Research Related Articles

Research Related Articles

FDI in India’s Retail Sector: Some Issues

Author - Dr.Mrs. D.J. Mahajan

Abstract - Foreign Direct Investment comes to developing countries to exploit their cost  and location advantages. A large local market, good infrastructure, cheap labour, the opportunity to repatriate income together work as magnet for attracting FDI.India’s liberal economic policy of 1991 opened doors to FDI. However, FDI in retail was for the first time allowed to enter the Single Brand Retail sector in 2006. It was only in 2012 that FDI was allowed to enter Multi Brand Retail sector.

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The Evaluation of Indian  Cooperative Banking Sector

Author - Dr. P.V. Deshmukh

Abstract - The role of Cooperative movement is an  important in Indian history. Development through cooperation is a basic principle of corporation movement; it has contributed considerably in the development of Maharashtra specifically Western Maharashtra. With the help of cooperation society can change economic and social life.  As the bargaining power is the soul of new economic policy, it has posed new challenges before the Indian common man because   is the soul of new economic policy .On the other hand role of government is constantly minimizing. The Indian Government are implementing policies in the favor of Multinational   companies, capitalists and the rich.  This leads to serious question weather Indian Consumer and producer will survive in the era of globalization? The solution to this question is in the cooperation movement, as it has a bright history.

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A Study of Agrarian-Distress in a DroughtProne Region

Author - Vinayak B. Bhise and Shivaji S. Ambhore

Abstract -This paper attempts to examine the distress situation among farm households in a drought-prone Marathwada region. The distress is measured in terms of their income from cultivation and their experiences about input delivery, marketing and extension facilities. Marathwada is a drought-prone and backward region of the Maharashtra state. The entire Marathwada region was divided into three regions, namely, resource-rich region, developing region and the core drought-prone region. Three-stage stratified sampling technique was used and the primary data were collected from 530 farm households during the year 2010. It was found that the per capita net annual income from cultivation for the core drought-prone region was Rs.4,825 and it was very much lower when compared to that for the other two sample regions and per capita income for the Marathwada region.

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A STUDY OF AGRARIAN-DISTRESS IN A DROUGHT-PRONE REGION

Author - Vinayak B. Bhise and Shivaji S. Ambhore

Abstract - This paper attempts to examine the distress situation among farm households in a droughtproneMarathwada region. The distress is measured in terms of their income from cultivation and their experiences about input delivery, marketing and extension facilities. Marathwada is a drought-prone and backward region of the Maharashtra state. The entire Marathwada region was divided into three regions, namely, resource-rich region, developing region and the core drought-prone region. Three-stage stratified sampling technique was used and the primary data were collected from 530 farm households during the year 2010. It was found that the per capita net annual income from cultivation for the core drought-prone region was Rs.4,825 and it was very much lower when compared to that for the other two sample regions and per capita income for the Marathwada region.

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A Study of Landless Agricultural Labourers in Washim District of  Maharashtra

Author - Dr. C. N. Kokate, S.S. Lekurwale

Abstract - National Sample Survey (32nd round) estimated that out of total 45.9 crores labourers thenumber of unorganized labourers is around 43.3 crores. Out of this unorganized sector around 26.9 crores labourers were observed as landless agricultural labourers. Several research studies have acknowledged the essential place of landless labourers in rural economy; however they had to grapple with many issues. On this background this research paper aims to undertake the study of landless labourers in Washim District in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra under title “A Study of Landless Agricultural Labourers in Washim District”.

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