Reference No: CMA0639TECPages: 14Published on: 1, January, 1987
Abstract: Discusses the general and selective credit control exercised by the RBI to regulate the flow of bank credit to various sectors, commodities systems and individual business enterprises. It also gives the information on changes affected in various instruments of credit control from time to time. The note also discusses the ... More
Reference No: CMA0630TECPages: 10Published on: 1, January, 1986
Abstract: The note gives a historical account of the public intervention in rural financial market (RFM) in India, especially institutionalization of rural credit supply. It highlights the efforts made from time to time to improve the operational efficiency of RFM. As such it discusses the salient features of the formal segment ... More
Reference No: CMA0654TECPages: 17Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: The issue of land reforms is gaining attention due to various challenges confronting us in agricultural and industrial fields. The paper reviews various implications of land reform for production employment, savings, marketed surplus, equity, etc. and traces the evolution of various measures from ancient times. Raises some issues which suggest ... More
Reference No: CMA0606TECPages: 23Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Discusses the importance of agro-processing and its relationship with agricultural and industrial sectors in the course of economic development. Provides a basis for discussing questions like why developing agro-processing industries are crucial to the economic development process of developing countries; and what could be done to accelerate their development. ... More
Reference No: CMA0602Pages: 6Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: The case deals with the social, political, and economic aspects of conversion of about 1,100 Harijans to Islam that took place in 1981 in the remote village of Meenakshipuram in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. The Hindu organizations at the national and local level were shocked by these conversions. They launched campaigns ... More
Reference No: CMA0658TECPages: 17Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: The performance of agricultural and rural development policies have been reviewed in a historical perspective in the note. The recent developmental programmes and the progress in implementing them has been analysed. The targets proposed in the Seventh Five Year-Plan have been included. ... More
Reference No: BP0191TECPages: 5Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Attempts to review historically the growth of the Indian Civil Service since inception. It looks at some of the basic assumptions underlying the Indian bureaucracy as established under colonial rule, and compares it with the Service in the existing changed environment and needs. The elements of continuity as well as ... More
Reference No: CMA0655TECPages: 15Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: This paper deals with various technical, economic, social, and organizational issues in land and water management. Various problems like soil erosion, alkalinity and salinity, droughts and floods, water-logging, etc. have been discussed. The watershed concept has been described to provide a setting for managerial alternatives. The discussion on policy environment ... More
Reference No: CMA0607Pages: 11Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: This case deals with (a) institutional credit policies for farm inputs distribution, (b) problems of input dealers in obtaining this credit, and (c) the estimation of input distribution credit needs vis-a-vis the credit actually provided. Based on this analysis, the case also raises the question of developing a more liberal ... More
Reference No: CMA0653TECPages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: It is increasingly being realized that the problems of dry region development need urgent attention if the widening regional imbalance and consequent immunization have to be contained, nay reversed. The note focuses on the issues which deserve priority in research in the eighties. The socio-ecological framework has been presented to ... More
Reference No: CMA0603Pages: 5Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: The early seventies witnessed clashes between the farmers and agricultural labourers throughout the country. In Bhojpur confrontations between the landless labourers led by Jagdish Mahto and the rich landlords broke into open clashes. In the beginning, peaceful means like demonstrations and processions were held by the labourers. But as they ... More
Reference No: BP0192TECPages: 16Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: The note traces the development of the structure of the Civil Service in India from the British period to the present. It considers some empirical studies that have analyzed the character of the Service with reference to the background, education and attitudes of its members. It also refers to the ... More
Reference No: CMA0622TECPages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: The term "rural" connotes the presence of a certain combination of characteristics. So long these characteristics are present, the society remains rural. The purpose of "rural development" would then be to remove/overcome the influence of these characteristics. This note describes, in brief, twelve characteristics which, individually and interactively, keep ... More
