Indian Economy

The book is divided into six parts. In Part, I, an analysis of the structure of the Indian economy has been given. The existence of the trap of underdevelopment equilibrium, the basic characteristics of the Indian economy, national income and its components, the distribution of national income and consumption pattern, the study of human and natural resources in the context of economic development, the problems of capital formation provide a broad cross-section of the Indian economy. To make the picture more complete, two chapters, namely, the sociological factors in economic development and economic transition of India giving a brief survey of economic policies during the last 200 years are also included in this section.

2. INDIAN ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE

3. NATIONAL INCOME OF INDIA

4. HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

5. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

6. OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

7. NATURAL RESOURCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

8. INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE INDIAN ECONOMY

9. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL SECTOR

PART II—PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

10. OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY OF ECONOMIC PLANNING IN INDIA

11. INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND INDIAN PLANNING

12. PUBLIC SECTOR AND INDIAN PLANNING

13. DISINVESTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

14. REDEFINING THE ROLE OF THE STATE

15. PRIVATISATION AND ECONOMIC REFORMS

16. GLOBALIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIA

17. PLANNING EXPERIENCE IN INDIA

18. TENTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN

19. ELEVENTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH

20. AN APPROACH TO THE TWELFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN

21. THE PROBLEM OF CAPITAL FORMATION

22. FOREIGN CAPITAL, FOREIGN AID AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

23. POVERTY AND THE PLANNING PROCESS IN INDIA

24. THE PARALLEL ECONOMY IN INDIA

25. UNEMPLOYMENT IN INDIA

26. INEQUALITY AND CONCENTRATION OF ECONOMIC POWER IN INDIA

27. PRICES, PRICE POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

28. BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PART III—AGRICULTURE IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY

29. INDIAN AGRICULTURE UNDER THE FIVE-YEAR PLANS: THE GREEN REVOLUTION

30. FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA

31. IRRIGATION AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

32. LAND REFORMS

33. SIZE OF FARMS AND PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY

34. ORGANISATION OF RURAL CREDIT IN INDIA

35. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND WAREHOUSING

36. AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

37. INDUSTRIAL PATTERN AND THE PLANS

PART IV—INDIAN INDUSTRIES

38. SOME LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIES

39. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) INDUSTRY

40. SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES

41. LABOUR PROBLEMS AND LABOUR POLICY

42. UNORGANISED SECTOR AND INFORMALISATION OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY