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Original Article
Open Access
Economic Efficiency and Growth Sustainability of Indian Small Scale Industries : A Pre and Post-Liberalization Based Comparative Analysis
Amanat Bhullar, Parminder Singh
· pp. 7–22
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2017/v6i4/118154
Economic sustainability requires the development of an industrial sector which sequentially leads to economic development. The major thrust of the present paper was to analyze the overall economic efficiencies of the Indian small scale industrial sector. The study was confined …
Keywords:
Economic Efficiencies, Globalization, Growth, Small Scale Industrial Sector, Sustainability
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Original Article
Open Access
Does MGNREGA Lead to Agrarian Crisis? Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
Satyanarayana Turangi
· pp. 23–31
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2017/v6i4/118155
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is an ambitious public works programme which was introduced in 2006 to provide a basic safety net for the rural poor. It has already completed 10 years of its journey. This study …
Keywords:
MGNREGA, Minimum Support Price, Schedule of Rates
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Original Article
Open Access
Education Expenditure in Punjab and Haryana : An Empirical Analysis
Reeta Tomar
· pp. 32–40
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2017/v6i4/118156
Education is the backbone of a country. Against this background, this paper analyzed the pattern of education expenditure by the state governments of Punjab and Haryana from 1990-2013. Also, the pattern of intra-sectoral allocation of education expenditure on elementary education, …
Keywords:
Education, State Expenditure, Welfare
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Original Article
Open Access
Behaviour of Market Arrivals and Price of Groundnut in Tamil Nadu : An Economic Analysis
M. Muthuraj
· pp. 41–48
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2017/v6i4/118157
India ranked 2nd in the world groundnut production after China, with an annual groundnut seed production of 5.9 million tonnes and annual groundnut oil production of 1.5 million tonnes in 2015. In India, Tamil Nadu is one among the leading …
Keywords:
Market Arrivals, Groundnut, Cyclical Variations, Regression Co-Efficient.