Economic Developments In India

Author : Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199257493

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India by Jean Drèze,Amartya Sen Pdf

This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. The authors placehuman agency at the centre of stage, and stress the complementary roles of different institutions (economic, social, and political) in enhancing effective freedoms.In comparative international perspective, the Indian economy has done reasonably well in the period following the economic reforms initiated in the early nineties. However, relatively high aggregate economic growth coexists with the persistence of endemic deprivation and deep social failures. JeanDreze and Amartya Sen relate this imbalance to the continued neglect, in the post-reform period, of public involvement in crucial fields such as basic education, health care, social security, environmental protection, gender equity, and civil rights, and also to the imposition of new burdens such asthe accelerated expansion of military expenditure. Further, the authors link these distortions of public priorities with deep-seated inequalities of social influence and political power. The book discusses the possibility of addressing these biases through more active democratic practice.

Author : Jagdish Bhagwati,Arvind Panagariya
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610392723

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Why Growth Matters by Jagdish Bhagwati,Arvind Panagariya Pdf

In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's, and by extension the world's, greatest moral challenge: lifting a great number of extremely poor people out of poverty? Bhagwati and Panagariya argue forcefully that only one strategy will help the poor to any significant effect: economic growth, led by markets overseen and encouraged by liberal state policies. Their radical message has huge consequences for economists, development NGOs and anti-poverty campaigners worldwide. There are vital lessons here not only for Southeast Asia, but for Africa, Eastern Europe, and anyone who cares that the effort to eradicate poverty is more than just good intentions. If you want it to work, you need growth. With all that implies.

Author : Pulapre Balakrishnan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199088171

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Economic Growth in India by Pulapre Balakrishnan Pdf

This study of economic growth in India is both an interpretation of its trajectory since 1950 and an evaluation of its prospects in the near future. It is marked by theoretical integrity, historical perspective, thick description, discriminating use of econometrics, and definitive conclusions. Commencing with a favourable appraisal of the growth record of early independent India and an account of how this advantage was lost, the author proceeds to argue that by now it is more than just delayed liberalizing reforms that stand in the way of sustained double-digit growth rates. The prospects for high long-term growth in India are instead linked to the progress in the areas of agriculture and education, particularly schooling. Further, the author proposes that achieving inclusive growth, currently high on the Indian government's agenda, would be not merely politically rewarding but pivotal to maintaining the dynamism of the economy. The possibility of such an outcome, he shows, is tied more to the state's capacity to govern our public institutions than to its command over resources. To that extent the future of growth in India lies as much in the space of politics.

Author : Anup Chatterjee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8177083104

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Industrial Policy and Economic Development in India by Anup Chatterjee Pdf

India's development pattern during 1950-80 was characterised by strong centralised planning, Government ownership of basic and key industries, excessive regulation and control of private enterprise, trade protectionism -- through tariff and non-tariff barriers -- and a cautious and selective approach towards foreign capital. It was a quota, permit and license regime guided and controlled by a bureaucracy trained in colonial style. This so-called inward-looking, import substitution strategy of economic development began to be widely questioned with the beginning of 1980s. Policy makers started realising the drawbacks of this strategy which inhibited competitiveness and efficiency and produced a much lower rate of growth than expected. Tilt towards economic liberalisation started in 1985 when Government announced a series of measures aimed at deregulation and liberalisation of industry. These measures, described as New Economic Policy, were followed by drastic changes introduced by the 1991 Industrial Policy Statement of the Government. As a result of economic reforms of the last 20 years, India is presently one of worlds fastest growing economies. In the last few years, it has emerged as a global economic power, the leading outsourcing destination and a favourite of international investors. Indian industry has upgraded technology and product quality to a significant degree and met the challenge of openness after being protected for so long. The Approach Paper to the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) released by the Planning Commission, Government of India in October 2011 expressed concern at the slow growth of the manufacturing sector and emphasised "the need to sharply change the growth trajectory of Indias manufacturing sector" by adopting a holistic appraisal of what needs to be done to improve its competitiveness. This book contains 15 chapters which trace developments in different aspects of industrialisation during the post-Independence period, explain the key reform measures undertaken for making Indian industry internationally competitive and examine current issues pertaining to this vital sector of the Indian economy. The book also contains the following 5 appendices: Appendix 1: Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956. Appendix 2: Statement on Industrial Policy, July 24, 1991. Appendix 3: Year-wise Review of Industrial Developments in India: 1947-48 to 2011-12. Appendix 4: Edited Extracts from Indias Five Year Plans on Industry (I to XII Plan). Appendix 5: Glossary of Industrial Terms.

Author : Datt Gaurav & Mahajan Ashwani
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 1062 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789352531295

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Indian Economy, 72nd Edition by Datt Gaurav & Mahajan Ashwani Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive survey of the Indian Economy in terms of GDP growth, savings, investment and developments in various sectors such as agriculture, industry and services. A contradiction observed in India is that while the reform process has resulted in boosting GDP growth, it has failed to yield acceleration in the process of poverty reduction and growth of employment.

Author : Amlan Datta
Publisher : Popular Prakashan
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : India
ISBN : 0861322193

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An Introduction to India's Economic Development Since the Nineteenth Century by Amlan Datta Pdf

Author : K. L. Datta
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190991562

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Growth and Development Planning in India by K. L. Datta Pdf

The debate around growth has been an important feature of economic planning in India since Independence. This book deals with the wide range of issues related to the country's growth and development between 1951 and 2011, covering the 11 Five Year Plans formulated and implemented during this period, as well as in the decade after that. The author traces the changing nature of planning over time-from rigid state control on economic activities, to reliance on market-based planning in the time of economic reforms. He has dealt with the transition from growth measures in the 1970s, to the use of a mix of growth and redistribution in the 1980s, and the economic reforms and liberalization measures from 1991 onwards, and the inclusive growth we have seen in the twenty-first century. The central theme of the book is to analyse the role that planning played in maximizing the rate of economic growth and in improving the living standards of the people. Considering India's rapidly changing socio-economic environment, many of the issues around growth and development are contentious. The author discusses them here with academic rigour and an insider's insight, thus enabling a fair assessment.

Author : Vera Powell Anstey
Publisher : Ayer Publishing
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0405097751

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The Economic Development of India by Vera Powell Anstey Pdf

Author : Uma Kapila
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9332704767

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Indian Economy by Uma Kapila Pdf

Author : Jagdish Bhagwati,Arvind Panagariya
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199915187

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India's Reforms by Jagdish Bhagwati,Arvind Panagariya Pdf

Openness has affected neither poverty nor inequality adversely. When surveyed, people in disproportionately large volumes from all groups say that their fortunes are improving. The essays in this volume show that trade oppenness has helped reduce poverty among most social groups.

Author : Debdas Banerjee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135236199

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Economic and Human Development in Contemporary India by Debdas Banerjee Pdf

This book deals with issues in economic development in India. It highlights those factors that are indicative of India’s emergence in the global economy yet indicates negative "trickle down" effects, such as malnutrition, poverty, bonded labourers, high adult unemployment and the widespread use of child labour. Focusing on structural deficiencies for a steady growth rate, and how to make growth inclusive, the book examines duality in development and the factors standing between national economic prosperity and human development. The author analyses issues concerning international trade, technology, access to food, inequality and poverty, and the "catching up" of developing countries. A novel approach to the analysis of the Indian economy and other developing countries in the 21st century, this book advocates development as a form of governance. With India as a case study, this book provides a solid framework for looking at developing economies which will be useful to policy-makers and to graduate and post-doctoral students and researchers in the areas of development studies and economics, industrialisation and structural change.

Author : Haruka Yanagisawa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000803396

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Indian Economic Growth in Historical Perspective by Haruka Yanagisawa Pdf

This book investigates the roots of rapid economic growth of India in recent decades, by exploring historical processes from the late colonial period. Based upon decades-long archival and field research, this book deals with the period from the late nineteenth century to 2013 and offers an integral viewpoint of the economic history of India. While critiquing the conventional understanding that links recent economic growth only with the development of high-tech, export-oriented service sectors under the liberalised economy, the book suggests deeper and wider roots of development that had a cumulative effect in three stages. First, the agrarian development and rural socio-economic changes from the end of the nineteenth century. Second, the state-led import-substitution industrialisation since 1950 that established the industrial foundations for future economic growth. Third, the economic reforms since 1991 that helped technology-intensive industries find new markets with improved quality of production. For the first time available in English, this book by the late Professor Haruka Yanagisawa, who was a leading figure in the South Asia studies collective in Japan, is an important contribution to the academic tradition of economic history of India. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of social and economic history, sociology, anthropology and economies of South Asia.

Author : Deepak K. Mishra,Vandana Upadhyay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315278483

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Rethinking Economic Development in Northeast India by Deepak K. Mishra,Vandana Upadhyay Pdf

Economic development of frontier and remote regions has long been a central theme of development studies. This book examines the development experience in the northeastern region in India in relation to the processes of globalisation and liberalisation of the economy. Bringing together researchers and scholars, from both within and outside the region, the volume offers a comprehensive and updated analysis of governance and development issues in relation to the northeastern economy. With its multidisciplinary approaches, the chapters cover a variety of sectors and concerns such as land, agriculture, industry, infrastructure, finance, human development, human security, trade and policy. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of economics, public policy, governance and development, geopolitics, geography, development studies, politics and sociology of development and area studies as well as observers and policymakers interested in the Northeast.

Author : Pulin Nayak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 0415827191

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The Economic Development of India by Pulin Nayak Pdf

The development experience of India has been a matter of much interest in recent years. India is home to a sixth of the world' s population, and about a third of the country is acknowledged to be living below the officially determined poverty line. After more than six decades of planned economic development the levels of achievement in education and health are poor. After three and a half decades of moderate growth following India' s Independence in 1947, a period characterised by centralized planning, the pace picked up in the 1980s with some ...

Author : Editors : Raj Kapila & Uma Kapila
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171881475

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Economic Developments In India : Monthly Update, Volume -9 Analysis, Reports, Policy Documents by Editors : Raj Kapila & Uma Kapila Pdf