The paper examines agricultural productivity growth since formation of united Andhra Pradesh in 1956 at district level by using Malmquist productivity indices. Overall, TFP growth in agriculture and allied activities in Telangana is 1.3 % per annum, 1.1% per annum in Coastal, while in...

Andhra Pradesh is one of the largest state in India, with agriculture as a major source of income for about 60% of its population. In the last 50 years, the annual growth rate of agriculture has been 2.88%, which is far below the target growth of 4% per annum. Further, Andhra Pradesh is divided...

Lentil has been an important source of protein in many countries where it has been grown for many centuries. In traditional growing regions, lentils are often grown with little or no inputs like fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides on small farms to supply food for the local people. Production...

This paper reviews the current scenario of rural banking and examines the developments in rural banking in the post-liberalisation period. The paper highlighted the transformation in reaching the rural sector by commercial banks in a competitive atmosphere and its impact on rural/priority sector...

With more than 70% of the Indian population still residing in rural India, strengthening of the rural economy holds the key for an all-encompassing economic development of the country. In the wake of limited growth in agriculture, the rise of the Rural Non Farm Sector (RNFS) is imperative to...

The WTO regime has thronged new opportunities as well as challenges to Indian agriculture. The paper reviews impact of WTO regime on Indian agriculture competitiveness in comparison to developed countries. As majority of Indian farmers are small and marginal there is greater scope in organizing...

Chickpea is an important pulse crop in India. The production of chickpea is stagnate and its variability is increased in the past three decades. The present study is an attempt to examine the pattern of growth, variability and the sources of growth and instability in production of chickpea at...

In India, pulses annual production ranges from 11-15 million tons with per hectare of yield of 595 kg. India contributes about 93% of the total global pigeonpea, 68% of chickpea and 32% of lentil production. However India’s rank in productivity is low that is 24th in chickpea, 9th in...

The paper examined the competitiveness of Indian scheduled commercial banks in the deregulated period 1996-2002. The data used for the study has been collected from annual reports of Reserve Bank of India. Efficiency change, scale efficiency and pure technical efficiency change between two...