Articles by K G K Subba Rao

While official statistics has seen an increasing demand in recent years, limitations in such data may not be exactly obvious to data users. Methodological and other details are not widely disseminated by primary compiling agencies and other data providers. There is a pressing need to revive the erstwhile special publications compiled by certain organisations that mention the various details necessary to provide objectivity to any data. The importance of such publications cannot be emphasised enough at a time when new types of data are constantly being required to describe and understand emerging trends.

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This study analyses the cost of credit of commercial banks in a deregulated environment on the basis of BSR data in respect of large borrowal accounts. As subsidisation of interest rates either with reference to priority sectors or size of loans has virtually vanished, there is imperative need to evolve a suitable information system in respect of small borrowal accounts on a par with that for large accounts, preferably through repetitive sample surveys.