All Volumes and Issues - ਆਰਬੀਆਈ - Reserve Bank of India
ਅਕਤੂ 23, 2006
State Finances and Effectiveness of Policy Measures: An Analysis of Indian States
Rajmal* This paper provides a phase-wise analytical review of the fiscal situation of the Indian major States over the previous two and half decades and examines the effectiveness of the policy measures to strengthen the State finances. The analysis reveals that the States’ fiscal position showed imbalances, albeit in a varied degree, since the mid-1980s which deepened in the second half of the 1990s. The effectiveness of policy measures has remained largely inadequat
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
Trends in Total Factor Productivity of Manufacturing Sector in West Bengal : A Sectoral and Temporal Analysis
This paper seeks to examine the overall industrial scenario of West Bengal for the past three decades. The paper studies the productivity of capital and labour for the two-digit industry groups and the total factor productivity (TFP) of the manufacturing sector of West Bengal as a whole vis-à-vis all-India and also for some selected groups of industries for West Bengal. West Bengal has lost its earlier status of one of the highly industrialised States of the country.
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
Key Issues on Development
The history of thinking and action on ‘development’ is, perhaps, the story of human civilization itself. However, the modern era of development thought and policy dates back to the end of the Second World War. In this era, the development paradigm has had its share of debate. The major questions, in any such debate, have been mostly as follows: What development is all about? How do we measure it? What is (or are) the approach (es) to development? What is the role of t
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
Business Process Outsourcing Concept, Current Trends, Management and Future Challenges
The title of the book evokes considerable academic interest given its topical significance. The book is broadly divided into nine parts. The theme of the book is on current trends of business process outsourcing (BPO) in India. A detailed study on outsourcing is especially relevant to India in the light of outcry from the West against exporting jobs. In this regard a recent citing may be noted: - "Catholics outsource prayer requests- Shortages of US priests have churc
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
Boom and Slump Periods in the Indian IPO Market
This paper attempts a detailed investigation of the boom and slump phases in the Indian primary capital market. It concentrates on two key variables, namely, IPO volume and initial returns and analyses their nature and interrelation during these two periods. This study also analyses the firm-specific characteristics and their influence on the timing of a company getting listed in the hot and cold market. The IPO volume series was autocorrelated over the entire period
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
A Revisit
I am very happy to respond to Govenor Reddy’s request that I write "a detailed Preface to the reprint of the First Volume of the History of the Reserve Bank of India, which would give the readers the full background." It is an excellent idea of Dr. Reddy to elicit from the author, after about thirty-five years, important and interesting aspects of the background of the History that may contribute to a full understanding of the contents of the History, not even a comma
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
Outsourcing to India : The Offshore Advantage
The world economy has fast turned into a ‘service economy’ since the 1990s. Services revolution across the globe has changed the business map and the way business is conducted. Around the world, phenomenal growth of services sector has outstripped the growth in real GDP in a number of economies from Asia and the OECD. This high growth of services has been aided by the expansion of trade in services due to increased tradability of a variety of business and other servic
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
Occasional Papers - Summer, Monsoon and Winter 2004
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
Liquidity Adjustment in Value at Risk (VAR) Model : Evidence from the Indian Debt Market
Conventional Value at Risk models are severely constrained while dealing with liquidity risk. This inevitably leads to an underestimation of overall risk and consequently misapplication of capital for the safety of financial institutions. Standard Value at Risk (VaR) model assumes that any quantity of securities can be traded without influencing market prices. In reality, most markets are less than perfectly liquid and many securities cannot be traded with ease in mar
ਅਕਤੂ 31, 2005
International Trade in Goods : Performance of India vis-a-vis a Few Important Economies in South and East Asia
This paper analyses India’s performance in international trade in goods with a few important economies in South and East Asia, viz., China, Hong Kong SAR (China), Taiwan (China), Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand based on certain trade indicators during the years 1980, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. It is observed that performance by India in merchandise trade did not compare well with these economies. However, the study rev
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