Ensconced within the urbanized environs of the Delhi metropolis and its umbrella towns, there exists several semi-urban semi-rural pockets which are inhabited by communities with agrarian backgrounds who had sold off their lands to merge with the fast developing city spaces. Still holding on to...

In the light of the current economic slowdown, liquidity distress worldwide and looming drought in India, it becomes important to study the performance of Regional Rural Banks (RRB's) and their role to bolster the rural economy. The given paper aims to take an overview of the rural banking...

Mahatma Gandhi and his economic ideas are relevant to economic process and in twenty first century. His vision to create Indian villages prosperous and progressive is feasible through economic process. His plan of Gram Swaraj aims at developing villages in a very manner, which retains and...

The growth and development of Gujarat one of India's leading industrial states is examined and the reasons for the relatively high growth are presented. Despite high growth Gujarat faces limitations emanating from skills constraint to attract skill intensive industries

Urbanisation is considered to be an index of transformation from traditional rural economy to modern industrial one. It is a long term process. Urbanisation is a product of demographic explosion and poverty induced rural-urban migration. It has been observed that the pace of urbanisation has...

Housing, particularly for low income urban households, is a long-standing challenge in India. In 2012, 96 per cent of the all India urban housing shortage of 18.78 million was confined to low-income economic groups. This study empirically examines three facets of urban India's housing demand...

Rationale of the study: In terms of population and space, Ahmedabad is one of the largest cities in India. Its commercial, cultural and political importance is equally significant. One of the research studies concluded that total death during communal riots (Hindu - Muslim, based on religion) in...

In 1542, the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana led an expedition into the heart of the Amazon jungle. The Spanish were looking for El Dorado, the mythic civilization possessing indescribable treasures in the form of gold and silver that the Indians claimed existed within the dense...

India’s urbanization story is both massive and complex, as 300 million people will move to its urban spaces by 2030, creating significant challenges. In this brief, we argue that India’s cities would be better served in the long-term by supporting the inclusive urban policies over those that...