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Commodity study on diversification of Indian agriculture

This paper is an attempt to look into the way farmers in Asia with specific reference to India have taken to the diversification strategy.

Agriculture - India , Diversification strategy , Diversification of Agriculture

Status and potential of village agro-processing units/industries

This study examines broadly the status and potential of village level agro-industries. It is based largely on secondary data of unorganised manufacturing enterprises survey of 2000-01. The broad objectives of this study are to find relative position of village level agro-industries in rural non-farm sector, strength of interrelationship with agricultural sector, various physical and financial constraints faced by these units and suggest policy measures to improve viability of these units and improve their market share.

Agro-processing industries - Rural India

Global auto directory 2005

A comprehensive report cum directory on global automobile sector.

Automobiles and components , Global automobiles , Market size & share , Automobiles - global scenario

Preserving the spirit of 100 years

This Centenary Volume presents panoramic glimpses of the origin and growth of the Chamber.

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry , PHDCCI - History

Civil List 2005 : the Indian Administrative Service

Combined list of IAS Officers appointed under various categories defined by the Indian Administrative Service.

Indian Administrative Service , IAS , India

Competition Policy

Proceedings of the seminar.

Competition policy - India , Competition advocacy - India

Through in-depth analyses of regional trends, detailed country profiles of fifteen Arab world nations, and data-driven essays that cover a range of relevant issues, the ground-breaking Report highlights the prospects for growth among countries in the Arab world and, more importantly, reveals the obstacles to competitiveness. This landmark report is the first of its kind for the Arab region. It highlights the enormous difficulties that the Arab world currently faces, problems that will only worsen unless drastic changes are made in these countries.

Economic reforms - Arab countries , Competitiveness - Arab countries , Country profiles , GCC

The book covers a wide ranging issues related to promotion and development of consultancy services in India, after critically reviewing and analyzing the present status of consultancy services in India. The estimation of the future domestic and export potential for consultancy services over next ten years, the relevance and impact of GATS of WTO on Indian consultancies, SWOT analysis, role of consultants in commercialization and transfer of technology, and FDI & international cooperation in consultancy sector, etc. are of special interest.

Consultancy services - India , Technical consultancy services - India

The book details the evolution of Euro and presents the current status of Euro.

Euro , European Monetary Union , European currency

Economic growth and poverty alleviation in Tamil Nadu : notes on selected policy issues

This volume presents a synthesis of five policy notes of Tamil Nadu for economic growth a and poverty alleviation. The five notes span fiscal reform and sustainability, improving investment climate, agriculture development, governance challenges, and poverty profile. The report reflects the status of policy dialogue up to March 2004 with a few selected updates.

Economic growth and poverty alleviation - Tamil Nadu , Fiscal reform - Tamil Nadu , Investment climate - Tamil Nadu

Defying ocean's end : an agenda for action

This book addresses the sharp decline in ocean wildlife, a disturbing increase in ocean pollution, the neglect of policies and resources directed to solve these problems, and a widespread complacency in the general public borne of a profound lack of awareness of how much the health of the ocean affects their daily lives and their future.

Marine ecology , Aquatic resources conservation , Environment , Biodiversity , Marine ecosystems

This study develops a model of financial markets and foreign exchange market in India, and makes projections of interest rates and exchange rates under selected alternative macroeconomic policy scenarios for India.

Financial sector modelling , Financial market modelling , Foreign exchange market modelling

This book provides exhaustive information and analysis of recent changes in the Indian financial sectors like bond markets, money markets, equity markets and the stock markets.

Financial Markets - India , Equity markets - India , Debt markets - India , Derivatives markets - India , Mutual funds

This study, prepared for CII, highlights the potential areas/sectors of Indian export to South Africa.

Foreign trade , India and South Africa , Export and import

Southern African Customs Union (SACU) : a study of India's trade and investment potential

A study of trade and investment potential in Southern African countries.

Trade and investment - Botswana , Lesotho , Namibia , South Africa , Swaziland

Globalisation

Friedman brilliantly demystifies the exciting, often bewildering, global scene unfolding before our eyes, one which we sense but barely yet understand. With his inimitable ability to simplify complex political and economic issues, he explains how this flattening of the world happened; what it will mean for countries, communities and individuals; and how governments and societies can-and must-adapt.

Globalisation

Too many with too little : the challenge for India's development paradigm

The Indian economy has major strengths but significant roadblocks still pervade. Can India realise its potential? This book discusses this prospects in terms of economic, particularly industrial development. 

Globalisation and Development , WTO , Manufacturing sector - Growth - India , Clusters and SMEs, Auto components , Textiles , Bamboo

This book, in brief, builds up, against the backdrop of history and contemporary events, both national and international, a case for an ethical state and ethical governance machinery which rest upon three main foundational planks of a rekindled mind, a reawakened soul and a set of redesigned and revitalized institutions.

Governance in India , Urban governance

Jinnah : a corrective reading of Indian history , Vol.1

The author tries to set right the distortions that have vitiated and polluted the contents of historical studies in regards to Gandhi and Jinnah. Further, the author claims to offer a vision of the "building up India of our dreams with non-violence" and nuclear weapons-free South-East Asia. Peace and stability, he considers, necessary and he thinks that they can only be ensured if nations follow the principles laid down by the United Nations Charter. In the whole text, a running theme is that of comparing and contrasting Jinnah with Gandhi, to the latter’s disadvantage. The book is essentially about Jinnah and Gandhi.

History - India , Partition of India , Gandhi and Jinnah

India infrastructure database 2005, Vol. I & II

Buddhadeb Ghosh, Prabir De

This database is concerned primarily with all possible infrastructure facilities across the countries of the world as well as Indian states over a long period of time. It also includes all possible usual economic variables for India as a whole and Indian state. In particular, it contains 16 chapters in two volumes, country wise development indicators, Indian economic variables (domestic, foreign trade sector and costs and prices), population, farm infrastructure, railways, roads and road transportation, ports, shipping and inland waterways, civil aviation, energy, electricity, post and telecommunication, health, education, banks and stock exchanges, housing and research and development.

Infrastructure , Statistics , India , Economic indicators , Railways , Roads and road transportation , Ports , Shipping and inland waterways , Civil aviation , Energy , Electricity , Post and Telecommunication , Health , Education , Banks and Stock exchanges , Housing and Research and development.

Understanding TRIPS : managing knowledge in developing countries

This book discusses in detail the controversial TRIPS ( Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights ) Agreement that was a result of the Uruguay Round negotiations.

TRIPS , Intellectual Property Rights - International law , Intellectual property - Developing countries

Influencing and meeting international standards : challenges for developing countries, Vol. 2

This publication, based on a sample of case studies, documents these gaps and examines the difficulties hindering the export efforts of developing countries due to shortcomings in their standardization and conformity assessment structure. The report presents an inventory of the technical assistance needs of developing countries in relation to technical regulations and sanitary and phytosanitary measures.

Conformity assessment, Standardization, SPS, TBT, Developing countries, Case studies

Marketing Management

Guerrilla P.R. wired : waging a successful publicity campaign on-line , offline , and everywhere in between

McGraw-Hill, Chicago, 2001

Provides the best-reviewed, and most valuable how-tos on garnering low or no-cost publicity. Updates Levine's attention-getting strategies for today's globally wired environment. Creates a new prototype for small business owners, individuals, and virtually anyone who needs publicity to nurture and grow a business & doesn't want to spend thousands of dollars to get it. This book has some excellent features such as: sample press releases, sample link proposals, detailed summaries at the end of each chapter.

Publicity and campaign , Advertisement , Industrial publicity , Corporations - Public relations , Internet - Publicity

National Accounts statistics 2005

Central Statistical Organisation , Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India, New Delhi, 2005

This issue of National Accounts Statistics (NAS) presents the estimates of national/domestic product, consumption expenditure, saving, capital formation, capital stock, public sector transaction and consolidated account of the nation for the period 1993-94 and 1998-99 to 2002-03.

National accounts statistics - India ,  Consumption expenditure , Savings , Capital formation , Capital stock , Public sector transactions

National Security

The author provides wealth of evidence relating to possible defence threats from our neighboring countries.

National security - India , Terrorism and national security - India

Population policy of India : implementation, strategies at national and state levels

Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 2004

This book provides considerable insights into various dimensions of the implementation issues of population policy for India in general and Empowered Action Group (EAG) States in particular.

Population - India , Population policy - India

A dream revisited : an archival journey into the making of the Delhi metro rail

The book describes the History, Growth, New Technologies, Routes and issues which faced the Delhi Metro Project since its planning upto its implementation. It also has a host of selected newspaper archives about the Metro system which are informative and are a historical record.

Metro rail , Delhi metro , Success story , DMRC , Indian Railways

FDI in retail sector : India

This survey-based study analyses the current retail scenario in India, investigates the growth across different segments of retailing and evaluates the likely impact of allowing FDI on various stakeholders in different retail segments. Experiences of other countries in allowing FDI and its impact are also discussed. Presently, foreign players are entering the market through different routes. The entry process and their perception about the Indian market are analysed. The study investigates the structural, regulatory, fiscal and other barriers affecting the performance of retail trade and suggests reforms for the removal of such barriers. It also provides valuable policy inputs in terms of the time-frame in and the process through which the Indian government can open up this sector to FDI so as to maximise the welfare and minimise the adjustment. It also lists the conditions that may be imposed on foreign retailers if FDI is allowed. 

Retail sector - India , FDI in retail sector - India , FMCG , Retailing in India

This book gives a cheerful overview of working with VAT with real life examples, humorous illustrations and non-technical writing. More than a hundred frequently asked questions on VAT are answered in this book and it ends with the text of the white paper on VAT and the list of all VATable goods.

VAT , Value Added Tax

Blue gold : the fight to stop the corporate theft of the world's water

LeftWord Books, New Delhi, 2003

The consumption of water doubles every twenty year - more than twice the rate of increase of human population. Increasingly, transnational corporations are plotting to control the world's dwindling water supply. The major bottled-water producers - Perrier, Evian, Naya, and now Coca-Cola and PepsiCo - are part of one of the fastest growing and least regulated industries, bying up freshwater rights and drying up crucial supplies. Blue Gold captures in striking detail the forces behind the increasing depletion of the world's freshwater and the human and ecological impacts.

Water , Consumption of water , Water scarcity , Globalisation

Globalization of services : India's opportunities and constraints

This book assesses the implications of multilateral trade liberalization of services in India. It provides a comprehensive account of the country's tradable service sector, its potential, and problems in the context of the on-going round of service negotiations.

Trade in services , Globalisation of services , Service sector

World Trade Organisation : an Indian perspective

This book puts together in simple language the principles and the various emerging issues looked at specially from the Indian context on WTO.

WTO , Indian perspective , GATT , History , Trade in Goods , Trade in Services , IPR , Agreement on agriculture , textiles and clothing , anti dumping , Dispute settlement , Uruguay Round