High palatability of basmati rice followed by attractive appearance of the cooked grain and strong demand were the top ranked attributes elicited by the adopter respondents of Pusa-1121. However,...
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The essential religious practices test is employed by the Indian judiciary for the adjudication of matters of freedom of religion. While there is long-standing criticism of this test by legal...
Based on an empirical analysis of 300 informal manufacturing firms in the National Capital Region of Delhi, the paper finds that innovative firms exhibit higher productivity growth and sales growth,...
Despite Bihar’s high economic growth rates over the past 15 years, its female labour force participation rate has declined, especially between 2004–05 and 2018–19, with a modest increase after 2018–...
Abortion has long been a divisive issue in the rights debate particularly when it is presented as a conflict between a woman’s right to choose and an unborn child’s right to live. Unsafe abortion can...
The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that excessive reliance on digital technologies for delivery of education can sharpen the inequalities in learning. In Bhiwandi, both a metropolitan and...
India’s exceptional growth pattern after the 1980s is attributed to the robust growth of the service sector. The growth pattern of services is not homogeneous and uniform. However, it is spearheaded...
This paper deals with the trends in wheat production and exports. It explains the consequences of decreasing productivity and lower procurement. However, tapping the full potential can ensure larger...
Though improvement has taken place in most of the development indicators in the state, its relative position does not show any remarkable upward movement, and it remains in the category of the least...
With the COVID-19 pandemic receding in public memory, many of its long-standing effects on the economy and especially vulnerable groups such as women also seem to be forgotten. This is reflected in...
The study of economic growth in India has tended to be dominated by discussions on the effects of policies associated with liberalisation. Consequently, several other questions that are important to...
The role of the state in guaranteeing employment in rural areas in the wake of a pandemic-induced lockdown is analysed. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the largest ever...
When capital is accumulated in the labour-intensive informal sector, then the economy witnesses growth, stagnant employment in the formal sector, persistent unemployment and wage gap between formal...
Major north Indian states have been assumed to get benefited from the implementation of the goods and services tax implemented since 2017 and from the implementation of the recommendations of the...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s proposal on the India-specific parameters for incorporation in environment, social and governance disclosures is analysed in view of recent developments...
