S. K. Acharya – författare

Economics is the sacral Concerned with the production and consumption of goods and service and the analysis of the commercial activities of a society There is a long history of emergence, growth and development of Economics, as an established discipline, Many great philosophers and economists have contributed dooryards it growth. The present work, in three volumes, contains vitamin Formation on all these great men of letters. All leading economists, past and present, from the entire globe find place in this monumental work alphabetically arranged binaries/ their biographical sketch, theories propounded, works authored and the other significant achievements are explained elaborately.

Some of the recent projections of manpower requirements have relied on the assumption that the structure of employment by occupations will remain fixed over the entire period of projections. Using Indian data, the author of this book has shown that this is an implausible assumption, and the projections based on such assumptions are likely to be erroneous, The author, therefore, suggests to develop a methodology of manpower forecasting which accounts for the inter-temporal variations in the structure of employment It is further argued that such a methodology would also be helpful for planning expansion of education in the country, Two structural methods—namely, the Markov probability formulation and the RAS adjustment technique—and a single equation regression model (which posits that demand for skills are determined by production technology) of occupational forecasting are chosen in this study to assessing the predictive power of each of these techniques, Much of this book is devoted to highlight the theoretical details and the data requirements of these techniques reference, This is followed by an application of these techniques with Indian data—both at macro and micro levels, The results of this study favour the use of RAS method as a limited information model of occupational forecasting in economies which lack detailed manpower statistics. While the study in question is based on Indian data, it is surmised that the findings of this book would be of considerable importance for other developing countries as well. Moreover, it is hoped that the methodology and techniques illustrated will stimulate further research into factors affecting evolution of occupational coefficients in the context manpower planning in developing er mies.

Globalization is an unavoidable reality in the modern world. Most of the countries have accepted it either willingly or unwillingly. Divergent views for and against globalization have been expressed. One view is that globalization has created opportunities for development in several countries, while the other view does not accept this contention of the supporters of globalization. There are many questions which are raised at different p atforms. Some of these are: What is globalization? What are the fundamental factors involved in globalization? Who wants globalization? How does globalization affect different people? Whether globalization is beneficial for developing nations? The answer to some of the these questions to some extent, can be found in the articles in this volume written by eminent scholars. An attempt has been made to discuss globalization, in general, and its impact on people, society and state, in particular. The book also examines various issues concerning social, political and economic aspects of India and Canada.

Although the focus of this volume is on India of 1991-92, yet it provides useful overview of significant developments that took place in the world as a whole. A comparative study of indicators of development with regard to 170 countries has been included. An attempt has been made to provide almost all embracing facts and figures with regard to various factors of development in India since 1947. A detailed account has been given about eight important aspects Census 1991, Elections 1991, Education, State of Economy, Fiscal Measures, Inflation, Balance of Payments and Monetary Trends. Information is also provided about Agricultural Development, Culture. Defence, Energy Conservation, Health, AIDS, Environmental Protection, Industries, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes as well as other topical areas .of significance. It is hoped that like the previous editions, this would be of equal interest to both students and a large category of readers from different disciplines and professions, administrators, business magnets, economic analysts, journalists, planners, researchers, etc., and those preparing for various competitive examinations.