Reference No: CMA0404TEC Pages: 3Published on: 27, August, 1976
Abstract: In this note information is given with regard to the number, organizational structure, and functions of new credit agencies which are being organized for rural areas. ... More
Reference No: CMA0403TECPages: 5Published on: 27, August, 1976
Abstract: This note first describes the rationale for the area approach in agricultural financing. It then goes on to describe the norms for area selection, forms of executing area approach, and the interpretations of this approach. Finally, on the basis of recent interpretations, two problems are posed for discussion. One relates ... More
Reference No: CMA0402TECPages: 18Published on: 16, August, 1976
Abstract: The note points out that sharp acceleration in pesticide use is required to achieve the Fifth Plan targets. For this purpose, it is important to understand the nature of cultivators' effective demand for pesticides. To generate such an understanding and provoke discussion on the subject, the note presents findings of ... More
Reference No: CMA0357TEC Pages: 5Published on: 1, June, 1976
Abstract: The partition brought about drastic changes in the irrigation situation in India. Only one-fifth of the cultivated land in India remained irrigated, and the irrigation works remained in India were mostly of a protective rather than productive nature. The first two Five-year Plans gave major emphasis to investment in irrigation. ... More
Reference No: CMA0360TECPages: 5Published on: 1, June, 1976
Abstract: The idea of cooperative farming was increasingly favoured during the First Plan. By mid-1950s there was clear recognition that the cooperative farming was an answer to the question of reorganizing agricultural production. But, the experience of cooperative farming revealed a number of shortcomings. Soon it became clear that, in ... More
Reference No: CMA0358TECPages: 6Published on: 1, June, 1976
Abstract: The agricultural sector in 1947 dominated the Indian economy. It was, however, stagnant for decades. The production performance, particularly with respect to food, was extremely unsatisfactory. The agricultural sector inherited by Independent India was characterized by the handicaps of traditional subsistence agriculture. The problem was not merely raising the productivity but ... More
Reference No: CMA0356TECPages: 8Published on: 1, June, 1976
Abstract: Launched on October 2, 1952, the Community Development Programme had the personal values of the then practical leaders leading social scientists. The programme was not oriented purely towards increasing agricultural production. Apart from production, social services amenities welfare were the other two components of the CD Programme. In the late Second Plan ... More
Reference No: CMA0359TEC Pages: 6Published on: 1, June, 1976
Abstract: The land ownership and distribution pattern inherited by Independent India was at the root of many of the deficiencies drawbacks of Indian agriculture. The note attempts to review the major land reforms undertaken after Independence. However, the experience proves that the land reforms failed in creating a land system which ... More
Reference No: CMA0396Pages: 17Published on: 15, March, 1976
Abstract: The case deals with the problems in milk procurement by the cooperative milk producers union. To improve the present milk procurement system, an alternative system was developed for achieving maximum operational efficiency. ... More
Reference No: CMA0393TECPages: 5Published on: 6, January, 1976
Abstract: Since 1966-67 the rice yields in Thanjavur started picking up after a period of stagnation. A major part of credit goes to the Adaptive Research Trial Programme (ARTP). The system developed in Thanjavur ensured constant interaction and mutual support between researchers and extension workers. The note describes the system and ... More
Reference No: F&A0281(A)Pages: 10Published on: 1, January, 1976
Abstract: PPIL is engaged in activities ranging from pure consultancy to total turnkey projects in high-technology fields, most of them of a pioneering nature. Case (A) describes how, faced with the various problems related to the high degree of diversity in the nature of projects and their geographical dispersion, the need ... More
Reference No: ECO0221TECPages: 5 Published on: 1, January, 1976
Abstract: Describes the main features of the Prime Minister's new economic programme, announced on 1st July 1975. Also, tries to relate the new economic programme with the national programme of minimum needs incorporated in the Fifth Plan. Makes a brief critical appraisal of both. ... More
Reference No: BP0095Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1976
Abstract: The public sector steel companies in India represent an overwhelmingly dominant segment of the total steel industry of the country. As such, corporate long range planning assumes dimensions which almost seem to overlap with the task of national log range planni The case provides an introduction to the complexity of ... More
