In recent years, India has made commendable advance on the industrial front. The process of industrialization and the growth of the corporate sector are interrelated and inter-dependent. As such the corporate sector in India has made rapid strides. The growth of a Joint Stock Company is based on its success and profit is the primary test of the success of an enterprise. The private corporate sector in India has witnessed drastic changes in its structure of finance since 1956. The present study is on the whole an analytical research on the trend and pattern of profitability of the public limited companies in the private sector of Eastern India from 1984-85 to 1993-94. The study will be useful to the corporate sector in India in general, and the entrepreneurs, financial managers, financial institutions, investors, policy makers and researchers in particular for evaluating the profitability of any business enterprise.

India has witnessed phenomenal growth of higher education during the period since Independence. This growth has led to an ever-growing resource drain from the government exchequer and private funds. The government finds it difficult to divert more of its revenue resources for education, particularly higher education. The burden on the government is heavy since the receipts from the higher education sector, from tuition and other fees, are extremely low and remain virtually unchanged. Government is also undertaking huge burden by other subsidies like freeships, scholarships, etc. At the same time, it is doubtful whether the large extent of public subsidies as being given to higher education really serves the purpose of reducing inequality of opportunity in education and thereby reducing socio-economic disparities. In order to bring about any systematic changes in the policies of reservation, subsidies and pricing of higher education, it is essential, as a first step, to gain insights into the cost structure (governmental and parental costs) estimate the extent of subsidization by government and analyse the socio-economic status of the students. This book makes an attempt in this direction on the basis of a case study of Kerala.

Inspite of constitutional prerogatives the progress in the field of agriculture has not been satisfactory. This book widely discusses about our country's approach to agriculture Land problems with critical analysis. Also the controversy over property rights pertaining to agricultural land is one of the central themes of our constitutional development particularly after independence. The statutory and legal matters akin to the field of land reforms are also dealt with. The successive Governments in India since Independence are unable to introduce radical land reforms. In this book, it is evidently proved that in the absence of morally, faith, trust and Dharma, such successive legislations would become useless and purposeless.

New Approaches to Rural Development is a comprehensive volume tracing the genesis and evolution of rural development programme in India focusing on objectives, ideology, concepts, philosophy and methods of initiating development activities in rural communities. It emphasizes the need for understanding the structure and nature of rural communities and the way to plan, organize, introduce and manage developmental programmes. The book in detail spells out the practical approaches aiming at economic development, democratic growth and social justice. In a world, it very clearly expounds the various facets of rural development. Chapter 11 in the book could be taken as the comprehensive backbone of the book which describes varying existing conditions and the needs pertaining to different areas of development and the way to go about ameliorating the living conditions of the people in the rural areas. And further, A Model for Securing People's Participation in Rural Development may be singled out as a scientific approach in securing people's participation which is an indispensable factor for any development activity concerning people.