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Working Papers | 1981

Corporate Investment in 1981 - A Forecast

C Rangarajan

This paper attempts to make a forecast of the growth in private coprorate investment in 1981. Corporate investment is taken to cover gorss capital expenditures of all companies in private and joint sectors. The study also provides a picture of the level and composition of corporate investment in 1980. The methodology used in this paper to forecast corporate investment relies on the data available with the term lending institutions on the phasing of capital expenditures of projects sanctioned by them. The details of the technique followed have been explained by the author in his earlier writings. Capital expenditures in 1980 on all projects sanctioned by the term lending institutions so far would amount to Rs 1400 cores which will mean in nominal terms a rise of 16 per cent over the level of Rs 1210 crores achieved in 1979. At 1970-71 prices, this will imply a rise of 7.5 per cent. Looking at 1981 it is seen that based on all the projects sanctioned until the end of 1980 the capital expenditures are likely to be around Rs 1170 crores. Taking into account the expenditures that will be made out of the projects to be sanctioned in 1981 itself, it can be concluded that corporate investment in 1981 will rise by 15 per cent. The rise in real terms will be nine per cent.

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Working Papers | 1981

China After Mao

Moulik T K

The working paper is based on a month-long visit to China investigating socialist development strategies of China. There has been significant shifts in development strategies in China in the Post-Mao era. The paper examines some facets of the change in development strategies in post-Mao China with particular reference to agriculture, peasant organization, rural energy, health and family planning etc.

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Working Papers | 1981

Autonomy of Public Sector Enterprises

Mohan Manendra

The conceptual as well as operational aspects of autonomy of public sector enterprises are examined in this paper. The attention is focussed on such enterprises registered as public limited companies to the relative exclusion of departmental undertakings and public corporations. The role of autonomy in determining the long term performance of the public enterprises covered by the paper is examined. The issue which is taken up in detail is that of working relationship of public enterprises with the administrative ministries. Systems, processes and persons involved in the two segments have been looked into by referring to available material and observations of the author made during the course of a recent study on the subject. An attempt is made to reexamine the role of public enterprises as contributors of economic and industrial development vis-a-vis their being used as instruments of public policy. The analytical framework is drawn from the basic premises of a mixed economy in which public enterprises operate in India and the functional value of management which may be instrumental in their fulfilling their obligations. This calls for a review of the present mode of administrative control as well as scrutiny by the Parliament and other concerned authorities, given the fact that substantial public funds are invested in these enterprises.

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Working Papers | 1981

Media Selection Models: Directions for Future Research

Mote V L and Rangarajan Kalyani

The work done in media selection both in India and abroad is reviewed. Two approaches that can be adopted immediately for media selection so as to maximise response are discussed and the results of empirical work using the data of a large advertiser are shown. The directions for future research in this field are discussed.

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Working Papers | 1981

Agricultural Extension Education: Towards a Future Direction

Moulik T K

The paper reviews the genesis of educational policies and contents in relation to agricultural extension and research in India. It examines the relevance of the present educational pattern to the needs of the country and to the demands the client system is making. By carefully delineating the elements of mismatch between the existing educational system and demands of the client system, an attempt was made to provide an alternative educational pattern to meet the demands.

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Working Papers | 1981

Business History in Japan: A Report

Tripathi Dwijendra

This paper contains the observations of the author, who has just returned after attending an international conference on Business History in Tokyo, on the progress of teaching and research of business history in Japan. He tries to evaluate the progress made in India in comparison to that in Japan and comes to the conclusion that the progress in India is much less impressive. At the end of the paper the author speculates about the reasons that hampered the progress in India, and pleads for a partnership between the Indian business world and historical scholarship.

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Working Papers | 1980

Schools and Students Across Cultures

Pestonjee D M

This study attempts to explore the personality differences of the students who are studying in denominational and non-denominational institutions. The personality variables which are measured are dogmatism and security-insecurity. It also seeks to observe the possible effects of religion and sex on the two personality characteristics. The sample comprises of 850 adolescent students belonging to the Hindu and Muslim religions and studying in denominational and non-denominational institutions. The average age of the boys is 17.50, and for the girls 16.35. The standardised measuring devices were administered. A 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design has been used. Obtained data have been statistically treated in terms of mean, S.D., ANOVA and Duncan's Multiple Range Test. Main finding indicates that students in denominational atmospheres, Muslim students and boy students are more dogmatic and more insecure in comparison to non-denominational students, Hindu students and girl students.

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Working Papers | 1980

An Information Integration Theory Analysis of Attractiveness of Bus Systems

Singh Ram D, Palaniswamy S P, and Pradhan Y N

Actual bus riders received information about frequency of service, fare, and comfort aspects of some bus systems and indicated how much they would like to travel in those buses. Information integration theory, which deals with multiple causation, was used to prepare descriptions of the bus systems. Analyses of the attractiveness judgments disclosed that the three attributes of the bus systems were integrated by a multiplying rule. Functional measurement of the subjective values of the three attributes did not correspond with their known physical values. Implications of these findings were discussed for transportation planning and for further research.

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Working Papers | 1980

Mobilising Rural Savings

Gurdev Singh and Handique Niranjan

This paper attempts at examining the ways in which various factors affecting savings influence different aspects of a savings decision. The three aspects of a decision to save were identified as the ability to save, the willingness to save and the opportunity (availability of institutional infrastructures) to save. It also analyses the contributions of rural savings in the total financial savings in India over a period of time. It was observed that though the growth in rural financial savings, especially deposits with the banking institutions was not discouraging, it needs to be further accelerated. The paper suggests the need for mobilising rural savings and highlights the problems that inhibit the mobilisation of rural surpluses. It also suggests various measures for increasing mobilisation of savings and discusses the role of financial intermediation in the savings process with special reference to rural India.

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Working Papers | 1980

Extent of Multi Disciplinary Research in Agriculture

Patel Gunvant A

A methodology to determine the extent of multi-disciplinary research has been described. The extent of multi-disciplinary research in agriculture is measured by noting the percentage of research articles covering one or more disciplines, in ten journals of agricultural research. Currently 28.4 per cent of the articles appearing in these journals are observed to be multi-disciplinary. The growth in multi-disciplinary research is estimated at 2.6 per cent per annum. The extent of multi-disciplinary research is the highest in plant physiology (73.1 per cent), followed by agronomy including fertilizers (51.2 per cent). The order of decreasing extent of multi-disciplinary research of the other sciences is plant breeding, soils, plant pathology and entomology. In comparison with the applied agricultural sciences, the extent of multi-disciplinary research is much less in the fundamental science of genetics.

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