Growth, underpinned by augmented production, has been the dominant mode of
development, where the focus is to influence the ability to increase the output and income of …

1 Background An examination of India's agricultural development since Independence
brings to light the structural and institutional reforms that have been effected. The most …

This paper reviews the recent trends in agricultural investments (both public and private)
and tries to find structural breaks in the trends over the period of 1960-2017. Comparing the …

Machinery is commonly used in the modernization of agricultural industries and is a pivotal
way to eliminate poverty among farmers. However, there are still disputes regarding the …

Public investment through its long term benefits is one of the significant contributors to
agricultural growth in India. Despite the fact, the public sector investment in Indian …

India's eastern states comprising Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha are way
behind the agriculturally developed states in increasing public and private capital formation …

There is no consensus among studies about how to define or measure poverty. Two widely
used criteria to estimate poverty are the minimum expenditure criteria (income or monetary …

Use of chemical fertilisers has been key to agricultural growth in India since the 1970s.
Widespread adoption of chemical fertilisers along with other modern inputs became …

The main objective of this research is to explore the survival strategies used by women
heads of poor households in Sadar Village, North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi …

This study explores the welfare implications of public expenditure at the subnational level.
We empirically examine the efficiency of different categories of public expenditure on …