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Performance Appraisal of Indian Major Ports Using
Port Ranking Model
-- K M Chudasama
In the era of globalization with the expansion in world trade, the volume of cargo traffic at Indian ports
is also expanding significantly. Indian ports would require significant improvement in port performance
with the increasing cargo volume at ports. The operational efficency and physical capacity collectively
determine the performance of a port. This paper analyzes the performance of Indian major ports for the year 2007.
The Weighted Score Method has been adopted for ranking major Indian ports. The weights are derived from
the factor loadings of the Principal Component Analysis. On the basis of operational performance indicators
and physical facilities indicators, the ranking for major Indian ports are done. The paper also provides a
feedback to the ports about its status and ongoing improvement strategies.
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A Study of Public Private Partnership Models
-- D Satish and Pragya Shah
Infrastructure plays a very important role in shaping the economy of a country. The government is
responsible for providing social and physical infrastructure which leads to human welfare, reduction of poverty
and employment opportunities. But, the government alone cannot fund the infrastructure projects on its
own. Therefore, the governments are partnering with the private sector for investing in infrastructure. The
paper outlines the need for private sector participation in infrastructure and looks at the risks peculiar
to infrastructure financing. The paper also studies the various models of public private participation and
attempts to look at a viable model.
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Patterns of Private and Public Sector
Investment in Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure in India
-- M S Jairath and Gaurav Jairath
This study has been conducted to know the extent of investment made in promotion of marketing
infrastructure in the country and find out whether private investment induces public investment or vice versa. The
study indicates that on an average on each rupee invested by public sector, private sector invests Rs. 1.20. The
analysis indicates that there is a very strong complementarity between private and public investment. The study
suggests that in order to give further fillip to investment in agricultural marketing infrastructure, there is a strong
need to create awareness about the scheme at grassroots level. Creating more opportunity through Public
Private Partnership (PPP) models like allowing private parties to use public infrastructure, i.e., extension of
machinery on charges and management/ utilization of Government infrastructure like market yards and warehouses
by private sector under shared infrastructure approach would also attract more investment. Under large
and medium agricultural marketing infrastructure projects like terminal markets, government should
extend facilitative support, i.e., partial risk guarantee, first loss deficiency guarantee based model, etc. All these
would help not only in attracting more investment in agricultural marketing infrastructure, but also make
available a world class infrastructure at the door step of farmer's field.
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Methods of Financing Road Projects in India
-- Tamal Datta Chaudhuri
India has undergone significant change in recent years. Previously, when road construction was under
the purview of the government, roads used to be financed out of budgetary allocation. However, road
construction has been privatized in India in recent years and the quality of roads has improved significantly. As road
is a public good, it is difficult to price it. Further, it has to be borne in mind that fund requirements are
large and also almost the entire expenditure has to be made upfront. Thus it is an interesting exercise to
analyze under what circumstances the private sector has come forward in road construction. The purpose of this
paper is to examine and analyze the various financing structures that have been observed in India.
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Consumer Awareness of VAS of Telecom Sector of India: A Study of Vadodara District of Gujarat
-- Shikha Ojha
On the road of globalization, India is far ahead when compared to its neighboring countries. To a
certain extent the credit goes to one of the most upcoming infrastructure sectors_Telecommunication. The
paper highlights the demographic trend along with the changes in traditional values and lifestyle of an
individual. The paper also analyzes the contribution of the mobile phone services not only at the national or state
level, but also its involvement in an individual's life. This paper examines the use of Value Added Services
(VAS) by the mobile phone subscribers. An important socio-demographic factor of mobile phone consumers,
i.e., age is analyzed here for Vadodara district of Gujarat state, with the help of the Linear Probability
Model. On the basis of the same, conclusions are drawn to make the benchmark for attaining the global
communication scenario.
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