (e.g., conventional IV and heteroskedasticity-based IV...

In this paper, we report returns to education in India using unit level data from the nationwide Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2018-19. OLS estimates from the classical Mincerian equation are presented. Various econometric techniques (e.g., conventional IV and heteroskedasticity-based IV...

Undeniably, agriculture sector has been backbone of the Indian economy. The role of the government has been crucial ever since the Five Year Plans were launched. Among its various policy interventions the government also set up agro-based public sector enterprises namely National Seeds...

Fiscal federalism is the most popular form of organization of governments for the provision ofpublic goods. Organization of a multitier governmental structure requires assignments ofresources and responsibilities to each tier. The theoretical framework of fiscal federalismprovides the principles...

Public health services, which reduce a population's exposure to disease through such measures as sanitation and vector control, are an essential part of a country's development infrastructure. For various reasons, mostly of political economy, public fund for health services in India have been...

AlI India's population in 1951 was about 369 million, which has increased by more than four times a population of 1,210 million in 2011. The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011 it can be seen in details in chart 2.1. The absolute addition is...

This paper discusses the trafficking of women and children in India with its permanent and temporary influencing factors. It examines the history of human trafficking using descriptive statistics, trends, and the like in order to explain some theoretical facts for human trafficking, as well as...

This study is an attempt to analyse the changes in adolescent girls in India which is effected by of some selected variable related to demographic and socioeconomic predictors. This is based on recent house hold surveys which include National Family Health Surveys (NFHS), Census Surveys, various...

The NSE NIFTY Index tracks the behavior of a portfolio of blue chip companies, the largest and most liquid Indian securities. The Index is well studied for bench marking, index funds and index based derivatives. The persuading power of NSE Nifty is very high on other indices especially NSE...