From the 18th century onwards India had experienced a series of famines recurring at very short intervals bringing untold suffering and mortality. During famines common people used to depend on natural resources like forests for sustenance. With the introduction of land and forest policies by...

In this research paper, proposed Indian regulatory policy (in the form of draft Bill, recommendations of committees) towards microfinance sector has been evaluated using framework proposed by Christen, Lyman and Rosenberg (2003). It is been observed that policy is silent on issues like taxation,...

The world's two population giants have undergone significant, and significantly different, demographic transitions since the 1950s. The demographic dividends associated with these transitions during the first three decades of this century are examined using a global economic model that...

Pattnaik, Raj and Chander examine the role of fiscal indicators in the Indian policy framework, which is essentially based on the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act of 2003 (FRBM). After surveying the literature on the measurement of structural and cyclical components of budget...

Reforms to the public distribution system in Chhattisgarh that focused on extending coverage, improving delivery and increasing transparency have led to its remarkable revival. An overwhelming majority of the beneficiaries are now satisfied with the way their ration shops function and are firmly...

YES BANK, founded in 2003 and highly successful, has consistently been profitable meeting the Indian government's Priority Sector Lending (PSL) requirements, unlike virtually all other private sector banks, which view PSL activity as a necessary but loss-making part of their portfolio. To do...

India is ranked at No. 1 for starting a Retail business across the globe. Retail in India, mostly an unorganized business, is an estimated $590 billion market. As per the current regulatory regime, retail trading (except under single-brand product retailing — FDI up to 51 per cent, under the...

This study documents the size and nature of "Hindu-Muslim" and "boy-girl" gaps in children's school participation and attainments in India. Individual-level data from two successive rounds of the National Sample Survey suggest that considerable progress has been made in decreasing the...

This report is a part of our study “The Emergence of Indian Multinationals: An Analysis of Critical Success Factors”. The study was conducted under the aegis of our “Research Project Global Innovation” at the Institute of Technology and Innovation Management at Hamburg University of...