Journal of the Association of Engineers, India

A. P. Banerji ¹

Affiliations
1 Indian Standards Institution, IN

Abstract

0.1 Problem of housing is as old as human civilization. Man wanted protection against the vagaries of nature such as rains, storms, cold, sunshine, exposures, wild animals etc. What he could think of was either the tree tops or the caves for his abode. But his was a nomadic life as he had to be on the run for food from one place to another. Site for his housing was therefore very much dependant upon both environment as well as availability of the necessities of life which we now technically call as the infra-structure.

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A. P. Banerji ¹

Affiliations
1 Indian Standards Institution, Calcutta, IN

Abstract

Engineering industries in the country today are faced with the problems of excess capacity, fall in internal demand, paucity of foreign exchange for importing vital raw materials and spares and excessive cost of production, making export and earning foreign exchange a difficult task. These problems could be resolved to a large extent by higher productivity, that is, higher output without corresponding enlargement of input. When input is limited, higher productivity can be achieved only by more effective and efficient utilization of Man, Machine, Materials and Money.

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