Indian Economic Development Since 1947: Reference Text for Ba (Hons) Economics (Course 15), University of Delhi - Softcover

Indian Economic Development Since 1947 (2016-17 Edition)

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Preface Contributors PART I MACROECONOMIC POLICIES AND THEIR IMPACT 1. Indian Economy: Then and Now, Uma Kapila The Colonial Regime The India of 1947 The Agrarian Scene The State of Indian Industry and its Structure A New India A Short History of Fast Growth 2. The Great Reversal: A Macro Story Pulapre Balakrishnan The Facts Relevance of Global Factors Accounting for the Regime Change The Role of Macroeconomic Policy Inflation Targeting Some Considerations for Near-Term PoliIcy 3. Macroeconomic Developments and Challenges for Growth, Manoj Panda Introduction Macroeconomic Developments Policy Challenges for High Growth Conclusion 4. Monetary, Fiscal and Budgetary Developments: Policies and their Impact, Uma Kapila Monetary Policy Fiscal Policy Recent Fiscal Performance Medium-Term Fiscal Framework Conclusions 5. A Rethink on India's Foreign Trade Policy, K. Kanagasabapathy, Vishakha G. Tilak and R. Krishnaswamy India's Place in Global Trade Direction and Composition Strategic Rethink 6. India's New Foreign Trade Policy: Pluses and Minuses, Biswajit Dhar 'Whole-of-Government' Approach Three Issues Highlighted SEZ Failure Regional Trade Agreements 7. How Should India Reform Its Labour Laws?, Simon Deakin and Antara Haldar Introduction Developments in the Theory of Labour Regulation Empirical Evidence on the Economic Effects of Labour Laws The Gujarat Model Conclusions 8. Reforming Labour Market in States: Revisiting the Futility Thesis, Achin Chakraborty How Rigid is the Labour Market? The Logic of Flexibility What Flexibility Cannot Achieve Concluding Remarks PART II INDIAN AGRICULTURE: POLICIES AND PERFORMANCE 9. Indian Agriculture: Policies and Performance (Ed. Notes) Introduction Linkages between Agriculture and Other Sectors The Institutional Context The New Technology Three Phases of Green Revolution Reform Period Deceleration in Agriculture Growth Emerging Imbalances Cereals Production and Build up of Stocks Secondary Agriculture: A Driver for Growth of Primary Agriculture Reforming the Three 'I's: Investments, Incentives, and Institutions Challenges and Outlook 10. Agricultural Development in India: Performance, Issues and Policies, S. Mahendra Dev Performance of Agriculture Policies Since Independence Issues and Policies for Higher Growth, Equity and Sustainability Conclusion 11. Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth in India: An Overview, World Bank Group The Conundrums of Contemporary Agriculture Trends in Agricultural Performance at the National and Subnational Level An International Perspective on India's Structural Transformation A Micro-level Perspective on India's Structural Transformation Did the Drivers of Growth Change Qualitatively in the 2000s? Messages and Implications Evolution of Productivity at the National, State, Household, and Farm Levels Technology, Yield Gaps, and Growth Prospects Livestock Subsector: Significant Opportunities and Policy Priorities Investments in Agriculture for Growth and Sustainability Marketing and Market Reform: Unfinished Business Beyond the Farm: Exploiting the Potential for Food Processing Transforming Agriculture in LIS: Challenges and Priorities for Bihar and Odisha 12. The Context and Conundrums of Contemporary Agriculture, World Bank Group India's Food Security Puzzle Persistent Food Price Rise Trade Policy and Cereal Prices Food Grain Management and Food Prices Rising Real Rural Wages Persistent Questions about the Sustainability of Growth 13. Agricultural Price Policy, Farm Profitability and Food Security, S. Mahendra Dev and N. Chandrasekhara Rao Trends in Costs and Yields Trends in MSPs and Prices Realised by Farmers Relationship between Costs, Prices Realised and MSP Returns to Farming Increased Role of Price Policy Concluding Observations PART III INDUSTRY 14. Policies and Performance in Industry (Ed. Notes) The Industrial Scene at Independence Industrial Control Regime The Policy Regime in the 1990s New Economic Policy Opening up to Foreign Investment Public. Artikel-Nr. ABE-1660820968515

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