Indian economy: performance and policies

By:

Kapila, Uma

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Academic foundation; 2007Description: 580 pISBN:

9788171885770

Subject(s):

Economic development

DDC classification:

338.9 KAP

Summary: The book is organised into five sections: Section 1, covers the basic concepts and issues in economic development, and measures of development and underdevelopment as well as human development. The environment and development is also discussed in this section. Section 2, looks at the basic features of the Indian economy at independence: composition of national income and occupational structure, the agrarian scene and the industrial structure. Section 3, discusses policy regimes: the evolution of planning, import-substituting industrialisation, economic reform and liberalisation. Section 4, deals with the experience of growth, development and structural changes in different phases of growth, and policy regimes across sectors and regions. The institutional framework and changes in policy perspective on the role of institutional framework after 1991, are also discussed. This section also provides a wide coverage of the issues of unemployment and poverty, human development, and also the demographic constraints. Section 5, is devoted to sectoral trends and issues: Agriculture, Industry, Services, Financial sector and External sector.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	338.9 KAP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		130214

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The book is organised into five sections:
Section 1, covers the basic concepts and issues in economic development, and measures of development and underdevelopment as well as human development. The environment and development is also discussed in this section.
Section 2, looks at the basic features of the Indian economy at independence: composition of national income and occupational structure, the agrarian scene and the industrial structure.
Section 3, discusses policy regimes: the evolution of planning, import-substituting industrialisation, economic reform and liberalisation.
Section 4, deals with the experience of growth, development and structural changes in different phases of growth, and policy regimes across sectors and regions. The institutional framework and changes in policy perspective on the role of institutional framework after 1991, are also discussed. This section also provides a wide coverage of the issues of unemployment and poverty, human development, and also the demographic constraints.
Section 5, is devoted to sectoral trends and issues: Agriculture, Industry, Services, Financial sector and External sector.

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