Foreword / by Shri Jayant Keskar -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- International trade finance and payment methods -- Regulatory and institutional framework -- Product structure under documentary credit -- Documentary collection and documentary credit : CASELETS under URC 522...

Food security policies in developing countries generally focus on calorie intake, which is not sufficient to tackle the triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet is important to lessen the burden and is...

In this study how number and members of income clusters have changed in Indian agriculture over the last four and a half decades are traced. Two features which stand out in our results are that not all geographical neighbours belong to the same cluster and clusters include both geographical...

The article examines the restructuring of expenditure in the first budget of the new government, and its feasibility. It compares the increase in budget allocations for key macroeconomic aggregates and sectoral plan outlays for the BJP and UPAII interim budget, and the change from the interim...

In this paper, it is demonstrated that university students who cheat on a simple task in a laboratory setting are more likely to state a preference for entering public service. Importantly, it is also shown that cheating on this task is predictive of corrupt behavior by real government workers,...

The conditions in some of the hospitals in India are very poor. There is utter callousness and disregard for the poor who are forced to seek health services. Basic health care and values of human dignity are not accorded to people after 67 years of independence. The poor condition of health care...