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Synthetic daily rainfall data generation
(2010-03-27)
Long sequences of daily rainfall are often needed for simulation. These (when available) are cumbersome to input. Also in many cases historical data are to short to include all possible patterns. Hence the need for synthetic ...
Demand for Farm Tractors: Two Models
(2012-10-11)
Demand prediction for farm tractors is of interest to industry and government. Two different models were developed earlier. One termed a casual model was similar to a model of a process driven by potential difference. The ...
Simulation model for sizing decision in a large irrigation/power project in India
(2010-03-12)
This paper describes our experience with construction and use of a simulation model for a large Irrigation and Power Project in a state in India. The project has an estimated outlay of Rs.5000 million (U.S. $ 5 billion) ...
Rural development programmes: a management approach
(2010-03-14)
Rural development programmes (RDPs) can be broadly classified as enterprise oriented and labour service oriented programmes. This paper discusses the strategy that needs to be adopted for ensuring effective implementation ...
Does GST in India hurt producing regions? A new estimate of the tax base under GST of select states
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
GST as introduced in India being a destination based tax, does not encourage regions to vigorously promote manufacturing and tradable services industries. Being in the midst of its economic transformation, and given the ...
Impact of the proposed GST on the consumer price index in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
Fears that the movement to GST would add to inflation have been unfounded. In this study we ex-ante estimate the impact the movement to GST would have on inflation and show that it would be very marginal at best. The ...
Competition Law and the Pharmaceutical Sector in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
The Indian pharmaceutical industry is one of the largest in the world both in terms of volume and value. Given its critical importance, the sector has been subject to a series of regulatory interventions, which have altered ...
Impact of affirmative action in higher education for the other backward classes in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-07-18)
This paper measures the impact of quota-based affirmative action in higher education (HE) in India for Other Backward Classes (OBC), implemented from 2008. Since the immediate impact would be felt by OBCs who were eligible ...
Career effectiveness and its determinants
(2010-04-05)
Study of careers has become an important aspect in the fast changing organizational context. It has come to be
increasingly recognized at present, that career management is the responsibility of both the individual as ...
Lighting up lives through cooking gas and transforming society
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
The study, reported in the form of a case, narrates the story of a major attempt at social transformation through a simple mechanism of providing cooking gas (LPG) to the marginalized in society. Targeting about 100 million ...