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M. Krishna ¹, G. D. Bino Paul ¹

Affiliations
1 Labor Market Research Facility (LMRF), School of Management and Labor Studies Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai 400088, IN

Abstract

This paper explores the major determinants of wages in India, drawing cues from National Sample Survey 66th round unit level data. To assess the major factors that impact wages, the authors take into account, in addition to the conventional independent variables that cover household, personal, and labour market characteristics, the general well-being of population, which, in practice, is encapsulated by a composite measure called Human Development Index (HDI). The analysis is limited to those who receive wages on a regular basis and who fall in the age group of 15-59. The empirical results show that wages in India are bound up with not only economic factors, but also identities such as sex and caste.

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Ritesh A. Chand ¹, B. R. Pawar ², M. Krishna ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Vasanthrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Vasanthrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The present paper entitled, constraints faced in production and marketing of sugarcane in Parbhani district of Maharashtra state was studied by selecting a sample of 60 sugarcane growers from 12 villages. Multistage sampling design was used in selection of district, tehsil, village and sample growers. Relevant data on various types of constraints faced and solutions anticipated were collected using a pre-tested structured schedule by personal interview method. The results of the study revealed that in Parbhani district at large, several constraints such as extreme drought condition, lack of finance and credit facilities, delay in transportation of cane, payments not done in time, non remunerative price of the produce, trouble by harvesting gang, poor road conditions, non-availability of ready use FYM, and inadequate irrigation facilities were amongst the major constraints faced by the growers. In order to overcome these constraints, 100 per cent of the respondents suggested that government should provide drip irrigation facility under strict monitoring scheme to all sugarcane growers in the region. Majority of the farmers strongly suggested that adequate provisions must be in place to ensure remunerative price is paid for the produce. In addition, a large number of growers submitted request if bank loan facility could increase at nominal interest rate at times when it's required the most.

Keywords

Constraints, Production, Marketing.

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M. Krishna ¹

Affiliations
1 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Pilani Campus, Vidya Vihar, Pilani-333031, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

This paper studies the interplay between economic and social forces that determine the labour market outcomes. It is based on a random sample of 367 workers employed in diverse industrial units located at the Peenya Industrial Area in Bangalore, which is considered the largest industrial cluster in South Asia. The field survey encompasses socio-economic variables apropos of personal, household and labour market attributes. The study establishes two features of the Indian labour market:first, social stratification, which is stark in the form of caste, determines not only wage rates but also social capital; and second, the inequality in the distribution of wage is fairly conspicuous among socially and economically disadvantaged groups. The labour market outcomes are inextricably bound together by not only economic forces but also social identities.

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Dhriti Ranjan Dolai ¹, M. Krishna ¹

Affiliations
1 The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 4th Cross Street, CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600113, IN

Abstract

In this work we consider the Anderson model on the d-dimensional lattice with the single site potential having singular distribution, mainly α-Holder continuous ones and show that the eigenvalue statistics is Poisson in the region of exponential localization.

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