Papers by Prof. Rekha Acharya
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Hill Publishing, 2022
This study examines the impact of social security schemes on the multidimensional poverty reducti... more This study examines the impact of social security schemes on the multidimensional poverty reduction among the rural tribes of Madhya Pradesh (India). This study is based on primary data. Sample data are collected from Dhar District. This study utilised quantitative techniques to analyse the sample data. Results from the empirical test show that Public Distribution System, Pradhanmantri Awas Yojna, Old Age Pension Scheme and Janani Surksha Yojna have a negative and significant effect on multidimensional poverty. We also find that the household head's per capita income, age, education and gender identity negatively and significantly affect multidimensional poverty. The findings of this study help policymakers understand the significance of social security schemes in reducing multidimensional poverty among the tribal people and encourage them to execute these schemes more efficiently.
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IJCRT - International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), Apr 1, 2021
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The agricultural sector, particularly in developing countries, is characterized by higher exposur... more The agricultural sector, particularly in developing countries, is characterized by higher exposure to various sources of risk compared to the other economic sectors. Agricultural include production, market, credit, technological, institutional and human resource risks and these risks results in low productivity, income, and technology adoption. With the changing climatic conditions, weather variables such as windstorms, floods, hailstorms excessive rainfalls and droughts are hurting farmer more than any other business. Insecurity about water and food supply has rapidly increased corresponding to the change in agricultural risk environment, and this requires a continuous improvement of risk management instruments for the sustainable economic development. A comprehensive continuous monitoring of how farmers perceive risks in their own ways is paramount for policy makers to develop appropriate risk management strategies. Crop insurance one of the key risk reducing strategy. In this reg...
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India is a growing economy and ASEAN is a fastest developing trade block. India’s trade relatio... more India is a growing economy and ASEAN is a fastest developing trade block. India’s trade relations with ASEAN substantially have been changed after the “Look-East†policy of India in 1991. To strengthen the economic relation with ASEAN; India became full dialogue partner of ASEAN in December 1995 at Bangkok. More recently a Free Trade Agreement in goods was signed between India and ASEAN, in Bangkok on August 13th 2009. In this context, this paper is an attempt to measure the India’s trade intensity indices of export and import with ASEAN. For calculation of these indices few economic variables have been considered such as export, import, world export and world import. Trend analysis and dummy variable have been used to measure the trend and impact of India’s full dialogue partnership with ASEAN. Study indicates that India’s trade is increasing with ASEAN countries, while India’s trade intensity of export and import is not up to the desired level with Philippines and Tha...
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Journal of Global Economy, 2015
Economic polarization among different regions is common phenomenon in literature and it results i... more Economic polarization among different regions is common phenomenon in literature and it results into unequal growth and income inequalities within regions. Economists points out that whenever economies achieve higher growth they presumed that it would automatically trickle down to poor. Anderson (1964) and Aaron (1977) pointed out that there is an inverse relationship between economic growth and income distribution. So in this present paper we analyze economic polarization in Madhya Pradesh over the two decades 2000 and 2011 using per capita consumption expenditure (PCCE) and work participation rate (WPR). We show that multidimensional polarization (on rural-urban and region) has increased since the 2000. Overall, our results suggest that high growth witnessed by Madhya Pradesh since the bifurcation of it in the year 2000 has been associated with widening disparities within districts. Out of total 50 districts, same 15 numbers of districts is in high and middle income group and 20 a...
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Journal of Global Economy, 2016
Economists agree that governance is one of the critical factors explaining the divergence in perf... more Economists agree that governance is one of the critical factors explaining the divergence in performance across regions / countries. Whenever any economy undergoes profound economic changes, it is implicitly presumed that the benefits of economic growth will automatically trickle down to poor and reduce income inequality across regions. As a result positive changes will be reflected in the form of increased employment opportunities, good standard of living and low rate of total economic crime and so on. As observed by the UNDP (1997) report that result of good governance is development that gives priority to poor, advances the cause of women, sustains the environment and creates needed opportunities for employment and other livelihoods. Therefore the phenomena of good governance are usually explained in the form of economic policies in decision making processes that must contribute to reduction in all types of inequalities across regions.On the contrary, studies on economic growth...
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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 2015
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Journal of Global Economy, 2016
In any country, the fruits of economic growth transfers up to grass root level through various ch... more In any country, the fruits of economic growth transfers up to grass root level through various channels and modes. In India there is three tier system of transferring resources- especially financial resources - central government to states and from states to local bodies. This system has been questioned by different researchers from time to time as this flow of resources is not smooth but skewed. Many time gaps are observed between projections and actual receipts. This time lag pushed the development on back foot. This paper has analysed the trend and gaps in the financial transfers from centre to states. Further, it tried to identify hurdles on the ground of financial allocation to the state by finance commission. The analysis is based on the secondary sources of information. We have divided the administration in three tier- central, state and local bodies. The trend and gap in the financial allocation by the central government to the state and the state to the local bodies shows d...
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