Acknowledgement

It gives me an immense pleasure to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of

them who have inspired, encouraged and helped me in bringing out this thesis

successfully.

I have a special debt of gratitude to my guide Dr.Dasharath.S.Naik,

associate professor, Department of Economics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga,

who has been an eternal source of inspiration and has genuinely encouraged and

methodically guided at each stage, to carry out this work in time.

I thank the Librarian and Staff of library Gulbarga University Gulbarga

for their kind Co-operation during my entire Ph.D. work.

I am also grateful to my teachers Prof. Vasudev Sedam H, Prof. Chaya

Degaonkar, Late Prof. B.N. Nimbur, Dr. D.M. Madari, Mr. Prakash Patil,

Mr.K.E.Narasimha, Mr. Veeresh Mr. Shivakumar S. Math, Mr. Kotresh N,

Mr. Gavish S.M, Mr. R.V. Hiremath, Mr. Amaregouda, Mr. Taayappa H,

Mr. Devreddy, for their help and encouragements.

My special thanks to my ‘Sajjan Sahukar family’ for encouragement and

support, I take this opportunity to thank my family members Smt. Laxmi

Basavaraj Sajjan, Smt.Savita Mahesh Sajjan, Smt. Sahana Basavaraj Sajjan,

Smt. Sumangala Sharanappa Sajjan, Smt. Sujatha Sangamesh Sajjan, Smt.

Girija Jagadeesh Sajjan, Smt. Lalita Basavaraj Sajjan, and my brothers and

sisters, Vinod Sajjan, Tejas Sajjan, Mamata sajjan, Nagaveni sajjan, Vijeta,

And Vinuta Sajjan, and son-in-laws Vijay Sajjan, Vikram Sajjan, Basavaraj

Sajjan, and Pooja Sajjan. Also my rememberance to Rajashekhar Swamy

Hiremath, and Hanmangouda Muddalgundi for their kind co-operation

during my entire work.

I thank my research colleagues and friends, Mr. Malappa, Mr.

Mudakappa, Mr. Honnurswamy, Mr. Madagappa, Mr. B.G.Srinivas,

Dr.Vikas, Ms. Girija, Mrs.Sridevi, Ms.Godavari, Mr. Laxyapati, Mr.

Vikramsingh, Mr. Teekappa, Mr. Prakash, Mr. Ramkrishna, Mr.

Arunkumar, Mr. Jayachandra Y, Dr. Sharanabasava V.G, Dr. Sasidhar

Nayak, Dr. Abhay kamble, Dr. Sundar Meti, Dr. Ajay Oli, Mr.Ravishankar

Bhat, Mr. shivaraj, Mr. Manas, Mr. Kiran Kumar, Mr. Vivek Kulkarni, Mr.

K. Mohan Reddy, Mr. Param, Mr. Tippanna K, Miss. Noorjahan. A, and

Miss. Swapna, one and all who helped me during my research work.

I express my deeply felt gratitude to Dr. Suresh Jange, Dr.Vithob Yadav,

and Dr. Anjaneya S, Mr. Nagaraj Omkar, Mr. Shivanand Hiremath for

constant encouragement in my work.

I am also thankful to all Non-teaching staff members, Department of Economics

for their kind co-operation.

I shall never forget the sacrifices, forbearance and unending support of my

beloved Parents Sri. Suresh. S. Sajjan and Smt. Umadevi. S. Sajjan for the gift

of life and education; I’ll always grateful to Grandfather and Grandmother for

their prayers and unrestricted love and concern towards me, which I cannot forget

forever. I would like to render my deep sense of gratitude to all my relatives for

their constant inspiration.

Finally, I take this opportunity to thank one and all who have helped me

directly or indirectly in preparing this thesis.

Basavaraj Suresh