Articles by A B Ghosh

This study of profits and investment in the coal industry during the first three plans concludes that: (1) In spite of lower profitability ratios relative to industries in general, dividends as percentage of profits were higher in the coal industry.

Trend of Profits and Investment A B Ghosh In the first four decades of this century, till the outbreak of World War //, ruthless competition, struggle for survival and the top priority given to immediate profits removed from the minds of coat-mine owners any consideration for conservation of coal resources and any hesitation about producing and selling superior quality coal when the market would accept inferior grades.