The main objective of this paper is to answer the question; does the market structure explain the variation in profitability of Indian cement industry? If yes, which measure; if no, why not? To answer this question, we used the empirical technique, the Davidson-MacKinnon's J test, to test the...

The motive of this study is to put forward new information concerning the productivity and productive efficiency of the State Road Transport Undertakings (STUs) in India during 2000s. A well-known multilateral index procedure proposed by Caves, Christensen, and Diewert (1982) is used to compute...

This paper analyses productivity and profitability performance of publicly owned Urban Bus Companies (UBCs) in India. Annual data for a sample of nine UBCs, for which consistent data are available from 2000-01 to 2010-11, are used for this analysis. We find that there is a wide disparity among...

The study conducted in tarai region of Uttarakhand was based on data collected from 45 tribal farmers in the agricultural year 2009-10. The study aimed at examining the cost and return of major cereal and tuber crops grown by the tribal farmers. Economics of the crops was measured using total...

The main aim of this study is to analyze the constraints faced by the farmers in cultivation of major crops in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. The study is based on personal interview with 100 farmers of the district. The study finds that the major financial, situational and marketing...

Adoption of new farm technology is very crucial for agricultural productivity and development. Farmers’ perception of new agricultural technology influences their decision to adopt the same. The main aim of this study is to examine the socio-economic status of farmers and their perception...