Essays about: "modernisation india"

Found 5 essays containing the words modernisation india.

1. 1. An Attempt to Modernise Indian Agriculture

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sargam Kuckreja; [2022]
   Keywords : India; Farm Laws; Agriculture Sector; Policy Failure; Modernisation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Indian agriculture sector plays a vital role in the country's economy and employs a significant number of individuals. The sector's performance has been plummeting in recent years, and this decrease in growth can be attributed to factors such as the provisions provided to farmers by the government. READ MORE

3. 2. Improper Structural Transformation & Stagnant Manufacturing in Post-Independence India: The Role of Agriculture and Inter-Sectoral Linkages

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sai Chandan Kotu; [2022]
   Keywords : Input-Output Matrices; Structural Transformation; Ordinary Least Squares; Agricultural Productivity; Capital Formation; Domestic-Market Linkages; Sustainable and Resilient Structural Change; Services-led growth.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : India is witnessing an unconventional pattern of structural change – involving a shift to services-dominated economy at lower income per-capita than early industrialisers. Despite significant policy rhetoric on industrialisation, the sector’s share in both value-added and employment has stagnated remarkably. READ MORE

4. 3. Thousands of plant breeders: women conserving in situ crop genetic resources : a case study in the Medak District of Telangana, Southern India

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Christopher Bradburn; [2014]
   Keywords : landrace; seeds; conservation; in situ; traditional; genetic resources; plant breeding; peasants; women; systems thinking; climate change;

   Abstract : This study focuses on in situ conservation of landrace crop varieties in the Medak district of the southern Indian state, Telangana. The objective of this work was to investigate two main questions: 1) Under what unique conditions are smallholder peasant farmers willing and able to continuously grow local, landrace crops? 2) What characterises the women farmers who grow local landrace crops in this district of landrace crop origins? A Systems Thinking methodology was used to develop and analyse the data. READ MORE

5. 4. Modernisation - A Saviour Running Late: Assessing the Validity of Modernisation Theory by Investigating the Effects of Diversity on Growth

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Alexander Fält; Adrian Rydén; [2014]
   Keywords : Modernisation; Diversity; Fractionalisation; Polarisation; Growth;

   Abstract : Modernisation theory is based on the idea that socioeconomic development leads to significant societal changes in culture and behaviour, changing the focus from group identity to individual ability. This paper seeks to investigate the validity of modernisation theory by examining the effects of ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity on economic growth. READ MORE

6. 5. The Paradox of Modernity : A study of girl discrimination in urban Punjab, India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Marie Nilsson; [2004]
   Keywords : India; Punjab; modernity; tradition; gender; sex selection; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study has brought attention to the paradox of modernity, in which certain elements of tradition tend to survive the forces of modernisation and may even, as in this case, be amplified in society. The study demonstrated that modernity, when seen from a gendered perspective generates processes and results that favour men, not women. READ MORE