Background Health insurance has been acknowledged by researchers as a valuable tool in health financing. In spite of its significance, a subscription paralysis has been observed in India for this product. People who can afford health insurance are also found to be either ignorant or aversive...

Purpose: The existing literature on linking growers directly with the market mostly overlooks the case of smallholders. They grow commercial–perishable crops and have to rely on the efficacy of the marketing system. The present paper intends to fill this void. Design/methodology/approach: The...

In India, for ages Hindu women faced discrimination within the families w.r.t their property rights. Before independence women’s property was divided into 2 heads, stridhan & woman’s estate. Some restrictions were there on her power of disposal, if she was a married woman. The old law of...