By the time the Uruguay Round was commenced in 1986, agricultural protection in major economies, such as European Economic Commission, subsequently European Union, Japan and the USA had become common. In the case of Japan, given the very high opportunity cost of such protection, food security was the major concern; though politically it became connected to protecting the farmers, who had dispro...

The Indian Education sector has grown exponentially in the last few decades as per various official reports. Large amount of information pertaining to education sector is generated every year. This has led to the requirement for managing and analyzing the structured and unstructured information related to various stakeholders. At the same time there is a need to adapt to the dynamic global worl...

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Experience of implementing lean thinking (LT) in a multispecialty hospital located in southern part of India is discussed. Case hospital was chosen and problems associated with various processes were identified and they were mapped to seven wastes. Solutions based on lean principles/practices were implemented and improvements were evaluated through performance

The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector is an important contributor to India’s GDP and it is the fourth largest sector of the Indian economy. Globally, the FMCG sector has been successful in selling products to the lower and middleincome groups, and the same is true in India. Over 70% of sales are made to middle classhouseholds today and over 50% is in rural India. The sector is excited ab...

The present study aims to identify the financial strengths and weaknesses of the Indian public sector pharmaceutical enterprises by properly establishing relationships between the items of the balance sheet and profit and loss account. The study covers two public sector drug and pharmaceutical enterprises listed on BSE. The study has been undertaken for the period of twelve years from 1997-98 t...

Demonetization refers to cancellation of legal tender status currency in circulation. Anticipating positive effects on the economy, nations often adopt demonetization policy. Government India adopted policy November 8, 2016. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this while addressing nation his Mann Ki Baat speech Under policy, high denomination Indian notes Rs.500 and Rs.1000 were declared be...

In studying the history of the construction of artificial limbs to sub­ stitute for lost legs, which has been transmitted to us by written words, objects of art and handicraft, objects found in excavations, and so forth, and learning of the development of the artificial leg through the centuries, one gains knowledge of the foundation on which modern prosthetics is based. Such an historical revi...

This paper explores the linkage between strategic grouping and performance of the Indian banking sector. Strategic grouping and performance were identified using published financial information for all public sector banks. Grouping of Indian public sector banks following comparable financial strategy – with similar asset quality, operational efficiency and profitability – was operationalized us...