Browsing by Subject "Growth"

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Economic Growth-Inflation Dynamic Trade-Offs in India: Stability Issues and Policy Implications
(University of North Bengal, 2019-03) Das, Kalyan
Endogenous and exogenous shocks disrupt macroeconomic stability. Growth, inflation and external balance are used to evaluate macro performance of an economy. Examining the relationship between inflation and gross domestic product (GDP) has long been an important field in macroeconomic research. This paper examines the nature of dynamic trade-offs between inflation and output and their direction of causation in the Indian economy utilizing time series dataset over the period from 1950-51 to 2015-16 employing together with unit root tests, cointegration regression and causality tests. There is strong evidence of their bidirectional causality. The empirical findings help to translate certain important theoretical issues on structural adjustment problems into various policy relevant solutions and interrelationships examining the role and conduct of macroeconomic stabilisation policies with particular emphasis placed on the specific episodes on macroeconomic dips, the existence of recessionary episodes, the counter-cyclical nature of inflation and the sustainability of macroeconomic policies.
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Effect of copper on seed germination, root elongation and shoot elongation of seedlings of commercially cultivated tea varieties
(University of North Bengal, 2013-03) Mandal, Sima; Saha, Aniruddha; Saha, Dipanwita
Tea (Camellia sinensis L. (0.) Kuntze) is an economically important plantation crop of India but is prone to attack by several fungal pathogens. Copper based fungicides are being used for decades to control fungal disease in tea which may lead to accumulation of copper in the soil. The aim of the present work was to investigate toxic effect of Cu+2 on seed germination, growth and morphological changes in tea seedlings. Different concentration of copper sulphate was applied on three different commercially cultivated tea varieties (TS-462, TS-520 and TS-463). The effect of different concentrations of copper (0.5 – 8 mM) on seed germination, root elongation and shoot elongation of the tea plant were evaluated. Percent germination was found to decrease progressively with increasing concentrations of Cu+2. Maximum reduction of seed germination was showed by TS-463. Several damaging effects such as reduced root hair proliferation, structural deformation and reduction in length of root and shoot were observed when the germinated seedlings were allowed to grow at higher concentrations of copper solutions. Decrease in the dry mass of both root and shoot were also recorded. The results showed that excess copper have negative effect on germination of tea seeds and subsequent growth of the seedlings.
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Growth of Megacities and Decline of Small Towns in India: Why it Demands Attention from Planners and Policy Makers
(University of North Bengal, 2015) Chaudhuri, Sumita
The slow growth of small towns and stagnation, decay and declassification of several such towns in a period of rapid urbanization in India is a phenomenon which have not received much attention from demographers or economic planners. The slow growth, stagnation or decay of a large number of small towns is a phenomenon which must be studied historically. The stagnation of small towns in the era of planned industrialization and urbanization deserves serious attention from planners and policy makers in India.
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Impact of Macro-Economic Variables on the Production of Pharmaceutical Industry in India
(University of North Bengal, 2022) Banerjee, Debapriya; Sarkar, Soumitra
The Indian pharmaceutical industry is renowned for the production of lifesaving drugs at low cost, for which it is also referred to as the “lifeline industry." The paper attempted to analyze the factors that are affecting the production of the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The study was conducted using secondary data of the Indian pharmaceutical industry from 2007 to 2019. Statistical tests such as the DW test, F test, and BP Godfrey test, along with other tests, have been used for robust analysis. The findings suggest that invested capital, viral hepatitis, and others have a positive impact, whereas the population has negatively impacted the production of the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The study recommends that more attention is required to be paid to the R&D section of the Indian pharmaceutical industry, which can help to develop the industry and reach its potential. Also, the study recommends the implementation of the “Make in India” initiative in the Indian medical device industry.
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Influence of culture media and environmental factors on mycelial growth and sporulation of Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler causing leaf blight disease of niger (Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) cass)
(University of North Bengal, 2015-03) Saha, Aniruddha; Choudhuri, Chandrani; Saha, Dipanwita
Alternaria altermata is isolated from naturally infected niger leaf for their morphological characteristics, mycelia growth and sporulation, spore germination in different culture media and environmental conditions. RMA was best for both growth and sporulation. Excellent sporulation was observed ion PCA. PDB supported best growth among the liquid media tested. Highest mycelia dry weight was recorded at 28°C and pH 6.5. Among several carbon sources tested, Mannitol showed optimum growth and sporulation while peptone produced maximum growth among the tested organic nitrogen sources. The present study will help to maintain the fungus in the laboratory condition for preparation of inoculums for different studies related to the control measures of the pathogen.
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Macroeconomic Instability in India: A Comparative Study of Economic Recession in the 1960s and 1990s
(University of North Bengal, 2015) Das, Kalyan; Sankrityayana, Jeta
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National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) Reference
(University of North Bengal, 2016) Sinha, Isita
Growth is a kind of velocity and measures the rate of change of size over a certain period of time. Growth measurements are taken at regular intervals over a specified period of time. Growth assessment is basically a kind of comparison with a reference normally called a “growth reference”. Without such a reference, growth assessment becomes arbitrary. Until the late 1970s, a number of growth charts were utilized to assess child growth. In the year 1977, the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) published a new set of growth charts for children aged <18 years based on data from the Fels Longitudinal Growth Study and nationally representative surveys. The NCHS later became a part of the Centre for disease control (CDC) in the year 1987. The NCHS growth charts consists of 14 sex specific growth charts and used different indicators like weight-for-age, weight- for- length, length-for-age, head circumference for age stature-forage and weight-for-stature. These curves represent attained size, and do not describe rates of growth as might be represented in incremental or longitudinal growth charts. It utilizes per centile rankings to describe the relative size of a given child. The main advantage of NCHS reference is that the data was based on current and high quality growth data as well as on the most recent advances in data processing and analysis.