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Whether or not to disinvest: the case of Gujarat state fertilizers and chemicals limited
(2006-10-29)
After acquiring independence in 1947, the Government
of India (GoI) adopted central planning as a strategy for
economic development in 1951. The governments, both at
the centre and in various states of India, played an ...
Preliminary estimates of regional accounts for Gujarat State
(2006-10-29)
The paper begins by discussing need for developing a regional accounting
framework and estimating relevant variables to formulate realistic growth targets
and appropriate development strategy in the reform era for the ...
Regional imbalance under federal structure: a comparison of Canada and India
(2006-10-29)
The problem of regional disparity in economic development in geographically large democratic
countries gets inseparably linked with macro public policies and the economic philosophies
behind them. Two such countries, ...
Sources of economics growth and acceleration in Gujarat
(2007-10-29)
This article examines the growth experience of Gujarat in 17 sectors during the
pre-reform period of 1980-92 and the reform period of 1991-2004, identifying strengths
and weaknesses. It identifies episodes of high economic ...
Feasibility of implementation of right to education act
(2009-05-03)
This article argues that even an
allocation of 6% of the gross
domestic product to the education
budget would not be sufficient to
fund universal school education
until the very distant future if the
government school ...
Relative performance of public and private manufacturing enterprises in India: total factor productivity approach
(1978-02-21)
The performance of public enterprises in the manufacturing sector, it emerges from this study, has
been quite remarkable, especially compared to that of comparable private enterprises, if we use the criterion
of growth ...
Income tax concessions : implications for equity and growth of tax base
(1987-09-23)
V N KOTHARI (EPW,i February 21) argues
that the income tax base in India is being
eroded in the name of tax concessions as
incentives for savings. On the basis of a
broad analysis of the income tax/GDP ratio
and some ...
Can project appraisal be linked with growth rate in the economy?
(1986-09-22)
In underdeveloped mixed economies, the
choice of big investment projects has a
direct bearing on the productivity of
capital. The economic rate of return on big
projects determines the achievable growth
rate in the ...
State income inequalitites and interstate variations in the growth of real capital stock
(1980-09-17)
This paper attempts to analyse the behaviour of regional income inequalities and capital inequalities
in India. It also seeks to examine the relationship between the trend in regional income inequality and
regional ...
Right to education act and public private partnership (PPP)
(2010-02-20)
Two comments on our article (“Feasibility
of Implementation of Right
to Education Act”, EPW, 20 June
2009) by Padma M Sarangapani (EPW, 24
October 2009) and Vimala Ramachandran
(11 July 2009) make similar points.
Some ...