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1. Introduction -- 2. Indian agriculture under economic reforms : a preliminary review -- 3. Agricultural price policy and farm profitability : examining linkages -- 4. International price trends and volatility -- 5. Agricultural trade : policies and patterns -- 6. Trade competitiveness of Indian agriculture : a comparison of domestic and world prices -- 7. Decomposing variability in agricultural prices -- 8. Evaluation and conclusion.

Post-reform India has seen a decline in agricultural growth as well as supply-demand imbalance and rising prices. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of domestic and international prices and trade since 1980-81, covering the past quarter of a century. Backed with rich data, it provides comparisons between the pre- and post-liberalisation policies and their effect on farm profitability, domestic prices and prices variability, and examines their possible role in determining the trajectory of agricultural growth since 1991. The book will appeal to students, scholars and researchers of agr.

Why has the share of non-institutional finance sources for agricultural households not come down between 2002 and 2012? Is the dependency on non-institutional sources the same across farm size classes? Who are the major beneficiaries of the revival in agricultural credit in the 2000s? Are larger farmers becoming more productive and commercial thus requiring higher levels of credit? Are small farms becoming unviable, making it difficult for banks to finance them? This paper examines these issues empirically based on data from the Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural households and the All India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS) conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) in its 59th (i.e. 2003) and 70th round (i.e. 2013) and various publications from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The Self-Help Group–Bank Linkage Programme (SHG–BLP) was designed with the objective of bridging the prevailing gap in the financial network and spreading banking facilities to the poor in rural and urban areas. This paper examines the progress of SHG–BLP over the last two decades in terms of: (a) the outreach of SHG–BLP; (b) spatial disparity in SHG–BLP; (c) SHG spread with respect to banking and socio-economic indicators; and (d) potential vis-à-vis achievement under the programme in terms of coverage of rural poor population.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Editor Biography -- Contributors -- 1 Environmental Paradigm Change and Risk Assessment -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Risk Assessment -- 1.3 Uncertainties That May Hamper the Process of Evaluation of Risk -- 1.4 Historical Perspective and Current Approaches -- 1.4.1 General Outline of Environmental Risk Assessment in the European Union -- 1.4.2 General Outline of Environmental Risk Assessment in United States -- 1.5 Tools Used for Environmental Risk Assessment -- 1.5.1 European Union System for the Evaluation of Substances (EUSES) -- 1.5.2 European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) -- 1.5.3 EcoFate -- 1.5.4 Exposure Model for Soil-Organic Fate and Transport (EMSOFT) -- 1.6 Future Trends and Challenges -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 Environmental and Ecotoxicological Impacts of Engineered Nanomaterials -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Regulation of Nanomaterials Risk Assessment -- 2.3 Toxicity of Nanomaterials -- 2.4 Role of Physicochemical Properties in Nanoparticles Toxicity -- 2.4.1 Shape -- 2.4.2 Size -- 2.4.3 Surface Charge -- 2.4.4 Morphology -- 2.4.5 Degree of Agglomeration -- 2.5 Toxicity Mechanism in Natural Ecosystem Induced By Nanoparticles -- 2.6 Toxicity Mechanism in Plants Induced By Nanoparticles -- 2.6.1 Effect of Nanoparticles On Crop Quality -- 2.7 Mechanism of Plant-Nanoparticles Interaction -- 2.8 Nanoparticles Exposure to Humans via Potential Routes and Toxicity -- 2.8.1 Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) -- 2.8.2 Respiratory Tract -- 2.9 Dermal Penetration -- 2.10 Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 3 Toxicology of Metal Ions, Pesticides, Nanomaterials, and Microplastics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Environmental Toxicology -- 3.2 Emerging Environmental Contaminants.

Introduction : framing state level electoral politics -- Punjab politics in comparative perspective -- Politics of colonial Punjab -- Politics of Punjab after partition -- Assembly elections in Punjab, 1997-2017 -- Lok Sabha rlections in Punjab, 1999-2019 -- Conclusion : looking ahead.

"This book examines electoral politics in the state of Punjab, India as it has evolved since the colonial period. It underlines the emergence of the state as a singular unit for electoral analysis in the last three decades. This book: Charts the common trends and developments that have dominated politics in Punjab, and those that continue to play an important role in the government of the state; Examines state parties and their leadership in the context of party alliances, campaigns and electoral verdicts; Presents a comparative study of the assembly and Lok Sabha elections held in the state after reorganisation in 1966 with the objective of highlighting differences in electoral issues taken up by the parties. An important intervention in the study of state-level politics in India, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of politics, especially comparative politics and political institutions, political sociology and social anthropology, and South Asian studies"--