Studies in industrial economy of India (Vol.1)

This book, divided in two volumes, is devoted to the study of key areas in India's industrial development following the introduction of planning in the country-their progress, their difficulties, their present and future, and effectiveness of the Government policy instruments in their growth.
India ranks among the top few countries in the world in so far as aggregate industrial output is concerned. But when it comes to per capita output and its availability, she makes a poor rank. Despite all thrust for accelerated industrial development in the country, the achievements in industrial growth targets laid down under each plan have been far below. In this outstanding study, the learned authors critically discuss in detail these and related issues in connection with industrialisation of this country, what has been achieved, what has not been achieved and what it is proposed to achieve in the future before India moves into a stage of rapid industrialisation.
Volume I includes: Industrial Growth in India; Trends and Structure of Industrialisation; Anatomy of Deceleration in Industry; Protection of Domestic Industry; Efficiency and Productivity of Manufacturing Industry; Financing of Private Corporate Sector; Political Economy of Slow Industrial Growth in India; Public Enterprises; Patent Act and Technical Development; Industrial Licensing System.
Volume 2 includes: Capital Goods Sector in India; Price and Output Movement of Agro-based Industries; Small Industry and Sub-contracting: Rural Industrialisation and Poverty Alleviation; Regional Industrial Growth-Study of North-East India, Assam, Tribal Areas of Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, etc; Industrialiation under the Seventh Plan