It has been reported that in contrast with North America and most of Western Europe, where growth of nuclear power have leveled out for many years, the 'greatest growth in nuclear generation' in near future is expected in China, Japan, South Korea and India. It would be naýve to believe that...

India, with a population of over 1.10 billion is one of the fastest growing economies of the world. As domestic sources of different conventional commercial energy are drying up, dependence on foreign energy sources is increasing. There exists a huge potential for saving energy in India. After...

India has the world's second largest urban population (after China). This paper shows the large disparities within this urban population in health related indicators. It shows the disparities for child and maternal health, provision for health care and housing conditions between the poorest...

The SHG-Bank Linkage Programme in India has been a flag-ship programme of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), with the objective of enabling the poorest of the poor to access financial resources to increase household income and to achieve sustained livelihood. The...

In this paper we look at the determinants of suicide rates in developing countries by looking at the incidence of suicides in the various states of the Indian union. A thorough analysis of socio-economic factors affecting suicide rates in developed countries was conducted by Emile Durkheim...

In managing sustainability, the development thinkers and planners must have to align their thinking with the vision and missions of development. Building visions and missions of development has to be synchronized with modern sustainable concept with contextualization and prognostication on what...

This paper discusses the nature, determinants and extent of alcoholism with its burden on the society. The logit and multi-logit models are used for the data analysis based on a qualitative survey method. Findings suggest that standard of living index and education will help to reduce alcoholism...

Open and participatory budget making is imperative for good governance; yet by international standards India fares badly on this count. this article analyses the process of budget preparation and suggests how it can be made more transparent and participatory

This paper looks at the implications of the liberalization process for the magnitude and nature of inequality in India and its possible ramifications for social harmony. Our discussion implies that the increase in household based rural and urban inequality for monthly consumption expenditure at...

Globalization reflects increased and accelerated interdependence of economic and political relations, where local incidents are impacting global society. The world has greatly changed in the recent history and only those would survive in the coming times who could quickly adjust to the changing...