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Mutual fund asset allocation during COVID-19: evidence from an emerging market.
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-02-09)
The paper examines the investment decisions of Indian equity mutual funds during various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic with monthly portfolio holdings. We find that funds favoured firms with lower risk, higher financial ...
Assessment of Tobacco Control Policy in India: An Evaluation using the World Health Organization MPOWER Framework
(WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS, 2020)
Background: Tobacco consumption is considered to be one of the most avertable causes of premature mortality and morbidity. In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) successfully negotiated the Framework Convention on ...
SDG implications of water-energy system transitions in India, for NDC, 2 癱, and well below 2 癱 scenarios
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2021)
India needs to address the immediate concerns of water supply and demand, due to its increasing population, rapid urbanization, and growing industrialization. Additionally, the changing climate will influence water resources, ...
The transition of childbirth practices among tribal women in Gujarat, India - A grounded theory approach
(2013)
Background: Under the National Rural Health Mission, the current emphasis is on achieving universal institutional births through incentive schemes as part of reforms related to childbirth in India. There has been rapid ...
Saving mothers and newborns through an innovative partnership with private sector obstetricians: Chiranjeevi scheme of Gujarat, India
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2009)
Objective: To document an innovative public-private partnership between the government of Gujarat, India and private obstetricians in rural areas that provides delivery care to the poor. Methods: This is a descriptive ...
Seasonal time trade-offs and nutrition outcomes for women in agriculture: Evidence from rural India
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021)
Women in agriculture are involved in agricultural activities and are solely responsible for household-level unpaid work. They face severe time trade-offs between agricultural and household activities across crop seasons. ...
Good governance and corruption in the health sector: Lessons from the Karnataka experience
(2011)
Strengthening good governance and preventing corruption in health care are universal challenges. The Karnataka Lokayukta (KLA), a public complaints agency in Karnataka state (India), was created in 1986 but played a prominent ...
Study of blood-transfusion services in Maharashtra and Gujarat states, India
(International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
Blood-transfusion services are vital to maternal health because haemorrhage and anaemia are major causes of maternal death in South Asia. Unfortunately, due to continued governmental negligence, blood-transfusion services ...
High speed rail in India
(Raghuram, G. (2014) "High speed rail in India" Traffic Infra Tech, Mass Transport, 2014)
The Railways first proposed high speed rail routes during the 2007-08 Railway budget. One route each was proposed in the Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern regions of the country. The trains were proposed to run at ...
Hi-tech manufacturing in India: an unleashed potential
(Yojana, 2015-04)