The textile sector in India is extremely fragmented and labour-intense. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and the unorganised sector dominate the textile industry. Another area of worry is the lack of foreign investment in the textile industry. There are no favourable government policies...

Energy is the prime mover of economic growth and is vital to sustain a modern economic and social development. Renewable energy applications have brought about significant changes in the Indian energy scenario. The identification and efficient use of various renewable energy resources are the...

Agriculture sector is the mainstay of the Indian economy, contributing about 15 per cent of national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and more importantly, about half of India's population is wholly or significantly dependent on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood. This paper is...

Biodiversity conservation has traditionally been seen as problem of protecting genetic diversity. It has had two dimensions: ex situ germ plasma preservation in zoos, aquaria and arboreta (and by extension, seed banks, tissue cultures and genomic libraries), and in situ species preservation in...

This paper highlights agricultural productivity and the food security through public distribution system in a brief manner. Agricultural sector is the backbone of the country's development and sustenance for 65 per cent of the population in rural areas and approximately more than 58 per cent of...

Retail industry is the largest industry in India, with an employment of around 8 percent to over 10 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product. Retail industry in India is expected to rise 25 percent yearly being driven by strong income growth, changing lifestyles, and favourable...

Self Help Groups are small homogenous groups consisting of 12-20 women from BPL families voluntarily organized to promote savings. This study aims at savings & rural credit of SHGs in five coastal villages of Tuticorin District viz Thaalamuthunagar, Vellapatti, Therespuram, Arockiapuram & Inigo...

Higher Education has undergone quite a lot of transformation over the years. After the Kothari Commission report in 1966, discussions on college autonomy started and a few colleges became autonomous since 1978 and a few of them have completed 25 years of such a freedom. Academic freedom, under...

Learning and course management systems are useful in generating and managing a variety of student support services and products, such as course outlines, digitally recorded classroom material, discussion groups, laboratory manuals and lab assignments, lecture notes, live lectures for later...

Education is always a search for quality and excellence. It opens the horizon of the human mind full of prospects and possibilities, visions, and fulfilments. Today, the system as whole of higher education in India has grown. However, we fail to maintain quality along with growth. The quality of...