We attempt to sensitize the business practitioner and the public-policy planner, as well as students of business management and the social sciences, to the concept of sustainable development in an easily comprehensible manner. This book analyzes sustainable development from the perspective of economics....

Groundwater is being exploited indiscriminately to meet our ever increasing demand of water in different parts of the world. In India, the Gangetic plane is amongst the most fertile land of the country. Over the past couple of decades, intensive growth in agriculture, industries, and human population have increased the water demand substantially....

The public distribution system is a part of the welfare attempt of any government to provide food and as maximum as possible required calorie to the people living below the poverty line. The public distribution system is fully effective, if those for whom it is meant reap its benefits....

The concept of 3G is very competitive and fast. The most important feature of this system is an advanced surveillance camera connected with an 3G router or to be more precise, mobile broadband modem. Making use of such technologies domestic security will reach an optimum level and may provide excellent result in mere future....

In India PDS is not the only answer for improving food security of the poor because it can help only those who have purchasing power. Other anti- poverty programs have to be strengthened as part of the economic reforms for creating income generation among the poor and vulnerable sections of the people....

This is not an ordinary syllabus oriented text book for economics rather it analyzes the various issues related to economics to make the subject interesting and understandable. An attempt has been made to generalize the bare senses of economics throughout the book. The book is written in the simplest language....