Reference No: CMA0647TECPages: 2Published on: 1, January, 1987
Abstract: The note is based on the experience of an IAS officer regarding social change in a hut construction programme in a west Indian district. It brings out issues in organizing change, political-bureaucratic interface; time frame for appraising individual risk, consequence of change, etc. ... More
Reference No: ECO0306TECPages: 8Published on: 1, January, 1986
Abstract: This technical note discusses the input output technique with simplified illustrations, and describes the use of this technique in national planning. It also illustrates the application of the technique in measuring and defining inter-industry linkages. ... More
Reference No: ECO0307TECPages: 13Published on: 1, January, 1986
Abstract: The note discusses various methods for estimating an economic function and the uses of an estimated demand function for managerial decision making. In particular, time series data for groundnut oil is used, and the regression method is explained in detail ... 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: BP0193Pages: 13Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Deals with the problems of a department set up to reproduce teaching materials for an educational organization. It focuses on the issues of managing the operations, purchasing new equipment and modernization, and pricing. The case is useful for highlighting the need for a problem solving orientation, and evolving controls for ... More
Reference No: PROD0195(A)Pages: 31Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: In 1984, IFFCO was invited by the Government of India to establish a gas?based fertilizer plant on the Hazira? Bijyapur?Jagdishpur pipeline. The case describes the company's Aonla Project and the steps taken by IFFCO's project staff to implement it. Information about the pipeline project is also given along with ... 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: 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: 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
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: 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: QM0203Pages: 13Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Presents a problem the Indian Railways faces in deciding to introduce superfast trains. It illustrates the need for a simulation analysis in a complex situation. ... More
