{"title":"Trends in Agricultural Development Disparities at the Regional and District Levels in Uttar Prades","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed/22278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed/22278","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examined the disparities in agricultural development at the regional and district levels in Uttar Pradesh using a composite index (composed of 15 indicators) of agricultural development from 2001 to 2018. The study showed that sharp disparity existed in agricultural development at the regional and district levels in Uttar Pradesh. The primary policy recommendation was that the government should maximize; its efforts to promote the diversification of agriculture toward high-value crops, particularly in the agriculturally backward regions. On the other hand, natural constraints to agricultural production must be minimized through flood control methods and the development of reliable irrigation, particularly in the eastern region and Bundelkhand.","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46951571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Business Freedom and Financial Development as Leading Determinants of Non-performing Assets: Evidence from the Indian Banking Sector","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed/22037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed/22037","url":null,"abstract":"This study is an attempt to enrich the existing literature on the determinants of non-performing assets (NPAs) for the Indian banking sector by explicitly investigating the role of the Business Freedom sub-component of the Economic Freedom Index (EFI) and Financial Development (FD) along with the traditional bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants. The study estimated panel data models for 38 Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) from 2005-2020. The ‘Fixed effect’ regression model and ‘Two-step System GMM’ approach were employed to perform the analysis. The results indicated that business freedom contributes to increased NPAs. It implied that the Indian banking sector could not be left to operate in a free market mechanism. Financial Development (FD) is found to have a negative relationship with the NPAs","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42562008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Global Integration on the Economic Growth of India and China","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed/22076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed/22076","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigated the impact of global integration on the economic growth of India and China for the period of 1979 to 2019. The Granger causality test validated the direction of the trade variables and their association with economic growth. The study revealed that all the taken variables had positively wedged to the economic growth of the sample economies except trade openness, which negatively impacted the economic growth in the long run. Aptitude to absorb the FDI flow and infrastructural investments could impact the economic growth of India, like its emerging counterpart, China, in the global market.","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48525712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Price Behaviour of Coconut and Coconut Products in Markets of Kerala: An Economic Analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed/22326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed/22326","url":null,"abstract":"The present study has examined the price behaviour of coconut and coconut products, namely copra and coconut oil, in Kerala in the pre- and post-liberalisation periods. The overall price of all the products showed an increasing trend and variability over the years. The seasonal and cyclical nature of coconut production was evident in both periods, with coconut prices showing pronounced irregular variations compared to coconut oil and copra. The study found that the intra-annual volatilities in the prices of copra and coconut increased, while it decreased for coconut oil. Also, after the trade reforms of 1995, there was an overall decrease in the instability of prices. Price instability can be effectively managed as well as reduced, not only by increasing the production of coconut but also by diversifying it into different products. The provision and use of timely market intelligence would aid the farmers in overcoming the implications of price fluctuations in coconut.","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46565539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Co-integration among Kinnow Markets in India","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed/22017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed/22017","url":null,"abstract":"The present study analyses the weekly co-integration of kinnow prices among the major kinnow-producing states of India from 2005-06 to 2019-20. The results showed that markets moved together and were well integrated; however, integration was stronger in the case of closely situated markets compared to those markets with long distances between them. All the selected markets were found to be integrated and exhibited long-run relationships with each other. The Hoshiarpur market was a key market as it influenced the prices of other selected markets of the country. To fully integrate the market prices, the study suggests strengthening market intelligence services and improvements in market infrastructure, including storage, transportation, and other physical facilities.","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43933851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Economic Analysis of Black Rice Production in Manipur","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed/22443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed/22443","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted on Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) assisted farmers in four valley districts of Manipur viz. Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur and undivided Thoubal to determine the cost-benefit ratio of black rice production. The cost of cultivation was found to be `119315.98 in Imphal East, `138285.53 in Imphal West, `117816.90 in Bishnupur and `119895.60 in Thoubal districts per ha with a gross return of `164814.00, 225600.00, 164010.00 and 171600.00 respectively. The benefit-cost ratio was found to be more than one, revealing that the cultivation of black rice can be lucrative. Though the farmers were cultivating black rice on a marginal piece of land compared to regular rice, the results obtained a benefit ratio ranging from 1.81 to 3.82, suggesting that they can also go for large-scale cultivation of black rice with the commercial objective.","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47472723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Economic Analysis of Milk Marketing Pattern in Haryana","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed-22184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed-22184","url":null,"abstract":"The findings revealed that the overall marketed surplus was around 84 per cent, and herd size, price of milk, operational land holding and family size were significant factors influencing the marketed surplus of milk. Approximately 65 per cent of milk was disposed of through four traditional marketing channels identified in the study region. The marketing efficiency of channel-II involving Producer-Creamery-Consumer was estimated to be the highest (2.24), with a producer’s share in the consumer’s rupee at 69.10 per cent. The study advocated for strengthening the market infrastructure and including a large number of dairy farmers under a consolidated network of production, marketing and distribution to improve the farmers' profit and develop the dairy sector. Keywords: Marketed surplus, marketing efficiency, multiple regression model, traditional marketing channels. JEL Codes: C81, Q12, Q13","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69926114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Agroecological Analysis of Livestock Wealth in India","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed-22473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed-22473","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to analyze the livestock population dynamics, adoption pattern of livestock and infrastructure facilities across different agroecological regions of India. The results revealed that more than 50 per cent of all livestock species were found in rain-fed areas. In irrigated region, 36 per cent of the livestock population depended upon 15 per cent of the geographical area. The cattle population growth rate declined for all regions because of a faster decline in indigenous cattle in all the agroecological regions. The number of crossbred cattle increased from 26 to 44 million among the cattle population at the India level. It may be due to the acceptance of insemination techniques with the expectation of high milk yield. Whereas, in irrigated region, the situation was very different, with a marginal increase in the share of crossbred cows. The findings indicated that India’s large and uniquely structured livestock sector was growing with compound annual growth of 4.3 per cent. For the sustainable development of the sector, suitable efforts should be taken to improve the genetic potential of indigenous cattle and buffalo and enhance the milk yield of crossbred cows by supportive technical, institutional and policy initiatives","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69926751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Awareness towards Corporate Social Responsibility: A Study of Beneficiaries from Rural Punjab","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed-22196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed-22196","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was carried out to understand the awareness level of the beneficiaries of various corporate social responsibility programs regarding the responsibilities of companies under these programs. The outcomes of this study included the awareness level of respondents about the term Corporate Social Responsibility, various areas of CSR programs that companies can work in, and the activities listed under the CSR law. Companies may benefit highly from this CSR awareness as this will further result in an improved image of the organizations through an effective, transparent, and trustworthy projection of their CSR actions. Even though the present study was limited to three districts of Punjab, the insights from this study can help companies to design newer, better CSR policies, considering the perspectives of the people and the policy-makers. Keywords: Economic development, social development, societal upliftment. JEL Codes: L31, M14, Q01","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69926123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Price Behaviour and Market Integration Amongst the Major Potato Markets in India","authors":"","doi":"10.35716/ijed-22510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35716/ijed-22510","url":null,"abstract":"Variation in potato output over time causes wide price fluctuations, subjecting its producers to a high-risk situation. Using a monthly wholesale price of potato from January 2012 to December 2020, the current study examined the price behaviour of major potato-producing and consuming markets. The study employed correlation analysis, the Johansen Co-integration Test, the Vector Error Correction Model, and Granger Causality test. As determined by the seasonality index, farmers received higher-than-average prices between June and December. Johansen's co-integration result demonstrated that all the selected markets were well integrated in the long run. The Patna market had the fastest adjustment rate (80 per cent), followed by the Mumbai market. Most states had uni-directional price transmission, with Patna being the only state to establish a bidirectional flow of potato prices with the Kolkata market. The Delhi market was discovered to be the key market influencing the prices of all other markets. Keywords: Co-integration, Granger causality, instability, price transmission. JEL Codes: C21, C23, C32, Q13.","PeriodicalId":43367,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Economics and Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69926881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}