Chacko, Jose P; Dr.Jose, Payyappilly T(Cochin University of Science and Technology, November 16, 1999)
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The present thesis critically analyzes the micro level issues that influence the rural household energy behavior in Kerala. The aim of the study is to examine the energy consumption pattern at the household level in rural Kerala and to assess the variations in rural household energy consumption pattern across geo-climatic and socio-economic clusters. The researcher assess the attitudes of the rural households towards energy sources, uses and devices. The study tries to identify the factors influencing the adoption of energy conservation practices and shift to the improved energy
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Depatment of Applied Economics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
Rajini,K M; Dr.Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University of Science and Technology., October , 2009)
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The study is entitled “HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN KERALA”. The concept “Human
Resource Development” is of high value in business and industry
and has been used and applied since years. In industry and
business the ‘human’ element is considred as a resource and hence
its development and protection is very essential and inevitable. Of all
the factors of production, human resource is the only factor having
rational faculty and therefore, it must be handled with utmost care.
Right recruitment, right training and right induction followed by
faultless monitoring and welfare measures are but decisive factors in
business and industiy. Altogether there is a constant attention up on
human factor there. But this is not a practice at all in education. So
far there has not been any such measure of care and close watch
and performance analysis of human resource on education front.
This may be the main reason for lack of accountability in the sphere
of education. The present study reveals the importance of
introducing HRD practices in higher educational institutions in
Kerala. In order to promise human capital formation through
education, it is basic requirement. The higher educational
institutions must follow the method of industry and commerce
because education can be treated as an industry in service sector.
There also we can follow the methods of right recruitment, right
training and promotion, delegation, performance analysis and
accountability checking of human resource. HRD is a powerful idea
of transformation of human being into highly productive and
contributing factor The HRD of students is the sum total of HRD of
teachers. Reminding the primordial usage ‘Yatha Raja Thadha Praja’
the quality of faculty resembles in students. The quality of
administrative staff in colleges also affects the quality of higher
education. Hence, it is high time to introduce the managerial method
of HRD with all its paraphernalia in higher educational institutions
so as to assure proper human capital formation in higher education
in India.
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Department of Applied Economics,
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Rajini,K M; Dr.Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University of Science and Technology, October , 2009)
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The study is entitled “HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN KERALA”. The concept “Human Resource Development” is of high value in business and industry and has been used and applied since years. In industry and business the 'human' element is considred as a resource and hence its development and protection is very essential and inevitable. Of all the factors of production, human resource is the only factor having rational faculty and therefore, it must be handled with utmost care. Right recruitment, right training and right induction followed by faultless monitoring and welfare measures are but decisive factors in business and industry. Altogether there is a constant attention up on human factor there. But this is not a practice at all in education. So far there has not been any such measure of care and close watch and performance analysis of human resource on education front. This may be the main reason for lack of accountability in the sphere of education. The present study reveals the importance of introducing HRD practices in higher educational institutions in Kerala. In order to promise human capital formation through education, it is basic requirement. The higher educational institutions must follow the method of industry and commerce because education can be treated as an industry in service sector. There also we can follow the methods of right recruitment, right training and promotion, delegation, performance analysis and accountability checking of human resource. HRD is a powerful idea of transformation of human being into highly productive and contributing factor The HRD of students is the sum total of HRD of teachers. Reminding the primordial usage 'Yatha Raja Thadha Praja’ the quality of faculty resembles in students. The quality of administrative staff in colleges also affects the quality of higher education. Hence, it is high time to introduce the managerial method of HRD with all its paraphernalia in higher educational institutions so as to assure proper human capital formation in higher education in India.
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Department of Applied Economics,
Cochin University of Science and Technology
George, A I; Dr.Karunakaran, V(Cochin University of Science and Technology, June 28, 1991)
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Vast changes have taken place in the field of institutional rural credit in India since the nationalisation of nineteen commercial banks in 1969. The supply of institutional
finance to cultivators amounted to 63.2 percent of the total credit in 1981 compared to 31.2 percent in 1971. Insti tutionalisation of agricultural credit envisaged two objectives in general. One was to emancipate cultivators and farmers from the clutches of indigenous financiers and money lenders. The second was to make farmers financially capable of adopting the new technology or improved practices in agriculture so as to increase their agricultural production and thereby contributing to the development of agriculture in India. Though vast literature on Institutional Credi t and agriculture is available, no indepth and serious work examining
thoroughly the cause of credit diversion has been undertaken so far. The present study is an attempt to fill up this gap. The study will be helpful to lending insti tutions, viz. Co-ope:r-atives,
Commercial banks and various other insti tutional agencies in connection with their lending activity_ Also, the study will help government in .formulating proper policies that will insure
a preferential treatment in favour of the most needy category of farmers and cultivators with respect to agricultural credit disbursement
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Department of Applied Economics, Cochin University
of Science and Technology
Harikumar, S; Dr.Jose, Payyappilly T(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, March 1, 1986)
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Introduction of agrarian reforms and introduction of
new technology increased dependence on casual labourers.
High labour absorption in the subsistence agriculture and
increased price of input resulted in high cost of cultivation.
Price of paddy did not rise correspondingly. As a result
subsistence economy's future is bleak. The purpose of the
_study is to examine these arguments and related issues with
the help of empirical evidence from Kuttanad.
The credit schemes are designed to help farmers to
earn higher incomes by larger output brought either by an
increase in area or by an improvement in yield rates or both.
It is difficult to isolate the impact of agricultural credit
on agricultural development. Because agricultural development
is the combined effect of all inputs. The specific
.criteria selected for analysing the impact of agricultural
icredit are how increased supply of credit would bring changes
‘in capital formation, agrarian relations, informal lending and
its cost and the changes in area, output, introduction of new
technology, income, savings and employment of farm households.
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School of Management Studies,Cochin University Of Science And Technology
Ravindran, A M; Dr.Karunakaran, V; Dr.Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University of Science and Technology, June 26, 1987)
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The problems associated with emigration, inward remittances and economic development of Herala have not received ample attention. Kerala depends much on the inward remittances sent by Keralites employed abroad. It is a State that experience chronic unemployment problem. Emigration cannot provide a lasting solution to the problem of unemployment since its direction is governed mainly by the social, political and ecnonomic factors of the host countries.
The present study is an attempt to focus attention on the major problems associated with emigration from Kerala. It also tries to deal with the issues involved in diverting the inward remittances to the development of the state which has some vital policy implications The problems associated with emigration, inward remittances and economic development of Herala have not received ample attention. Kerala depends much on the inward remittances sent by Keralites employed abroad. It is a State that experience chronic unemployment problem. Emigration cannot provide a lasting solution to the problem of unemployment since its direction is governed mainly by the social, political and ecnonomic factors of the host countries. The present study is an attempt to focus attention on the major problems associated with emigration from Kerala. It also tries to deal with the issues involved in
diverting the inward remittances to the development of the state which has some vital policy implications Investment proepect of non~resident Keralites is the theme oi Chapter VIII. It examines the various measures taken to promote industrial development by attracting non~resident investment tc industrial ventures. Chapter IX diecusses the future of emigration from Kerale especially in the light of declining international oil prices. It also deals with the role o¥ emigration as a safety valve t: the chronic problem of unemployment in Kerala. The last Chapter presents the summary and conclusions of the study
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Department of Applied Economics, Cochin University of
Science and Technology
Shajahan,S; Dr.Ranganathan, N(Cochin University of Science and Technology, June 19, 1997)
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Despite various intervensions, artisanal fishermen remain one of the weaker sections in Kerala's society. Host of the welfare and developmental programmes introduced for them had produced very little impact on their living conditions. Further, they are unable to compete with mechanised sector for fishing. Host of the technological development which had taken place after Indo-Norvegean Project favoured the growth of mechanised sector. As a consequence of this, fishing become unviable for artisanal fishermen who propagate the idea of ” sustainable development” in the fishing industry. It is commonly believed that an integrated approach may help them to
improve their living conditions substantially. In the light of the above background the scholar has made an attempt to study the impact of Integrated Marine Fisheries Development Project among artisanal fishermen in Kerala It is realised from the findings of the study that the most important needs of artisanal fishermen arecredit facilities and marketing support. Without marketing linkages effective credit management is not possible. Marketing activities and credit management are interdependent
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School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science & Technology
Prashanth, D; Dr.Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University of Science And Technology, February , 1982)
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Perhaps the most characteristic feature of our timesis that economic development has become the goal and ambition of people. The needs which this desire creates are immense they are of course urgent everywhere and they cannot be postponded. Consequently there was a frantic search for formulae of rapid economic development. It was claimed that agrarian reform is the indispensable condition for the development of productive forces and industrialization of the state.A key element in the land reform policy is the provision for ownership of land .Measures taken include redistribution of large estates ,assistance to tenants or labourers to acquire holdings and settlement schemes to establish new farming units on reclaimed or developed lands.In this thesis an attempt is made to evaluate the impact of these reforms on the agrarian structure in general and the scheduled caste in particular.
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Department of applied economics, Cochin University of Science And Technology
Smitha, T H; Dr.Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University of Science & Technology, 2010)
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The present study was an attempt to analyze systematically the techniques of monetary control measures with its relevance and changing importance and to find out their effectiveness in the Indian context especially to achieve the thriving objectives of price stability and economic growth.There is definite and remarkable economic impact of monetary policy on Indian economy in the post-reform period. The importance of monetary policy has been increasing year after year. Its role is very relevant in attaining monetary objectives, especially in managing price stability and achieving economic growth. Along that, the use and importance of monetary weapons like Bank rate, CRR, SLR, Repo rate and Reverse Rate have increased over the years. Repo and Reverse Repo rates are the most frequently used monetary techniques in recent years. The rates are varied mainly for curtailing inflation and absorb the excess liquidity and hence to maintain price stability in the economy. Thus, this short-time objective of price stability is more successful on Indian economy rather than other long-term objectives of development.Monetary policy rules can be active or passive. The passive rule is to keep the money supply constant, which is reminiscent of Milton Friedman’s money growth rule. The second, called a price stabilization rule, is to change the money supply in response to changes in aggregate supply or demand to keep the price level constant. The idea of an active rule is to keep the price level and hence inflation in check. In India, this rule dominates our monetary policy. A stable growth is healthy growth.
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Department of Applied Economics,Cochin University of Science and Technology
Thangam,Jacob; Dr.George, C M(Cochin University of Science and Technology, January 10, 1983)
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The major objective of the researcher was to assess the gains or losses in relationship between spouses after sterilization of the wife. The second objective was to gauge the impact of sterilisation upon parent—child relationships. Factors that were responsible in motivating women to accept sterilization were subjected to enquiry with the conviction that the information would give insight into the inadequacies of the official Family Planning Programme, offering prospects for feasible and salutary changes. The report is arranged under six chapters. The first chapter, Introduction, has three parts. The global and natural dimension of the problem of population is considered in Part I; The Importance of the topic studied namely sterilisation is discussed in the second Part: and Part III explains the background and methodology %f the study. The second chapter is a description of tubecto~ mized women who were the respondents. Their personal and family data, economic, social, educational and demographic profilesform its contents. The direct and indirect influences that were-responsible to make women decide in favour of sterilization are dealt with in the Third chapter. The Fourth Chapter is an analysis of the interspouse relations pre and post—operatively and an assessment of gains and losses in the area subsequent to sterilisation. How children have benefitted physically and emotionally as a consequence of improved care/attention from parents post~operatively constitutes the analysis attempted in the Fifth chapter.
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School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology
Parvathy, P; Dr.Rajasenan,D(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, November , 2012)
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The present study examines the type of NTMs, especially the quality
regulations and safety standards encountered by the marine product exports of
Kerala in its major import markets of the EU, the US and Japan. An analysis of
whether the safety and quality standards prescribed by these developed countries
on the imported fish and fishery products are purely based on risk assessment and
scientific evidence or are they erected as disguised barriers to trade is attempted
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Department of Applied Economics
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Parvathy, P; Dr Rajasenan, D(Cochin University of Science and Technology, November , 2012)
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Fish and fishery products are regarded as healthy foods and there has been
a significant increase in their global trade. Besides that, trade liberalization policies, globalization of food systems and technological innovations have
furthered the increase in international trade in fish and fishery products.Fish and fishery product exports have a significant place in the export
basket of India. Export earnings of India from fishery products increased from
` 4 crores in 1960-61to ` 12901.47 crores in 2010-11(MPEDA, 2012). The
share of export earnings from fish and fishery products as a percentage of total
agricultural exports of India increased from a low of 1.76 percent in 1960-61
to a high of 25.06 percent in 1994-95. But its share declined to 16.60 percent
in the following year. Though its share in agricultural exports of the country
has declined since then, in 2010-11, marine product exports accounted for 9.61 percent of total agricultural exports of India representing a significant share.