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The paper has discussed the income levels and livelihood issues of farmers on the basis of a larg... more The paper has discussed the income levels and livelihood issues of farmers on the basis of a large field study in Uttar Pradesh. The study has shown that agriculture is not able to provide sustenance to a large number of farmers in this state. The per-day per-capita income from agriculture has been found to be ` 15 for marginal farmers, ` 31 for small farmers, ` 45 for medium farmers and ` 84 for large farmers for 2011-12. Thus, all marginal farmers, who constitute over three-fourths of UP farmers, fall below the poverty line of ` 22 if they depend solely on agricultural income. Given the inadequacy of agricultural income to meet household expenditure, the small and marginal farmers have to devise livelihood strategy for their survival. The study has suggested a multi-sectoral integrated strategy of promoting agricultural and non-agricultural activities in the rural areas embedded in the local conditions, resources and institutions to meet the challenge of sustainable development in...
The paper makes a critical analysis of the financial health of the SLPEs of Uttar Pradesh and att... more The paper makes a critical analysis of the financial health of the SLPEs of Uttar Pradesh and attempts to contribute policy suggestions. As far as the methodology is concerned financial
and operating ratios have been used to analyse the financial health of these commercial entities. Four types of financial ratios have been applied in the process, namely liquidity
ratios, profitability ratios, leverage ratios and asset management ratios. Thus the paper provides an analytical study of the financial health of the 40 SLPEs of Uttar Pradesh on the basis of financial and operating ratios computed from the latest available data i.e. from 2008-09 to 2011-12 from the Bureau of the Public Enterprises, UP. Analysis of the financial performance of energy sector SPSUs and non-energy sector SLPEs reveals that while the later earned a net income during all the four years, the energy sector SLPEs incurred huge losses. The operating performance SLPEs during the period showed that 31 out of 36 SLPEs were earning profit during the period, though in many cases the profit was small or nil. Select financial ratios show low return on capital, negative net worth, low
gearing, poor utilization of financial resources and low labour productivity. It has been concluded with relevant empirical findings that the SLPEs are putting a serious financial
burden on the state budget and many of them are not serving the purpose for which they were set up especially.
The paper has discussed the income levels and livelihood issues of farmers on the basis of a larg... more The paper has discussed the income levels and livelihood issues of farmers on the basis of a large field study in Uttar Pradesh. The study has shown that agriculture is not able to provide sustenance to a large number of farmers in this state. The per-day per-capita income from agriculture has been found to be ` 15 for marginal farmers, ` 31 for small farmers, ` 45 for medium farmers and ` 84 for large farmers for 2011-12. Thus, all marginal farmers, who constitute over three-fourths of UP farmers, fall below the poverty line of ` 22 if they depend solely on agricultural income. Given the inadequacy of agricultural income to meet household expenditure, the small and marginal farmers have to devise livelihood strategy for their survival. The study has suggested a multi-sectoral integrated strategy of promoting agricultural and non-agricultural activities in the rural areas embedded in the local conditions, resources and institutions to meet the challenge of sustainable development in...
The paper makes a critical analysis of the financial health of the SLPEs of Uttar Pradesh and att... more The paper makes a critical analysis of the financial health of the SLPEs of Uttar Pradesh and attempts to contribute policy suggestions. As far as the methodology is concerned financial
and operating ratios have been used to analyse the financial health of these commercial entities. Four types of financial ratios have been applied in the process, namely liquidity
ratios, profitability ratios, leverage ratios and asset management ratios. Thus the paper provides an analytical study of the financial health of the 40 SLPEs of Uttar Pradesh on the basis of financial and operating ratios computed from the latest available data i.e. from 2008-09 to 2011-12 from the Bureau of the Public Enterprises, UP. Analysis of the financial performance of energy sector SPSUs and non-energy sector SLPEs reveals that while the later earned a net income during all the four years, the energy sector SLPEs incurred huge losses. The operating performance SLPEs during the period showed that 31 out of 36 SLPEs were earning profit during the period, though in many cases the profit was small or nil. Select financial ratios show low return on capital, negative net worth, low
gearing, poor utilization of financial resources and low labour productivity. It has been concluded with relevant empirical findings that the SLPEs are putting a serious financial
burden on the state budget and many of them are not serving the purpose for which they were set up especially.