Strategy and tactics of India's agricultural development : the role of the state

This book critically analyses the Indian model of development adopted in the post-independence period. The author has also critically analysed the theoretical roots and practical implications of agrarian policies adopted in independent India. He has dealt with the tactics and strategies of India's agrarian policy. The author has examined the community development programme and has classified it as a methodology in search of a technology. He has also given an evaluation of various aspects of land reforms carried out in the 50s and has pinpointed the weakness of the Bhoodan movement. The author has masterfully dealt with the various manifestations of the "green revolution" and has come to the conclusion that the spread of the "green revolution" in "breadth" and "depth" required sincere implementation of land reforms in all aspects as early as the socio-political situation allows. Finally, the author has given a critique of various alternative models put forward in the middle 70s by various political parties and economists and shown their "blind spots". On the basis of his analysis, the author has presented a set of conclusions which may provoke a controversy and the essence of this book is in raising controversies. The author having the advantage of knowing Russian has drawn in and critically looked into various Soviet evaluations of India's agrarian structure.