https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/5119 2026-04-26T05:06:31Z 2026-04-26T05:06:31Z Paul, Biswajit Sana, Ashish Kumar https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/5127 2019-11-15T11:31:30Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDIA: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS Authors: Paul, Biswajit; Sana, Ashish Kumar Abstract: Infrastructure sector is a key driver for the Indian economy. Infrastructure may be termed as physical infrastructure which may include social infrastructure. Importance of infrastructure in economic growth cannot be overemphasized. Infrastructure is the lifeline of an economy and the fate of the economy is intricately linked to the development or otherwise of its infrastructure. The objective of the paper is to examine the effect of infrastructure investment on economic growth of India. Gross Capital Formation (GCF) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are considered as infrastructural development macroeconomic variable and economic growth variable respectively. The data have been collected for a period of 57 years i.e. 1960 – 2016 (World Bank). Different charts and graphs have been used to analyse the status of infrastructure investment during the study period. Short run and long run relationships between infrastructure investment and economic growth have been examined using time series econometric tools like VECM and Cointegration test. It is found that infrastructure investment and economic growth of India is integrated in long run which implies that there is a long run relationship between them.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy, Arijit https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/5126 2019-11-15T11:31:16Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: IMPACT OF SWAJALDHARA SCHEME ON THE RURAL LIVELIHOODS: A CASE STUDY OF PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT IN WEST BENGAL Authors: Roy, Arijit Abstract: To achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goal of securing “Water for All” which ensures sound health of rural people especially of women population and a sustainable environment, reforms in the rural drinking water supply sector in India were adopted in 1999 in India and Pilot Projects in some selected districts across 26 states were taken up. The basic concepts of the reforms include community participation in the planning, implementation, operation and maintenance of the schemes of its choice. This is a paradigm shift from supply driven to a demand responsive approach, centralised to the decentralised service delivery, from the top down to the bottom up approach and ultimately to change the role of the Government from that of a service provider to a facilitator. Swajaldhara is part of those reform initiatives in rural water supply & sanitation sector in India. On 25.12.2002, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, launched Swajaldhara Scheme by scaling up the said Sector Reforms initiatives throughout the country. Water supply is ensured to the rural population by Piped Water Supply Schemes (PWSS) and Spot Source Water Supply Schemes (SSWSS). A SSWSS is adopted to cater smaller population and also where the raw water requires no or minimum treatment. Swajaldhara lies in this category. This paper attempts to analyse the impact of Bajitpur Matangini Swajaldhara Scheme (BMSS) on the livelihood of rural people of Bajitpur village of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal. A cost – benefit analysis in the form of simple income saving due to subscribing Swajaldhara, has been carried out. The impact of clean and pure water for drinking and sanitation upon health is explored. Also, secondary income from kitchen garden as a byproduct of Swajaldhara has been taken into consideration. The study reveals that the overall impact of Swajaldhara scheme is positive and significant, and hence it demands a systematic and well-organised planning-execution approach to such sector-reforms projects.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Saha, Anandaraj https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/5125 2019-11-15T11:30:58Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: SUPREMACY OF THE US ON EQUITY MARKETS OF THE BRICS: A MYTH OR A REALITY? Authors: Saha, Anandaraj Abstract: The BRICS is considered as the most promising and emerging markets’ group and pool of economies. For the last few years, the economies of the US and BRICS are sharing increasing trade, economic and financial linkages. As the emerging economies aspire to become truly developed nations, the issue of heavy interdependence on developed economies is often addressed. However, the patterns of influence of the US on the equity markets of the BRICS have undergone tremendous changes in the recent years. The present study aims to investigate the inter-linkages and causal relationships between the US and BRICS equity markets. The study exclusively depends on different econometric models and techniques such as unit root test, cointegration and causality tests to evaluate and analyse the empirical data. The overall results report changing market dynamics and time varying integration among the countries across the years of study. The study also finds the fading away of the US supremacy over the BRICS markets and a story of Chinese supremacy as a leader in world economy.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Chatterjee, Sibaram https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/5124 2019-11-15T11:30:45Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF VIDYASAGAR CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. IN PASCHIM MEDINIPUR DISTRICT: AN APPLICATION OF MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX Authors: Chatterjee, Sibaram Abstract: The present study is an attempt to analysis the efficiency and total factor productivity growth of a cooperative bank (VCC bank) at the branch level for the period 2007 to 2012. The study also makes a district level comparison of efficiency scores and productivity growth of VCC bank with that of SBI and RRB. Bank efficiency has been assessed by applying DEA methodology. Malmquest productivity index has been used to quantify the branch wise total factor productivity growth over the study period. The empirical results establish that there is a declining trend in overall technical efficiency scores of VCC bank. The empirical results also show that this bank registered a negative growth rate of productivity. District level interbank comparison shows that SBI has the highest average overall technical efficiency, followed by RRBs and VCC bank over the sample period. The study also examines that the total factor productivity growth of VCC bank is not significantly lower than that of RRB and also SBI. The study confirms that ownership structure has no impact on TFP growth of the banks.

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