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Government intervention in industrial R & D: Some lessons from the international experience for India
No full textThere is now substantial empirical evidence, based essentially on the experience of developed countries, that there is underinvestment in industrial R&D consequent to the gradual withdrawal of the state. It is generally observed that government can solve this problem of underinvestment in two ways: by increasing the profits of innovators, or by undertaking R&D in areas where the private sector underinvests. An examination of the nature of government intervention in developed countries show that it is increasingly moving towards the latter variety. However, contrary to normal impression, the extent of government intervention in industrial R&D in India is of the former variety. The state has been using tax incentives as the major instrument for stimulating R&D by production enterprises. Direct grants, which has become the dominant instrument of intervention in the west, is considered to be better as it can be targeted towards specific projects. In fact the efficacy of tax incentives to encourage R&D requires further scrutiny. The state in India also have to intervene for making available technically trained manpower to engage in industrial R&D radically redesigning the higher education system, by improving the incentive system for those working in the R&D system etc. The paper thus underscores the fact that there is enough space for the Indian state to increase its interventionist role in industrial research contrary to the arguments for its gradual withdrawal.appropriability, government intervention, industrial R&D system, technology policy
The people behind the papers – Léa Rambaud-Lavigne, Namrata Gundiah, Arezki Boudaoud and Pradeep Das
No full textInternational audienceThe shoot apical meristem is a key stem cell niche in plants, and proper stem cell maintenance is partly regulated by CLAVATA3 (CLV3). Without CLV3 meristems overgrow, but the mechanistic basis of this phenotype was unclear. A new paper in Development suggests that CLV3 modulates the physical properties of meristematic stem cells, and that these properties help shape meristem morphology. To learn more about the story behind the paper, we caught up with first author Léa Rambaud-Lavigne and corresponding authors Namrata Gundiah, Arezki Boudaoud and Pradeep Das
The Surabhi Theatre–An Oasis of Telugu Theatre
No full textThis document is a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Arts degree in Theatre Arts. It is a detailed account of author Pradeep Aswini Gurrala’s study of the Surabhi Theatre in Telangana, India. The thesis follows the journey of a 134-year-old theatre company in four chapters: puppet show to stage show; the evolution of the Surabhi Theatre; the decline of Surabhi Theatre; and Surabhi Theatre as a cultural heritage. Appendices and works cited are included
Literature Recommendations for analysis of integration of the components in Hydro GIS Model development framework
No full textWe have carried out research for the development of the HydroGIS model development framework for urban flood management. once components were identified for the framework, it was required to find the status of integrations and in what depth those integrations were studied. Then finding for the depth it employed tailored composite programming of MCDA. For the MCDA analysis, it is required to collect the literatures to examine the researchers' interest in integrations. Then under different categorisations literature were searched and gathered. The data published here explain under what categorisation it collected the data and what literatures were collected for each category. As all the literature were examined it can be recommended that those literature are representing the categories where they belong. The result has been published in the IESL engineers journal of IESL [1].As well this data set is considered as the 2nd version of Literature Recommendations for Research on HydroGIS Tool Development Framework for Urban Flood Management - version 1 [2].References:[1] R. M. M. Pradeep and N. T. S. Wijesekera, “Gaps in the accounting of stakeholder integrations in HydroGIS tools to face the challenge of sustainable urban flood management,” Eng. J. Inst. Eng. Sri Lanka, vol. LVI, no. 01, pp. 1–14, 2021.[2] R. M. M. Pradeep and N. T. S. Wijesekera, “Literature Recommendations for Research on HydroGIS Tool Development Framework for Urban Flood Management,” Rathmalana, 2020. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24399.30880.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV
Literature Recommendations for analysis of integration of the components in Hydro GIS Model development framework
No full textWe have carried out research for the development of the HydroGIS model development framework for urban flood management. once components were identified for the framework, it was required to find the status of integrations and in what depth those integrations were studied. Then finding for the depth it employed tailored composite programming of MCDA. For the MCDA analysis, it is required to collect the literatures to examine the researchers' interest in integrations. Then under different categorisations literature were searched and gathered. The data published here explain under what categorisation it collected the data and what literatures were collected for each category. As all the literature were examined it can be recommended that those literature are representing the categories where they belong. The result has been published in the IESL engineers journal of IESL [1].As well this data set is considered as the 2nd version of Literature Recommendations for Research on HydroGIS Tool Development Framework for Urban Flood Management - version 1 [2].References:[1] R. M. M. Pradeep and N. T. S. Wijesekera, “Gaps in the accounting of stakeholder integrations in HydroGIS tools to face the challenge of sustainable urban flood management,” Eng. J. Inst. Eng. Sri Lanka, vol. LVI, no. 01, pp. 1–14, 2021.[2] R. M. M. Pradeep and N. T. S. Wijesekera, “Literature Recommendations for Research on HydroGIS Tool Development Framework for Urban Flood Management,” Rathmalana, 2020. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24399.30880.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV
FIGURE 2 in A new species of the genus Downsiomyia Vargas (Diptera: Culicidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India
No full textFIGURE 2. Downsiomyia rajaveli sp. nov. Pupal exuviae: A, Cephalothorax; B, abdominal segments. Fourth-instar larval exuviae: C, Head; D, siphon; E, comb scales. Cs, comb scale; CT, cephalothorax; H, head; S, siphon.Published as part of Natarajan, R., Gopalakrishnan, S., Kumar, Pradeep & Kumar, Ashwani, 2022, A new species of the genus Downsiomyia Vargas (Diptera: Culicidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India, pp. 575-584 in Zootaxa 5205 (6) on page 578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5205.6.5, http://zenodo.org/record/731878
FIGURE 3 in A new species of the genus Downsiomyia Vargas (Diptera: Culicidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India
No full textFIGURE 3. Phylogenetic tree of mitochondrial COI sequences for species of Downsiomyia. The GenBank accession number and the country of origin are included for each specimen included in the analysis.Published as part of Natarajan, R., Gopalakrishnan, S., Kumar, Pradeep & Kumar, Ashwani, 2022, A new species of the genus Downsiomyia Vargas (Diptera: Culicidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India, pp. 575-584 in Zootaxa 5205 (6) on page 579, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5205.6.5, http://zenodo.org/record/731878
Sediment and heavy mineral chemistry studies along the course of the river Cauvery, South India.
No full textPrakash Narasimha, Pradeep. P.
Female headship, poverty and child welfare: A study of rural orissa, India
No full textFirst, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt has been made in this paper to compare the socioeconomic status of male- and female- headed households. Subsequently the differences in the use of resources (time and money) between male-headed and female-headed households have been analysed. Finally, the paper explores the relative well-being of the children between the two groups, i.e., to what extent female headship influences children's access to social services, and children's actual welfare outcomes, measured in terms of health and education indicators. The results suggest that poverty and female headship are strongly linked in rural Orissa, India. For eample, if we draw a poverty line that corresponds to 15 per cent of the population who are poor, 12 per cent of people living in male-headed househols are poor as compared with 33 per cent of people living in female-headed households. This result is based on per capita consumption as the welfare indicator. When 40 per cent poverty line is used, the differences are still large in economic terms and are statistically significant. Moreover, when we use adjusted consumption as the welfare indicator, the comparisons show a much higher incidence of poverty among female-headed households. This is true for both masures of poverty line, i.e., 15 per cent and 40 per cent. Thus, we conclude that female headship can be a better targetting indicator for poverty alleviation in rural Orissa. The results further suggest that the use of resources are significantly different between the two types of households. Labour force participation data indicate that female heads are more likely to work in the market place than women who are spouses of male heads of household. The differences are large: on average 74 per cent verus 54 per cent. The comparison of household expenditures indicates that, female-headed households spend relatively less on higher quality food items such as meat, vegetables, milk and other dairy products. However, there is some evidence that they spend less on personal consumption such as alcoholic beverages. Overall, the differences are pronounced between these households. Finally, the findings show that children in female-headed households are disadvantaged both in terms of access to social services and actual welfare outcomes.female headship, poverty, child welfare, gender,differential resource use, social services, household
The combined incidence of taxes and public expenditures in the Philippines
No full textIncidence studies of fiscal policy in developing countries typically examine either the distribution of tax burdens or the incidence of public expenditures. But the central issue for policymakers is the combined or net incidence of fiscal activities. One reason that combined incidence studies are so rare is that they require detailed data on both taxation and public spending. The authors show that the net incidence of fiscal policy in a country with average data - the Philippines - can be estimated using a variety of data sources and tools, using simplifying assumptions. For 20 years, the Philippine economy has experienced a series of balance of payments crises triggered by fiscal crises. It has had an unsatisfactory record of poverty alleviation. The authors examine net fiscal incidence to find out how poverty will be affected by the rise in taxes and the cut in spending. They found that: 1) the incidence pattern of taxes is basically neutral. Contrary to expectations, indirect taxes are only slightly regressive; and 2) it is the pattern of expenditures that drives the combined incidence, which is progressive.Public Sector Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Systems Development&Reform,Economic Theory&Research,Health Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Public Sector Economics&Finance,Economic Theory&Research,Health Economics&Finance,Banks&Banking Reform
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