ContentsEconomic Affairs: Vol. 63, No. 2, June 2018

Print ISSN : 0424-2513Online ISSN : 0976-4666

Relationship between Profile Characteristics with Knowledge and Adoption of Transplanting Method of Pigeon Pea Cultivation Practices 299

Ashok Kumar Melkeri and Syed H. Mazhar

Study of Yield Gap Analysis among Paddy Growers in Plain Zone of Chhattisgarh State 307

Vijay Kumar Patel, B.C. Jain, A.K. Koshta, V.K. Choudhary and M.R. Chandrakar

Post Harvest Losses, Marketing Pattern and Constraints of Chick pea in Northern Hills of Chhattisgarh 311

Mukesh Kumar Seth, Meghraj Chandrakar and Ajay Kumar Gauraha

A Study on Irrigation and Agricultural Productivity in Odisha 317Urmi Pattanayak and Minati Mallick

Prospects of Women Cut Flower Enterprise for Sustainability Approach: A Case Study 325

Leah and Amod Sharma

Impact of Agricultural Technology Management Agency on Different Enterprises for the Enhancement of Production and Income to the Rural Economy of Nagaland 331

Imti Walling and Amod Sharma

Emerging Dimensions of Women Entrepreneurship: Developments & Obstructions 337Sonal Sharma

Financial Feasibility of Fig Cultivation (Ficus carica Linn.) in North-Eastern Karnataka, India 347

Lokappa, D.G. Satihal, Suresh S. Patil, G.M. Hiremath and Jaiprakash Narayan, R.P.

The Impact of Microfinance: Helping to Improve Donor Effectiveness in Microfinance 353

Shivaprasad G. and K.H Anilkumar

Dynamics of Goat Milk Production in Different Agro-Climatic Regions of Rajasthan 367Vijay Kumar Baldodiya and H.O. Sharma

Women’s Participation in Agricultural Employment with Special Reference to Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in India 371

Neha Vishwakarma

Disparities in Infrastructural Development of Nagaland: A Case Study of Kohima and Longleng District 375

T. Zarenthung Ezung and Chubakumzuk Jamir

Knowledge and Adoption levels of Respondents about Transplanting Method of Pigeon Pea Cultivation Practices in Kalaburagi District of Karnataka 381

Ashok Kumar Melkeri and Syed H. Mazhar

Movement of Real Wage Rate and Labour Productivity in Manufacturing Sector in India: The Role of Contract Labour 387

Soumita Chakraborty

Cost of Cultivation and Economic Returns Analysis of Cashewnut in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya 399

Lakshmi Dhar Hatai

Demonitizaton and its Effects on Digital Payments 407Dinesh, T.M. and Kiran Kumar Reddy

Effect of Pre-monsoon Rainfall on Maize Yield in Manipur 413N. Laitonjam, Ram Singh and S.M. Feroze

An Economic Analysis of Marketing of Potato from Shimla Hills of Himachal Pradesh 419

Dhiraj K. Singh, N.K. Pandey and P. Kharumnuid

Economic and Environmental Impact of Pesticide Use in Conventional Cotton and Bt Cotton 425

P. Indhu Kavi, J.S. Amarnath and B. Sivasankari

Growth and Instability in Cotton Cultivation in Northern India 433Sanjay, M. Seidu and K.K. Kundu

Marketing Efficiency between Traditional and Modern Supply Chains of Fruits and Vegetables 441

Jaiprakash Bisen, R.K. Patel, K.K. Kundu and Sanjay

Does Electricity Consumption affect Economic Growth in Bangladesh? 449Sk. Sharafat Hossen and Md. Mahbubul Hasan

Male Out-Migration and its Impact on Women Empowerment in West Bengal 459Kingsuk Maity, Debasis Mazumdar and Pinaki Das

Economic Assessment of Lemon Production in Ukhrul District of Manipur 469Singyala Chiphang and Annirudha Roy

Vulnerability to Climate Change: Review of Conceptual Framework 473N. Laitonjam, Ram Singh and S.M. Feroze

Seasonal Labour Migration: A Case Study of Leh-Town, Ladakh 481Binay Krishna Pal

An Econometric Analysis of Consumer’s Willingness to Buy Locally Produced Wine: A Study in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. 489

Ramu Govindasamy, Surendran Arumugam, Jingkun Zhuang, Kathleen M. Kelley and Isaac Vellangany

MUDRA: Strengthening Institutional Finance for Micro Enterprises 497Ganesh Kumar

Land and Caste: A Case of Gudiwada Village in Telangana State 505K. Kiran Kumar

Fiscal Decentralization in Rural Drinking Water Supply Sector in Madhya Pradesh 515Saifullah Khan

Economic Evaluation of Front Line Demonstrations on Black Gram in Birbhum District of West Bengal 521

Prabuddha Ray, Subrata Mandal, Sourav Mondal and Palash Ankure

Rainfall Variability and its Influence on Agricultural GDP in Central Dry Zone of Karnataka: An Econometric Analysis 527

Sagar, M., Mahadevaiah, G.S., Shripad Bhat and Harish Kumar H.V

FDI Inflow, Export and Economic Growth Relationship in India: An ARDL-Bound Cointegration Approach 533

Kanchan Datta and Abhijit Lahiri

Statistical Investigation of Production Performance of Cumin in India 547P. Mishra, K. Padmanaban, B.S. Dhekale and A.K. Tailor

A Dynamic Model of Forestry for the Dryland Areas of West Bengal 557Nilendu Chatterjee and Kausik Gupta

Nutrient Content in Leaves of Shoot Bearing Healthy and Malformed Panicle under High Density Mango Orchard (Mangifera indica L.) cv Amrapali as Influenced by Organic and Inorganic Sources of Nutrients 569

Rajnee Sharma, S.K. Pandey and T.R. Sharma

Testing Weak Form of Efficient Market Hypothesis: Empirical Evidence for Bullions and Base Metal Segment of Indian Commodity Market 575

Suresh K Mittal and Mohan Thakral

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY): The Biggest Financial Inclusion Initiative in the World 583

Parveen Kumar Nimbrayan, Nitin Tanwar and Ramesh Kumar Tripathi