https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1796.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1796.html 2009-11-28T01:28:46Z text/html en Pankaj Naithani <p>The recent appeal for austerity due to the hike in oil prices has become a burning issue to discuss and deliberate upon. Whereas a number of sensible reasons can be attributed for such calls in our country, some of them are obvious. Any country where income is unevenly distributed, poverty is prevalent, illiteracy and ill-health of people is persistent has to have austerity as part-and-parcel of its socio-economic policies. It is imperative for institutions and individuals to practice (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique96.html" rel="directory">November 2009</a> https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1533.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1533.html 2009-07-27T15:47:01Z text/html en Pankaj Naithani <p>This article reached us before June 29, Prof Mahalanobis' birthday, but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons. <br class='autobr' /> Various statistical activities, such as crop-cutting surveys, socio-economic surveys, economic census, agriculture census, demographic census etc. being conducted in India are well known worldwide for their size and technical efficacy. Data captured through these surveys and censuses are utilised to ensure planned development and formulating policies for economic (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique102.html" rel="directory">July 2009</a>