After 63 year of Independence and a population of one billion, India is the largest democracy in the world. To sustain this democracy and freedom, it is very necessary to ensure economic empowerment and better quality of life for all the citizens of India. Since the real India lives in villages, the rural development has assumed high priority and it is one of the very important factors of the Indian economy. The Industrial Policy Resolution in 1956 gave the public sector enterprises a strategic role in Indian Economy and the public sector was thought of as the engine for self-reliant economic growth to develop a sound agricultural and industrial base, diversify the economy and overcome economic and social backwardness. In this paper, we shall address the trade-off between the social and economic objectives of public sector enterprises with a focus on the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) and its role in the community development and social welfare of Neyveli population.
Government role in influencing creative economy for community purchasing powerTELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
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This research was conducted to find out whether the West Java provincial government has implemented the development of creative economy by looking at the form of policy and budget support in APBD and the problem. The results show, West Java Provincial Government has made regional regulations and creative economic blueprints. It is suggested to be more committed to facilitate the marketing of results, facilitate business actor access to banking, protection of intellectual property rights, and enhancement of cooperation between provinces and districts/municipalities for the sustainability of necessary raw materials.
Labour problem,industrailization, uranizationStudent
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The document discusses the "Labour Problem" that arose at the turn of the 20th century due to various economic and social factors. As machines began replacing human labor, employers sought to cut wages to reduce costs. This depersonalized the production process and made human labor more expendable. It led to difficulties for both workers and employers. The problems discussed included illiteracy, lack of organization and discipline among workers, as well as poverty and poor living/working conditions. Industrialization brought changes like urbanization but also issues such as pollution, crime and stress of city life. Working conditions encompass factors like working hours, pay, and physical/mental job demands.
The Strategic Plan Implementation Of Community Empowerment Through Micro, Sma...inventionjournals
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Blitar is one of town which is active in developing local economic based on cooperation and Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM). In strategic planning department of cooperation and UKM Blitar has a goal to improve the lives and build independent society. The aim of this study is to describe and analyzing the strategic planning, implementing the strategic planning and role of stakeholders in productivity society through UMKM to develop independent society. Research methods use qualitative descriptive that explains how the implementation of strategic planning in society productivity through UMKM in empowerment independent society. Data collection technique is through observation, interviews, and documentation. The method of analyzing the data is using data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion. The result of this study is the aim and target of strategic plan at cooperation service UKM Blitar have accurate target, seeing at many UMKM at Blitar and can get many labor forces. UMKM is one of economic pillar at Blitar so, it is expected that UMKM can be developed continuously and develop independent society. The strategy of empowerment UMKM Blitar they are increasing partnership network, increasing human resource quality cooperation and UKM, strengthening monetery capital and cooperation business and UMKM and improve a volume of business. But, a Blitar government should be more active to socialize the productivity that has been existed, because many society that it do not know about the program. Stakeholders involved include Blitar cooperation and UKM department, bank, private sector, academia, LSM, BAPPEDA, and the city parliament Blitar. With empowerment it is expected to be able to decrease the poverty volume and unemployment in Blitar society can be independent.
1. The document discusses poverty measurement in India, including definitions of poverty and key indicators used to measure poverty such as head count ratio, poverty gap index, and squared poverty index. It also discusses income and non-income indicators of poverty like the Human Development Index.
2. The Indian economy has undergone structural changes with a shift to a more market-oriented development strategy in the 1990s. This has led to a decline in the share of the primary sector (agriculture) and rising shares of the secondary (industry) and tertiary (services) sectors. Services have become the major driver of growth in India's economy.
3. Factors like the growth of IT and knowledge industries, and rising demand
The document discusses India's large informal labor sector, which consists of over 487 million workers making up 94% of the total workforce. This unorganized sector has low productivity and wages, accounting for just 57% of India's GDP despite its large size. The majority of informal workers are employed in unorganized manufacturing, trading, retail, and services. The document proposes policies to improve conditions for these informal workers, such as establishing social and financial platforms to connect them to services and provide a sense of belonging and security. These platforms would also help workers gain skills and access employment opportunities through collaboration with local groups and use of technology. The goal is to improve livelihoods and dignity for this important but vulnerable segment of society.
This document outlines a code of ethics and professional conduct for civil servants in the UAE. It establishes core values that civil servants should uphold, including excellence, diligence, integrity, honesty, objectivity, neutrality, alertness, efficiency, leadership, transparency, and fairness. It applies to all public servants and ministries. The objectives are to develop a culture of high professional values and ethical conduct to improve public services and confidence in the government.
This document discusses the three sectors of the Indian economy: primary, secondary, and tertiary. It notes that historically the primary sector was most important but over time the secondary and tertiary sectors have become more prominent. While their share of GDP has increased, the tertiary and secondary sectors have not absorbed as many workers as the primary sector. As a result, there is underemployment in agriculture. The document suggests ways to generate more employment, such as investing in irrigation, transportation, credit, and industries in rural areas.
This document discusses rural infrastructure development policies and strategies in Nigeria. It provides an overview of the poor state of rural infrastructure, including roads, water, and electricity. It then describes several key government programs and policies aimed at improving rural infrastructure, including the Agricultural Development Projects (ADPs), which developed infrastructure like roads, dams, and farms while promoting agriculture; and the River Basin and Rural Development Authorities (RBRDAs), which undertook comprehensive development projects across river basins, including infrastructure, irrigation, afforestation, and rural development. However, it notes that while these programs aimed to boost rural development, the overall state of rural infrastructure in Nigeria remains very poor.
Government role in influencing creative economy for community purchasing powerTELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
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This research was conducted to find out whether the West Java provincial government has implemented the development of creative economy by looking at the form of policy and budget support in APBD and the problem. The results show, West Java Provincial Government has made regional regulations and creative economic blueprints. It is suggested to be more committed to facilitate the marketing of results, facilitate business actor access to banking, protection of intellectual property rights, and enhancement of cooperation between provinces and districts/municipalities for the sustainability of necessary raw materials.
Labour problem,industrailization, uranizationStudent
Â
The document discusses the "Labour Problem" that arose at the turn of the 20th century due to various economic and social factors. As machines began replacing human labor, employers sought to cut wages to reduce costs. This depersonalized the production process and made human labor more expendable. It led to difficulties for both workers and employers. The problems discussed included illiteracy, lack of organization and discipline among workers, as well as poverty and poor living/working conditions. Industrialization brought changes like urbanization but also issues such as pollution, crime and stress of city life. Working conditions encompass factors like working hours, pay, and physical/mental job demands.
The Strategic Plan Implementation Of Community Empowerment Through Micro, Sma...inventionjournals
Â
Blitar is one of town which is active in developing local economic based on cooperation and Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM). In strategic planning department of cooperation and UKM Blitar has a goal to improve the lives and build independent society. The aim of this study is to describe and analyzing the strategic planning, implementing the strategic planning and role of stakeholders in productivity society through UMKM to develop independent society. Research methods use qualitative descriptive that explains how the implementation of strategic planning in society productivity through UMKM in empowerment independent society. Data collection technique is through observation, interviews, and documentation. The method of analyzing the data is using data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion. The result of this study is the aim and target of strategic plan at cooperation service UKM Blitar have accurate target, seeing at many UMKM at Blitar and can get many labor forces. UMKM is one of economic pillar at Blitar so, it is expected that UMKM can be developed continuously and develop independent society. The strategy of empowerment UMKM Blitar they are increasing partnership network, increasing human resource quality cooperation and UKM, strengthening monetery capital and cooperation business and UMKM and improve a volume of business. But, a Blitar government should be more active to socialize the productivity that has been existed, because many society that it do not know about the program. Stakeholders involved include Blitar cooperation and UKM department, bank, private sector, academia, LSM, BAPPEDA, and the city parliament Blitar. With empowerment it is expected to be able to decrease the poverty volume and unemployment in Blitar society can be independent.
1. The document discusses poverty measurement in India, including definitions of poverty and key indicators used to measure poverty such as head count ratio, poverty gap index, and squared poverty index. It also discusses income and non-income indicators of poverty like the Human Development Index.
2. The Indian economy has undergone structural changes with a shift to a more market-oriented development strategy in the 1990s. This has led to a decline in the share of the primary sector (agriculture) and rising shares of the secondary (industry) and tertiary (services) sectors. Services have become the major driver of growth in India's economy.
3. Factors like the growth of IT and knowledge industries, and rising demand
The document discusses India's large informal labor sector, which consists of over 487 million workers making up 94% of the total workforce. This unorganized sector has low productivity and wages, accounting for just 57% of India's GDP despite its large size. The majority of informal workers are employed in unorganized manufacturing, trading, retail, and services. The document proposes policies to improve conditions for these informal workers, such as establishing social and financial platforms to connect them to services and provide a sense of belonging and security. These platforms would also help workers gain skills and access employment opportunities through collaboration with local groups and use of technology. The goal is to improve livelihoods and dignity for this important but vulnerable segment of society.
This document outlines a code of ethics and professional conduct for civil servants in the UAE. It establishes core values that civil servants should uphold, including excellence, diligence, integrity, honesty, objectivity, neutrality, alertness, efficiency, leadership, transparency, and fairness. It applies to all public servants and ministries. The objectives are to develop a culture of high professional values and ethical conduct to improve public services and confidence in the government.
This document discusses the three sectors of the Indian economy: primary, secondary, and tertiary. It notes that historically the primary sector was most important but over time the secondary and tertiary sectors have become more prominent. While their share of GDP has increased, the tertiary and secondary sectors have not absorbed as many workers as the primary sector. As a result, there is underemployment in agriculture. The document suggests ways to generate more employment, such as investing in irrigation, transportation, credit, and industries in rural areas.
This document discusses rural infrastructure development policies and strategies in Nigeria. It provides an overview of the poor state of rural infrastructure, including roads, water, and electricity. It then describes several key government programs and policies aimed at improving rural infrastructure, including the Agricultural Development Projects (ADPs), which developed infrastructure like roads, dams, and farms while promoting agriculture; and the River Basin and Rural Development Authorities (RBRDAs), which undertook comprehensive development projects across river basins, including infrastructure, irrigation, afforestation, and rural development. However, it notes that while these programs aimed to boost rural development, the overall state of rural infrastructure in Nigeria remains very poor.
This document discusses corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the public and private sectors in India. The author aims to analyze whether CSR investments are higher in public or private sectors through an examination of 18 major companies. The introduction provides background on globalization, sustainability, and India's CSR requirements for companies. The theoretical framework section outlines the UN's sustainable development goals and definitions of sustainability and how it relates to business. The purpose is to understand the relationship between business sector type and CSR investments and their impact on sustainability.
Service marketing role in Indian economyGagan Gupta
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The Service industry forms a backbone of Social and Economicdevelopment of a region. It has emerged as the largest and fastest growingsectors in the world economy, making higher contribution to the global outputand employment. Its growth has been higher than that of Agriculture andManufacturing sectors. It is a large and most dynamic part of Indian Economyboth in terms of employment potential and contribution to National Income.
Indian Economy between 1950 to 1990, Class XIIAnjaliKaur3
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In this PPT, I have explained the following topics in detail. It will be helpful for teachers as well as students.
Content covered:
Economic System
Types of Economic System
Economic planning
Goal of five year plans
Problems faced by Indian Agriculture
Solutions to solve problems faced by Indian Agriculture
Problems under Green Revolution
Importance of Subsidies
Public and Private sectors in Indian Industrial Development
Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956
Industrial License
Industrial Concessions
Small Scale Industries
Trade policies: Import substitution
Also meaning of Green Revolution
LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN THE STATE OF PUNJAB- INTERFACE BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OF TO...JitKumarGupta1
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Indian believes in high traditions of democracy and accordingly, is characterized by multiplicity of laws. With focus on subject specific laws, one can see multiplicity laws. Each law tries to overtake other law, when they relate to the same subject. Sometimes there exists lot of overlapping and contradictions in the legal framework. Since India legal system remain bureaucratic and institutional focused under each law, focus of bureaucracy remains to create more laws and more space number for creating institutions and jobs for the bureaucracy. Despite India , as a nation accepting the role and importance of Urban local Bodies in 1972, when 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, was enacted, still states were passing laws in 1996 to create separate/additional/ independent agencies operating in the domain of urban planning, development and management, ignoring to empower urban local bodies to take up that role. Accordingly, state scenario in urban development in the country remains multi-faceted with existence of large number of departments and agencies operating in the urban development, which dilutes the intent of planned and orderly development in human settlements.Prevailing urban development scenario indicates existence of not only large number of urban laws but also large number of urban development agencies. However, there exists concentration of development agencies operating in the large urban areas but these agencies are conspicuous by their absence in the small urban settlements. Our capacity to create rational, effective, efficient, compact planning framework and agencies for effectively implementing of planning framework, will hold the key for future planned growth of urban settlements .Write-up focuses on the State of Punjab which has put in place a legal regime providing for promoting comprehensive and integrated development of urban and rural area through the preparation of Regional Plans and Master Plans in 1996 . In the year 2006, the entire set of provisions regulating the preparation of Regional Plans and Master Plans were critically reviewed, rationalized, simplified and modified drastically to streamline the procedure by making amendments eliminating/ minimizing number of vital steps involving public participation, involving urban local bodies; printing existing landuse plans etc. First master plan came into operation in 2006, after a decade of launching the Act. Till now more than 35 cities have bbeen covered unde such plans out of 216 urban settlements recorded in 2011 census.
.
Sustainability in Urban Development: Impediments to Urban India's Sustainable...inventionjournals
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This document discusses sustainability in urban development in India and the impediments to achieving sustainable urban growth. It outlines some of the key challenges facing urban development in India, including unequal urban growth between regions, deficiencies in basic services like water and sanitation, lack of affordable housing, and scarcity of land. The document proposes solutions to these problems based on the three pillars of sustainability from Agenda 21: economic sustainability, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability. Specific solutions addressed include improving public-private partnerships for infrastructure, adopting more sustainable practices for waste management, energy use, transportation, water management, and housing development.
The document discusses the major sectors of India's economy:
- The primary sector involves agriculture, mining, forestry and fishing and employs 52.1% of India's workforce but contributes only 15.7% to GDP. India is a top global producer of crops like pulses, jute and milk.
- The secondary sector is manufacturing and construction, employing around 23% of the workforce. Textiles is a major employer in this sector.
- The tertiary sector is services and contributes 55% to India's GDP, with information technology and business outsourcing being fast growing segments.
The document discusses conflicts that can arise between Local Government Units (LGUs) in Indonesia following decentralization reforms that gave LGUs more autonomy. It identifies 5 common patterns of conflicts over cross-border assets/affairs, occupations, need for assets in other regions, overlapping authorities, and regional development issues. During the centralized New Order era, the national government played a dominant role in resolving conflicts. But now with less central control, LGUs need to establish agreements and consensus-based processes to resolve disputes themselves, opening possibilities for arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution approaches in the public sector.
The document provides details about India's economic development between 1950-1990, including the establishment of the Planning Commission in 1950 and key industrial and agricultural policies. It summarizes the land reforms introduced after independence to abolish unjust land tenure systems and increase agricultural productivity, as well as the introduction of high-yielding variety seeds and green revolution that led to increased food production. It also discusses the industrial policy resolution of 1956 that aimed to develop industries along socialist lines, categorizing industries and promoting public sector development.
India has transitioned from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy and is now in the era of a service economy, with services contributing 57% to India's GDP. As manufacturing became more automated, excess labor moved to service industries. The future of services marketing in India is bright, as many multinational firms are investing in partnerships and operations in India to capitalize on its growth, such as the Bharti-Walmart retail tie-up. These foreign service companies are also generating significant employment in India.
The document discusses youth in the context of economic development. It defines youth as those between ages 15-24 according to the UN. It outlines the main sectors of modern economies as primary (raw materials), secondary (manufacturing), tertiary (services), and quaternary (research and development). In India, organizations like Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan work to provide opportunities for rural youth development through activities, skills training, and promoting agriculture. Overall, the document stresses the importance of empowering youth through education, skills development, entrepreneurship, and engaging them in national development.
SECTORS OF INDIAN ECONOMY CBSE CLASS NOTES 10Suresh Veerla
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This document contains class notes on the sectors of the Indian economy from an Economics class. It discusses the three main sectors - primary, secondary and tertiary - and how their relative contributions to GDP and employment have changed over time in India. While the tertiary sector's share of GDP has increased, the primary sector remains the largest employer due to insufficient job creation in other sectors. It also covers topics like disguised unemployment, organized vs unorganized sectors, and policies to promote employment.
The document discusses the three main economic sectors - primary, secondary, and tertiary. The primary sector involves extraction of raw materials from nature. The secondary sector transforms these raw materials into finished goods through manufacturing. The tertiary sector provides services to support the other two sectors, such as transportation and banking. It notes that historically the primary sector was most important but now the secondary and tertiary sectors contribute more to GDP and employment in developed countries. In India, most employment remains in the primary sector despite it contributing a lower share of GDP. The document also discusses organized vs unorganized sectors and ways to protect workers in the unorganized sector.
The document discusses the three sectors of the Indian economy - primary, secondary, and tertiary. The primary sector involves activities like agriculture, fishing, and mining that exploit natural resources. The secondary sector transforms natural resources through manufacturing. The tertiary sector provides services to support the primary and secondary sectors. While the primary sector employs the most people, it contributes only 40% to India's GDP, with the tertiary sector contributing more. The document also discusses ways to increase employment in India through investing in agriculture, transportation, education, and tourism.
The document discusses several topics related to business and commerce in India, including:
1. Chambers of commerce aim to enhance business interests of members through networking and addressing grievances. The Public Distribution System provides subsidized food and items to India's poor through ration shops.
2. The Consumer Protection Act of 1986 established consumer councils and courts to protect consumer interests and settle disputes. Voluntary organizations play a role in educating consumers and advocating for consumer rights.
3. The Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 constituted India's first comprehensive industrial development policy and remained the basic economic policy framework for decades.
Economic role of government in Indian BusinessGeorge V James
Â
The document discusses the economic role of the Indian government in business. It outlines several key roles: regulator, promoter, entrepreneur, and planner. It also discusses factors that influence the government's role like the economy's development stage. Additionally, it examines issues the government aims to address like poverty, unemployment, and infrastructure development through various policies and programs. The government strives to balance economic growth with social welfare objectives.
theories in rural development and planningGopal Menghwar
Â
The document discusses theories and concepts related to rural planning and development. It defines key terms like development, rural area, and planning. It outlines the concept of development as a multi-dimensional process involving economic growth and social transformation. Rural development is defined as a strategy to improve the lives of rural poor through collective processes and changing traditional ways of living. The objectives and importance of rural development are discussed, including increasing access to basic goods and services, raising income levels, and empowering rural communities. Rural development is presented as a dynamic process involving agricultural growth, infrastructure development, and improving health, education, and living standards in rural areas.
This document discusses developing rural finance in India. It examines various rural financial programs implemented by institutions like NABARD, IFAD, and SHC. The paper investigates the impact of these programs on rural development and income distribution. Rural finance is important as it provides credit, savings, and insurance services to rural populations. However, access to formal financial services remains limited in rural areas of India. The paper aims to analyze existing rural finance models and their role in developing India's rural economy.
This document discusses urban bias and its role as a major impediment to rural development in developing nations. Urban bias refers to policies that disproportionately favor urban areas over rural areas, such as investment, tax, and pricing policies influenced by urban elites. This skewed allocation of resources stunts rural development and perpetuates disparities. While other factors like unemployment, low incomes, and sociocultural traditions also impact rural development, the document argues that urban bias is a primary cause of underdevelopment in rural areas due to discriminatory policies that promote urban growth at the expense of rural regions.
This document discusses corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the public and private sectors in India. The author aims to analyze whether CSR investments are higher in public or private sectors through an examination of 18 major companies. The introduction provides background on globalization, sustainability, and India's CSR requirements for companies. The theoretical framework section outlines the UN's sustainable development goals and definitions of sustainability and how it relates to business. The purpose is to understand the relationship between business sector type and CSR investments and their impact on sustainability.
Service marketing role in Indian economyGagan Gupta
Â
The Service industry forms a backbone of Social and Economicdevelopment of a region. It has emerged as the largest and fastest growingsectors in the world economy, making higher contribution to the global outputand employment. Its growth has been higher than that of Agriculture andManufacturing sectors. It is a large and most dynamic part of Indian Economyboth in terms of employment potential and contribution to National Income.
Indian Economy between 1950 to 1990, Class XIIAnjaliKaur3
Â
In this PPT, I have explained the following topics in detail. It will be helpful for teachers as well as students.
Content covered:
Economic System
Types of Economic System
Economic planning
Goal of five year plans
Problems faced by Indian Agriculture
Solutions to solve problems faced by Indian Agriculture
Problems under Green Revolution
Importance of Subsidies
Public and Private sectors in Indian Industrial Development
Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956
Industrial License
Industrial Concessions
Small Scale Industries
Trade policies: Import substitution
Also meaning of Green Revolution
LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN THE STATE OF PUNJAB- INTERFACE BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OF TO...JitKumarGupta1
Â
Indian believes in high traditions of democracy and accordingly, is characterized by multiplicity of laws. With focus on subject specific laws, one can see multiplicity laws. Each law tries to overtake other law, when they relate to the same subject. Sometimes there exists lot of overlapping and contradictions in the legal framework. Since India legal system remain bureaucratic and institutional focused under each law, focus of bureaucracy remains to create more laws and more space number for creating institutions and jobs for the bureaucracy. Despite India , as a nation accepting the role and importance of Urban local Bodies in 1972, when 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, was enacted, still states were passing laws in 1996 to create separate/additional/ independent agencies operating in the domain of urban planning, development and management, ignoring to empower urban local bodies to take up that role. Accordingly, state scenario in urban development in the country remains multi-faceted with existence of large number of departments and agencies operating in the urban development, which dilutes the intent of planned and orderly development in human settlements.Prevailing urban development scenario indicates existence of not only large number of urban laws but also large number of urban development agencies. However, there exists concentration of development agencies operating in the large urban areas but these agencies are conspicuous by their absence in the small urban settlements. Our capacity to create rational, effective, efficient, compact planning framework and agencies for effectively implementing of planning framework, will hold the key for future planned growth of urban settlements .Write-up focuses on the State of Punjab which has put in place a legal regime providing for promoting comprehensive and integrated development of urban and rural area through the preparation of Regional Plans and Master Plans in 1996 . In the year 2006, the entire set of provisions regulating the preparation of Regional Plans and Master Plans were critically reviewed, rationalized, simplified and modified drastically to streamline the procedure by making amendments eliminating/ minimizing number of vital steps involving public participation, involving urban local bodies; printing existing landuse plans etc. First master plan came into operation in 2006, after a decade of launching the Act. Till now more than 35 cities have bbeen covered unde such plans out of 216 urban settlements recorded in 2011 census.
.
Sustainability in Urban Development: Impediments to Urban India's Sustainable...inventionjournals
Â
This document discusses sustainability in urban development in India and the impediments to achieving sustainable urban growth. It outlines some of the key challenges facing urban development in India, including unequal urban growth between regions, deficiencies in basic services like water and sanitation, lack of affordable housing, and scarcity of land. The document proposes solutions to these problems based on the three pillars of sustainability from Agenda 21: economic sustainability, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability. Specific solutions addressed include improving public-private partnerships for infrastructure, adopting more sustainable practices for waste management, energy use, transportation, water management, and housing development.
The document discusses the major sectors of India's economy:
- The primary sector involves agriculture, mining, forestry and fishing and employs 52.1% of India's workforce but contributes only 15.7% to GDP. India is a top global producer of crops like pulses, jute and milk.
- The secondary sector is manufacturing and construction, employing around 23% of the workforce. Textiles is a major employer in this sector.
- The tertiary sector is services and contributes 55% to India's GDP, with information technology and business outsourcing being fast growing segments.
The document discusses conflicts that can arise between Local Government Units (LGUs) in Indonesia following decentralization reforms that gave LGUs more autonomy. It identifies 5 common patterns of conflicts over cross-border assets/affairs, occupations, need for assets in other regions, overlapping authorities, and regional development issues. During the centralized New Order era, the national government played a dominant role in resolving conflicts. But now with less central control, LGUs need to establish agreements and consensus-based processes to resolve disputes themselves, opening possibilities for arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution approaches in the public sector.
The document provides details about India's economic development between 1950-1990, including the establishment of the Planning Commission in 1950 and key industrial and agricultural policies. It summarizes the land reforms introduced after independence to abolish unjust land tenure systems and increase agricultural productivity, as well as the introduction of high-yielding variety seeds and green revolution that led to increased food production. It also discusses the industrial policy resolution of 1956 that aimed to develop industries along socialist lines, categorizing industries and promoting public sector development.
India has transitioned from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy and is now in the era of a service economy, with services contributing 57% to India's GDP. As manufacturing became more automated, excess labor moved to service industries. The future of services marketing in India is bright, as many multinational firms are investing in partnerships and operations in India to capitalize on its growth, such as the Bharti-Walmart retail tie-up. These foreign service companies are also generating significant employment in India.
The document discusses youth in the context of economic development. It defines youth as those between ages 15-24 according to the UN. It outlines the main sectors of modern economies as primary (raw materials), secondary (manufacturing), tertiary (services), and quaternary (research and development). In India, organizations like Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan work to provide opportunities for rural youth development through activities, skills training, and promoting agriculture. Overall, the document stresses the importance of empowering youth through education, skills development, entrepreneurship, and engaging them in national development.
SECTORS OF INDIAN ECONOMY CBSE CLASS NOTES 10Suresh Veerla
Â
This document contains class notes on the sectors of the Indian economy from an Economics class. It discusses the three main sectors - primary, secondary and tertiary - and how their relative contributions to GDP and employment have changed over time in India. While the tertiary sector's share of GDP has increased, the primary sector remains the largest employer due to insufficient job creation in other sectors. It also covers topics like disguised unemployment, organized vs unorganized sectors, and policies to promote employment.
The document discusses the three main economic sectors - primary, secondary, and tertiary. The primary sector involves extraction of raw materials from nature. The secondary sector transforms these raw materials into finished goods through manufacturing. The tertiary sector provides services to support the other two sectors, such as transportation and banking. It notes that historically the primary sector was most important but now the secondary and tertiary sectors contribute more to GDP and employment in developed countries. In India, most employment remains in the primary sector despite it contributing a lower share of GDP. The document also discusses organized vs unorganized sectors and ways to protect workers in the unorganized sector.
The document discusses the three sectors of the Indian economy - primary, secondary, and tertiary. The primary sector involves activities like agriculture, fishing, and mining that exploit natural resources. The secondary sector transforms natural resources through manufacturing. The tertiary sector provides services to support the primary and secondary sectors. While the primary sector employs the most people, it contributes only 40% to India's GDP, with the tertiary sector contributing more. The document also discusses ways to increase employment in India through investing in agriculture, transportation, education, and tourism.
The document discusses several topics related to business and commerce in India, including:
1. Chambers of commerce aim to enhance business interests of members through networking and addressing grievances. The Public Distribution System provides subsidized food and items to India's poor through ration shops.
2. The Consumer Protection Act of 1986 established consumer councils and courts to protect consumer interests and settle disputes. Voluntary organizations play a role in educating consumers and advocating for consumer rights.
3. The Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 constituted India's first comprehensive industrial development policy and remained the basic economic policy framework for decades.
Economic role of government in Indian BusinessGeorge V James
Â
The document discusses the economic role of the Indian government in business. It outlines several key roles: regulator, promoter, entrepreneur, and planner. It also discusses factors that influence the government's role like the economy's development stage. Additionally, it examines issues the government aims to address like poverty, unemployment, and infrastructure development through various policies and programs. The government strives to balance economic growth with social welfare objectives.
theories in rural development and planningGopal Menghwar
Â
The document discusses theories and concepts related to rural planning and development. It defines key terms like development, rural area, and planning. It outlines the concept of development as a multi-dimensional process involving economic growth and social transformation. Rural development is defined as a strategy to improve the lives of rural poor through collective processes and changing traditional ways of living. The objectives and importance of rural development are discussed, including increasing access to basic goods and services, raising income levels, and empowering rural communities. Rural development is presented as a dynamic process involving agricultural growth, infrastructure development, and improving health, education, and living standards in rural areas.
This document discusses developing rural finance in India. It examines various rural financial programs implemented by institutions like NABARD, IFAD, and SHC. The paper investigates the impact of these programs on rural development and income distribution. Rural finance is important as it provides credit, savings, and insurance services to rural populations. However, access to formal financial services remains limited in rural areas of India. The paper aims to analyze existing rural finance models and their role in developing India's rural economy.
This document discusses urban bias and its role as a major impediment to rural development in developing nations. Urban bias refers to policies that disproportionately favor urban areas over rural areas, such as investment, tax, and pricing policies influenced by urban elites. This skewed allocation of resources stunts rural development and perpetuates disparities. While other factors like unemployment, low incomes, and sociocultural traditions also impact rural development, the document argues that urban bias is a primary cause of underdevelopment in rural areas due to discriminatory policies that promote urban growth at the expense of rural regions.
Rural entrepreneurship plays an important role in India's economic development. However, rural entrepreneurs face many challenges such as lack of access to capital, lack of education and technical skills, and lack of marketing support. They also lack confidence and face socio-economic barriers. Strengthening rural entrepreneurship through improved access to training programs, financial assistance, and exposure could help address poverty and backwardness in rural areas and accelerate rural development. Addressing the challenges faced by rural entrepreneurs is important for inclusive economic growth in India.
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISES IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE
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DOI : 10.5121/ijmpict.2011.2103 23
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISES IN
RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE
Sundarapandian Vaidyanathan1
and Vidya Sundar2
1
Research and Development Centre, Vel Tech Dr. RR & Dr. SR Technical University
Avadi-600 062, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, INDIA
sundarvtu@gmail.com
2
Department of Economics, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, India
vidyaasundar@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
After 63 year of Independence and a population of one billion, India is the largest democracy in the
world. To sustain this democracy and freedom, it is very necessary to ensure economic empowerment and
better quality of life for all the citizens of India. Since the real India lives in villages, the rural
development has assumed high priority and it is one of the very important factors of the Indian economy.
The Industrial Policy Resolution in 1956 gave the public sector enterprises a strategic role in Indian
Economy and the public sector was thought of as the engine for self-reliant economic growth to develop a
sound agricultural and industrial base, diversify the economy and overcome economic and social
backwardness. In this paper, we shall address the trade-off between the social and economic objectives of
public sector enterprises with a focus on the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) and its role in the
community development and social welfare of Neyveli population.
KEYWORDS
Public Sector Enterprises, Social Welfare, Rural Development, Indian Economy, Socio-Economic
Indicators, Neyveli Lignite Corporation.
1. INTRODUCTION
The Government of India in a mixed economy like India is confronted with the primary duty of
realising economic development with social justice. Public enterprise is the most appropriate
institution which will enable the Government to achieve this most important end.
After the attainment of Independence in 1947 and the advent of planning, there has been a
progressive expansion in the scope of the public sector in India. The passage of Industrial Policy
Resolution of 1956 has led to a deliberate enlargement of the role of public sector [1-2]. Over
the last few decades, public sector enterprises have not only enabled the country to acquire the
commanding heights of the economy, but have also been the prime mover of the countryâs
technological progress, which has been studied and analysed well in the Economics literature
[1-25].
In India, where a majority of the population either belongs to middle income group or living
below poverty line, public sector units have a significant role to play in the development of the
country. Public sector enterprises have been set up with the two objectives, viz.
(i) To achieve economic development;
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(ii) To fulfil simultaneously the egalitarian aspirations of the society.
The public sector has come to occupy a key position in national economy in several sectors
especially in the production of fuel, basic metal industries, non-ferrous metal industries,
fertilizers, communication equipments and generation of power.
The spectrum of public sector covers almost all segments of the economy, i.e. agriculture,
commerce, industry, finance and banking, research and development, public utilities, cultural
and social affairs. Public sector has been assigned the important role of achieving our national
objective of economic growth with social justice, generating larger social gains and
strengthening countryâs economy by removing regional disparities and promoting balanced
development in different parts of the country. Public sector plays a crucial role in effecting a
rapid socio-economic transformation of the economy and hence the need to set up public sector
enterprises has been widely recognized to bring about rapid economic growth in nations around
the world [3-20].
The general objectives of the public sector enterprises are the following:
(i) To gain control of the commanding heights of the economy;
(ii) To promote critical development in terms of social change and strategic value rather
than primarily an considerations of profit;
(iii)To promote surpluses for the Government to finance economic development.
In a mixed economy like India, both public and private sectors are supposed to act as partners in
bringing about economic development. The private sector is essentially a business proposition
in which public purpose finds a subsidiary or peripheral position and in case supercedes
business consideration, but public sector has greater public interest orientation as against the
logic of profit making. Public sector is built upon social values and welfare criteria.
Indian public sector has a significant role to play as this sector must achieve economic equality
for all classes and regions in an orderly, peaceful and democratic manner consistent with the
postulates of social justice. Public sector will have to focus on the development of
infrastructure, key intermediate goods, production and distribution of strategic commodities and
provision of social services.
This paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we discuss the role of public sector enterprises
in rural development and social welfare. In Section 3, we discuss the case study of Neyveli
Lignite Corporation (NLC) in rural development and social welfare of Neyveli Township.
Finally, in Section 4, we summarize the conclusions of this paper.
2. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISES IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
AND SOCIAL WELFARE
The public sector has been assigned the important role of achieving one national objective of
economic growth with social justice, generating larger social gains and strengthening countryâs
economy by strengthening countryâs economy by removing regional disparities and promoting
balanced development in different parts of the country.
The impact of public sector undertakings on the regional development may be assessed in terms
of two different components, viz. (A) Direct Impact and (B) Indirect Impact.
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The direct impact is mainly in terms of the demand for men and materials unit and the value
added which is its contribution to the regional as well as national income. The indirect impact
may further be classified into two categories, viz. (B1) Multiplier Effects and (B2) Propulsive
Effects.
The multiplier effects occur in terms of the increased incomes of the direct beneficiaries of the
unit. The propulsive effects of the units would be in terms of generation of activity in the
industries linked to the public sector either as supplier of inputs or consumers of outputs.
Public sector enterprises have rendered useful help and service in the development of human
resource in backward areas for changing the traditional character of village life. Investment in
human capital is considered an essential ingredient of development planning. Such development
is only possible if rural talents are identified properly fed with modern knowledge of relevant
science and technology.
A large number of public sector undertakings have been set up in the backward
areas/regions/districts in order to capitalise the rural labour by equipping them with vocational
education, technical training and managerial skills. The strategy behind this is to transform the
unemployed rural people to get self-motivated and self-inspired employment avenues in local
economic activities.
Public sector undertakings working as a vehicle of communication have taken the new
knowledge to villages and acted as âchange agentsâ for introducing changes in existing
practices, initiating commercial use of appropriate village technologies in agriculture and allied
activities, village artisan and handicrafts and local village industry by inducing use of
productivity enhancing equipment and light machinery. Apart from the above, a number of
public sector undertakings have been taking special interest in setting up community
development centres to discharge their social responsibility.
Improvement in economic infrastructure in the backward areas can be provided through the help
and active participation of the public sector undertakings. This should broadly cover
constructing or improving existing link roads and inside roads in villages to make these
accessible by modern means of transport; ensuring that each village is equipped with electricity
and power for domestic as well as commercial and industrial use.
Indian public sector constitutes the core of the economyâs social and economic development
history, since the dawn of Independence in 1947. Rightly, this sector is described as an engine
of rural development and social welfare. The enterprises of public sector are unique, when
compared to their counterpart in private sector in the sense that the former have to bear greater
social obligation apart from displaying good performance to secure reasonable profits, which
being the all important concern of the private enterprises.
The public sector undertakings emerge very significant in the Indian context by fulfilling
various social obligations such as generation of employment for mass, provision of basic
infrastructure and public utilities, protecting the consumers from being exploited etc., promoting
backward regions of the country and achieving balanced regional development.
The public sector had received the best attention from the nation planner and Government
during the 1960s and 1970s. However, from the late 80s, the public sector enterprises have
become objects of controversy and criticism. The great push given to the public sector in the
initial Five Year Plans did start to recede. This paradigm shift can be attributed to the
overwhelming public orientation, namely to serve the social purpose than to run them as profit
making apparatus as in the private sector.
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3. CASE STUDY â NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPORATION
The present study focuses on the role of public sector undertakings with special reference to the
role of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) in the regional development of rural areas in and
around Neyveli Township and also uplifting the social welfare of the people in Neyveli. This
study was carried out by using Mathematical tools, percentage and ratio, along with statistical
tools like regression analysis [25].
The geographical advantage of this region had prompted the government of India to establish
here this power generating unit in the year 1956. Transforming the abundant deposits of brown
coal and lignite into power and useable resource, NLC started contributing to the development
of Neyveli region, powering progress and nourishing the green revolution.
Besides, NLC, in right earnest, from 1956 onwards has had concrete schemes to impart
development to the peripheral villages in a number of ways like irrigation facilities, public
health and sanitation, free medical camps and dispensary, education, provision of roads,
transport etc. Holding a pre-eminent place in the industrial and power map of India, it has been
the major source of power to the sole beneficiary â Tamil Nadu, and also generating power for
all the southern states and Union Territory of Pondicherry.
In economies like India, where the money and commodity markets are not that developed and
organised, pre-eminence of agriculture sector is visibly seen and rural-urban dichotomy
manifests itself in its pronounced order, the government has a larger role to play in initiating
economic development.
Most regions of the nation still remain economically backward. To impart economic progress
and sustain development in these regions, establishment of public sector units will be the best
strategy. When such backward areas endowed with some natural resources, as is the case of
Neyveli, the process of giving economic impetus becomes relatively easier.
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) was founded in Neyveli with this kind of environment. This
corporation had a social purpose to achieve. The analysis in this section points towards detailing
the significant transformation of Neyveli, which was in 1950, a remote hamlet in Cuddalore
district in Tamil Nadu, into a modernised township today with all infrastructural facilities and
provision of social services NLC has played a pivotal role in bringing about this transformation.
Economic development is construed as reflective of evolution taking place in a region. It should
have an adequate focus on qualitative dimensions or quality of life too. Differential growth
rates, yardsticks and measures pertaining to infrastructure and human resources standing for the
region at different points of time are a trigger for economic transformation. In fact,
incorporating them in a dynamic framework will determine the pace of economic development
of the region. Along this line, the social performance of NLC is investigated through its
expenditure on infrastructural facilities such as transport power and human resource
development.
This kind of exercise would provide adequate insight into NLCâs contribution to the
development of the region. In the following analysis, NLCâs expenditure over a period of two
decades on infrastructural development broken in its constituents, such as transport, education,
power, water, health services and broadly on the township is reckoned with a view to logically
put forth that an upward trend in this would signal higher degrees of development.
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NLC tunes its operations keeping in view of environment care, reclamation and massive
afforestation schemes, pollution control and maintaining the best industrial relations, planning,
welfare schemes to its employees and their families. Health care with 350 bed General Hospitals
supported by eight peripheral dispensaries, family welfare centres, 35 schools and a college,
central library with a number of reading rooms, education facilities for mentally handicapped
and speech and hearing impaired children, rehabilitation centres for displaced persons, housing,
subsidized transport facilities, industrial canteens, recreational facilities, etc. are other
community development programmes of NLC.
The main objective of this research paper is to analyse the role of NLC, a leading public sector
unit in the development history of Neyveli region.
NLC as a model employer lays great stress on the welfare of its employees and peripheral
villages. NLC has taken upon itself the social responsibility of promoting overall regional
development and making it sustainable.
The most important purpose of establishing public sector unit has been to bring about balanced
economic development. The logic behind establishing public sector enterprise in backward
regions intentionally or out of geographical advantage could be that the backward regions would
develop with the growth of the public sector units there. Unless the public sector enterprise
displays a sound financial stature, it might end up as a drag to the Government efforts and fail to
serve the social purpose. Therefore, the financial performance of the unit has a bearing upon its
social responsibility.
The analysis on the social performance of NLC naturally leads to unfolding the development of
the region ascribable more to the public sector enterprise. The emergence of public sector
enterprise is more on account of social purpose than securing huge profits to the Government.
The trade-off between economic objectives and social purposes of a public sector unit has to be
clearly given its due place in any analysis. The economic objectives lie in efficiently managing
the finances to earn a reasonable surplus to the management. Good finance performance ensures
not only continued existence of the public sector unit but also certain degree of freedom to
discharge its social obligations.
NLC has been able to honour its economic objectives, namely providing surplus to the
Government. The effective discharge of its social facet depends upon the various schemes
pursued by the corporation to post regional development.
NLC is regarded as a typical unit of public sector enterprise as it strives hard to put up good
performance in terms of production and finance. It is striking that the corporation succeeded
exceptionally well on these scores. It also provides basic services to the people in the Neyveli
Township and outside.
The following analysis explores, in detail, the significant transformation on Neyveli, which was
a remote hamlet in Cuddalore district in the state of Tamil Nadu in the 1950s. Now, Neyveli is
indeed a modernised Township with all basic infrastructural facilities and provision of social
services and NLC has played a pivotal role in bringing about this transformation. This analysis
on the social performance of NLC explores the expenditure made by the study unit on the
infrastructural facilities like transport, road, buildings, electrical installations, sewerage, water,
education, library, Township, hospitals, etc.
The important socio-economic indicators used in this study for the growth analysis of the role of
NLC in socio-economic uplift are as follows:
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(1) Education
(2) Health Service
(3) Expenditure on Water and Electrical Installations
(4) Expenditure on Drainage and Sewage Works
(5) Expenditure on Neyveli Township
3.1. Education
The provision of education is an important requirement for promoting literacy. Increase in the
number of schools and high enrolment rate of students would lead to a steep fall in the illiteracy
rate. NLC provides free education to many of the children of its employees as well as the
children of the downtrodden in the neighbouring villages.
Table 1. Education in Neyveli Township
Year No. of Schools No. of Students
1961 9 2,858
1971 16 13,715
1981 16 21,570
1991 33 35,000
2001 35 35,000
Table 1 records the number of schools and students in the Neyveli Township for the study
period. There has been a steep rise in the number of schools from 9 to 16 during the period
1961-81.
NLC, surveying the education needs of the people in the Township and neighbourhoods, found
out a wide gap between the demand and supply. Accordingly, NLC had to double the number of
schools from 16 to 33 in the period 1981-91. The level of rise in the number of schools between
1991 and 2001 went up marginally from 33 to 35. This is because of the reason that the demand
for education is almost met.
The number of students has registered a rise of 86 percent between 1961 and 1981, while it
records a 37 percent rise in the period 1981-91. By 1998-99, the literacy level in Neyveli
Township was around 100 percent (Source: Annual Report of NLC, 1998-99).
To motivate and bring the best talent among the students, the NLC management has instituted
merit scholarships and financial grants to students in NLC schools.
3.2. Health Service
NLC General Hospital has recorded great success over the past four decades mainly due to the
attention given to the health of NLC employees, their family members as well as the general
public. Apart from this, many dispensaries, free medical camps are conducted periodically in
and around the Neyveli Township.
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Table 2 depicts the expenditure made by NLC in the provision of medical facilities. NLC has
been giving due attention to the health of its employees, the general public and also the rural
population in and around the Neyveli Township.
Table 2. Medical Facilities in Neyveli Township
Year No. of Beds in Hospitals in Neyveli Growth Rate
1956-1961 16 ----
1961-1966 162 0.59
1966-1976 200 0.29
1976-1986 400 0.24
1986-1996 400 0.17
1996-2001 450 0.14
For fulfilling this social obligation, it maintains a well-equipped hospital with 450 beds and
several peripheral dispensaries located at different places in the Township and temporary colony
to cater to the medical needs of the NLC employees, their family members and dependants
including the workers and the general public in and around the Neyveli Township.
The period of 1966-76 registered a growth rate of 0.21 in the increase in the expenditure on
medical facilities. Since the inception of NLC in 1956 till 2001, the number of beds provided in
the Neyveli hospital has risen by 30 times.
3.3. Expenditure on Water and Electrical Installations
The basic infrastructural facilities like water and electrical installations, sewerage and drainage
facilities are provided by NLC not only for the Neyveli Township, but also for the people living
in the nearby villages. Inside the Neyveli Township, these facilities are either provided free of
charge or for nominal costs.
The expenditures incurred by NLC since its inception on the water and electrical installations
and its maintenance are analysed in Table 3.
There is a threefold increase in the expenditure made by NLC on the installation and
maintenance of water and electrical systems when compared between the 5-year periods of
1956-61 and 1996-2001.
There is a steep rise in the expenditure on water and electrical installations during the 10-year
periods 1966-76 and 1986-96, where the growth rate has risen from -0.05 to 0.30. This is
because the expenditure incurred for the installation and maintenance of water and electrical
systems in the period 1966-76 was a very meagre amount when compared to that incurred in the
period 1986-96.
This implies that during the period 1966-76, the expenditure on water and electrical installations
was essentially only of maintenance nature, while the expenditure incurred in the period 1986-
96 incorporated the facilities needed for the new installations due to the expansion of the mines
along with necessary maintenance expenditure.
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Table 3. Expenditure on Water and Electrical Installations in Neyveli Township
Year Expenditure on Water and
Electrical Installations
(in Lakhs of Rs.)
Growth Rate
1956-1961 117.56 ---
1961-1966 216.08 0.13
1966-1976 72.14 -0.05
1976-1986 41.66 -0.07
1986-1996 22740.75 0.30
1996-2001 4057.42 0.15
3.4. Expenditure on Drainage and Sewerage Works
Table 4. Expenditure on Drainage and Sewerage Works in Neyveli Township
Year Expenditure on Drainage
and Sewerage (in Lakhs)
Growth Rate
1956-1961 33.15 ----
1961-1966 82.74 0.09
1966-1976 40.42 0.01
1976-1986 44.27 0.01
1986-1996 1310.79 0.10
1996-2001 1114.19 0.07
The provision of drainage and sewerage is one of the essential infrastructural facilities in any
enterprise.
In Table 4, the expenditure on drainage and sewerage has increased by 97 percent between the
periods 1956-61 and 1996-2001. Between the 10-year periods 1966-76 and 1976-86, the growth
rate in the expenditure on drainage and sewerage was a meagre figure of 0.01, the reason being
the annual expenditure, which is only of a maintenance nature.
3.5. Expenditure on Neyveli Township
It is true that NLC establishment in Neyveli had been due to the geographical advantage in the
form of rich deposits of lignite and coal. It is also true that developing this most backward
region had fallen upon the public sector enterprise as an all important social obligation.
In 1956, when NLC had incepted, this area was barren and a waste land. At the time of
excavating mine and commencement of operations on 1960s, most segment of the area had
thick forest. The corporation had embarked into an action plan of acquiring the lands there and
transforming them into residential habitats. Providing housing accommodation to its employees
became an official necessity as the surrounding pockets were underdeveloped.
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In 1960-65, NLC, apart from generating power for Tamil Nadu and other states, had to take up
housing projects too. By 1970, about 300 employees, including those on the ranks of executives,
were given houses. Thus, around this time, the seeds for a modern township as is seen today had
been sown by NLC. From that time onwards, NLC has planned in an organized manner to
provide all basic amenities like electricity, water etc. to the households. The vision that NLC
had to transform the region into a self-contained developed town, made the enterprise to expand
its schemes from household point of view to the society as a whole.
Apart from the transport network, NLC established a number of schools, primary health centres,
and recreational clubs. The prospects of this area developing into an organized form had started
attracting more people. With the increase in work force of NLC, the demand for the services and
facilities provided went up. Periodically assessing the household and other requirements of the
Township, NLC has to design its expenditure schemes. The financial commitment of NLC
towards the Township development encompasses a spectrum of activities such as maintenance
of housing and shopping complexes, schools and colleges, library, cooperative stores, cinema
halls, hospitals and health care centres besides routine upkeep of its own corporate offices. The
foregoing analysis has lent enough credence to the fact that the quantum of increase in
expenditure on various heads had direct correspondence to the order of development witnessed
by the region.
The expenditures incurred by NLC since its inception on the Neyveli township are analysed in
Table 5. Table 5 in striking clarity reflects an upward trend in the expenditure of NLC on
developing the Township. The Township development expenditure has increased by about 18
times during the reference period expressed into 4 periods of study. The GGR for 1976-86
and1986-96 have been worked out to be 0.03 and 0.18 respectively. The steep increase in the
expenditure during 1986 and 1996 has been on account of the major housing projects and
expansion of NLC hospital and infrastructure necessitated by the expansion of mine.
Table 5. Expenditure on Neyveli Township
Year Expenditure on Neyveli
Township
(in Lakhs of Rs.)
Growth Rate
1966-1976 1919.95 ----
1976-1986 2688.18 0.03
1986-1996 52,660.78 0.18
1996-2001 34,978.36 0.10
NLC had to incur more development expenditure during 1996-2001. The extent of increase has
been estimated to be about 33 percent over the previous periods. All these trends go to highlight
the significant contribution of NLC in developing the Neyveli Township.
Public sector enterprises have two specific objectives to realise, viz.
(i) To serve the public interest or social purpose;
(ii) To earn surplus financial resources for the Government.
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The discharge of the first objective clearly depends upon how effectively the second one is
achieved. Accordingly, this paper has carried out an assessment of the performance of the study
unit, NLC, both in terms of the physical or production and financial aspects. This assessment
was followed by a study of the contribution of NLC towards the socio-economic development
of the Neyveli Township and the peripheral villages.
Reckoning with well-established financial performances namely production and lignite,
generation of power and capacity utilisation, the analysis had clearly demonstrated that the
physical or production performance of NLC has been of a very high order.
It can be put forth as a corollary that a good physical performance would also guarantee an
excellent financial performance besides long term growth. The well-established management
and financial ratios have been employed to determine the financial performance of NLC. This
exercise has led to the finding that NLC has had an impressive performance on all sides of
finances during the reference period.
The social performance of NLC has been examined through NLCâs outlay for various socio-
economic development schemes. NLC has continued remarkably towards providing a strong
infrastructure for households as well as industries.
4. CONCLUSIONS
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is aptly regarded as the power behind power â the leading
public sector enterprise in power industry. NLC has been conferred with âMini Ratnaâ status by
Government of India, which is granted to select public sector enterprises fulfilling certain
prescribed eligibility criteria which enables the enterprise to exercise enhanced autonomy and
higher delegation of power. Every year, the corporation is registering all time record in terms of
excellent achievement in lignite production, generation and export of power. The corporation
has always cordial industrial relations. Periodic discussions with the recognized union and the
associations have helped to develop participative culture and improve the involvement of
workmen and officers to maintain conductive industrial climate for improving the productivity
and growth, thereby enjoying the support of the workmen and officers in all its growth plan and
measures to improve its competitiveness. With all these, the corporation spends its manpower as
well as money for the welfare of the Neyveli region not only in the Township but also the
peripheral development of the surrounding villages. The conclusion put forth is that NLC has
certainly achieved in bringing out a trade-off between the social and economic objectives of a
public sector enterprise. Hence, NLC can be aptly termed as a model public sector enterprise in
India.
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