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Common Property Resources in Rural India: Dependence, Depletion
and Current Status
-- Abhilas Kumar Pradhan and Rabinarayan Patra
A large majority of over 75 cr rural population of India are dependent on Common
Property Resources (CPRs) for their livelihood. But with the spread of liberalization, privatization,
globalization and market-orientation even to the ordinary business of people's lives, the CPR base
of the country is depleting very fast. If such depletion persists, it could be alarming. In the
interests of providing livelihood support to the rural folk and ensuring sustainable overall development
of the economy, conservation of CPRs assumes significant priority. A comprehensive CPR
management policy of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) kind with thrust on local stakeholders
is suggested.
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Disinvestment in India: Policy, Mechanism and Future Roadmap
-- Avi Prasad
Disinvestment in India is a politically sensitive issue, often mired in controversy and has
vacillated between extremes of vigorous pursuit to dormant status, as a priority area of
economic reforms. This article attempts to trace the evolution of disinvestment policy in India over the
last two decades and analyze the benefits and problems associated with various methods of
disinvestment used in India. The article also suggests a possible roadmap for future disinvestment
activities.
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Impact of Global Recession on the Indian Cement Industry (With Special Reference to ACC Limited)
-- Sandeep Kumar Rai and Shailesh K Dwivedi
Cement Industry in India is on a roll at the moment. Driven by a booming real estate
sector, global demand and increased activity in infrastructure development such as state and
national highways, the cement industry has witnessed tremendous growth. The realty sector boomed
but could not sustain for long and it collapsed because of the loan defaults. This situation spread
like wild fire and put the Indian economy in danger like the US economy. The US financial crises
have affected many countries of the world and India is not an exception to it. Because of these
financial crises, Indian economy has lost more than 2% of GDP growth. Almost all sectors of the
Indian economy have been affected by this crisis. In this paper, an attempt has been made to find out
the impacts of global financial crisis on the Indian Cement Industry particularly the ACC limited.
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Policies of Government for Allocation of Funds to the Industry and
Related Activities in Various Economic Plans in
India: A Critical Appraisal
-- Vikram K Joshi
India adopted economic planning in 1951 and since then ten Five-Year plans are over.
India's Five-Year plans have the basic objectives of growth, employment, self-reliance and social
justice. Any country that wishes to progress must place due emphasis on industrial development
as economic development and modernization processes are closely inter-linked. In India, the
importance of agriculture is self-evident as about two-third of the population depends on it, but
industrialization has a major role to play in the economic development of the underdeveloped
countries. This paper deals with the critical analysis of the policies of the government for allocation of
funds to the industry and related activities in various plans.
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