This note starts with a discussion of the reasons for the recent interest in privatization. After defining privatization, it looks at criteria for selecting industries to be privatized. It then discusses the modalities, ...

In this technical note we discuss some useful techniques for gathering sensitive data. We discuss three methods of Randomized response surveys warner’s methods, unrelated questions method and a method for gathering sertives ...

In this note we introduce the notion of robustness which plays an important role in real life analysis of data. Two robust estimates of location, namely the trimmed mean and the M-estimation are discussed. The Influence ...

This note presents an overview of techniques for estimating the Software size and effort. It discusses the function point counting method in detail with illustrations. The effort estimation models based on activity based ...

This note is meant as an introduction to spread sheet and it contains material enough for about three class session on spread sheet. It deals with the features of Lotus 1-2-3, released 2. The features covered are: size of ...

The objective of the note is to give an idea of structural features of the air express industry in India. It describes the distinctive characteristics of the express industry and presents the origins and evolution of the ...

The household sector is a reasonably large consumer of energy and in this sector cooking accounts for a large proportion of the energy consumed. The most used fuels are: 1) firewood, 2) kerosene, 3) LPG, and 4) electricity, ...

The note reviews the efforts made in India's five year plans for different sectors in transportation and the recommendations made by various committees appointed by government to improve the efficiency of the transport ...