Indian Economy Since Independence

Indian Economy Since Independence

A comprehensive and critical analysis of India's economy, 1947-2017

Kapila, Uma

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05/2024

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Part I
Planning, Institutional Framework,
Constraints And Role Of The State
1. Indian Economy at Independence - Uma Kapila
The Colonial Regime
The India of 1947
The Agrarian Scene
The State of Indian Industry and its Structure
The Planning Era
2. The Economic Legacies of Colonial Rule in India: Another Look - Tirthankar Roy
Linking Empire with Development: The Old Theory
Linking Empires with Development: The New Trends
What Kind of a State was the Raj?
Benefits and Costs of Colonialism
Policy and Ideology after 1947
Conclusions: Economic Legacies of Colonialism
3. Planning, Market and the State (Ed. Notes)
Structural Constraints and the Development Strategy
Role of the State as Visualised in the 1950s
Evolution of Strategy and Priorities
Changing Perceptions
Role of Planning in a Market Economy
Redefining the Role of State
The Government, the State and the Market
Relevance of Planning Commission
NITI Aayog: Role and Functions
4. Economic Reforms: Looking Back and Ahead - C. Rangarajan
Break with the Past
The Genesis of Reforms
Questions on the Reform Process
5. Fiscal and Budgetary Developments: Prospects and Reforms (Ed. Notes)
Introduction
Fiscal Balance and Fiscal Reform
A Comprehensive Tax Reform to Promote Inclusive Growth
Conclusions
6. Demography and Development (Ed. Notes)
Introduction
Economic Development and Population Growth
The Microeconomic Theory of Fertility
Population Trends
Gender Equity and the Demographic Transition
Population Policy since 1947
National Population Policy, 2000
Human Resource Development
Public Expenditure and Education Policy
Healthcare as a Social Responsibility
Human Development: International Comparison
Disparities and Divides
Tamil Nadu: The Success Story
The Future
Demographic Dividend and Related Policy Interventions
7. Population Dynamics in India and Implications for Economic Growth - David E. Bloom
Introduction
Demographic Change and Economic Growth
Review of Technical Literature
India's Economic Prospects
Conclusion
Part II Growth And Structural Change Since 1950
8. Growth and Structural Change Since 1950 (Ed. Notes)
The Performance
India's Growth Turnaround
Recent Growth Record
Aggregate Demand
Performance on Inclusiveness
The Need for Faster Growth
Growth and Structural Change
Sectoral Growth Trends
Growth and Sectoral Shares, Cross-Country Evidence and Indian Experience
Inter-Regional Disparities in Growth and Development
The Way Ahead
Growth Prospect: An Assessment
Sustainable Development and Climate Change
9. The Recovery of India: Economic Growth in the Nehru Era - Pulapre Balakrishnan
Introduction
Nehru-Mahalanobis Strategy
A Record of Growth in the Nehru Era
Caricature of a Vision: Through a Glass, Darkly
Conclusions
10. Pressing the Indian Growth Accelerator: Policy Imperative - Rakesh Mohan and Muneesh Kapur
Introduction
The Indian Economy: A Story of Consistent Growth
The Golden Era of Growth: 2003-2008
Consistent Growth in Savings and Investment
The Great Slowdown: 2012-2014
Getting Back to High Growth: A Simulation for 2017-2032
Financing Growth
Infrastructure Investment
Policy Imperatives for Getting Back to the High Growth Path
Public Savings and Fiscal Policy
Household Savings and Management of Inflation
Private Corporate Sector and Manufacturing
Foreign Savings and Capital Account Management
Transport Infrastructure
Conclusions
11. Growth and Investment: The Interlinks - C. Rangarajan
Behaviour of Saving
Behaviour of Investment
The Way Forward
12. India on the Growth Turnpike: No State Left Behind - Arvind Panagariya
Growth: No State Left Behind
Poverty: Progress Everywhere
Smaller and Newer States and Union Territories
Conclusions
Part III Distributional Issues: Poverty, Inequality, Malnutrition And Unemployment
13. Assessment of the Growth Experience: Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment (Ed. Notes)
Poverty and Unemployment
Poverty Estimates
Poverty and Inclusive Growth
Inequality
Inequality After Economic Reforms
Employment
Employment, Unemployment and Labour Force Dynamics
Underemployment: A Continuing Characteristic of Employment
Characteristics and Structure of the Indian Labour Market
Trends and Patterns of Employment Growth
Summing Up: Key Features of the Employment Situation
Labour Market Reforms would Help Boost Employment Creation
Public Employment Programme for the Unorganised Workers: The Case of NREGA
The Performance
Success Stories
Employment Challenges
Policy Agenda
14. Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Measurement of Poverty: Executive Summary - Rangarajan Committee Report
Executive Summary
15. Counting the Poor: Measurement and Other Issues - C. Rangarajan and S. Mahendra Dev
Clarifications on Issues
What is New?
Use of Calories
Multidimensional Poverty
Higher Urban Poverty
NAS-NSS Consumption Differences
Poverty Measures in Other Countries
Public Expenditure and Poverty
Poverty Ratio for Eligibility under Programmes
16. Inequities in Access to Health Services in India: Caste, Class and Region - Rama Baru, Arnab Acharya, Sanghmitra Acharya, A.K. Shiva Kumar and K. Nagaraj
Determinants of Health Inequities
Features of Health Service Provisioning
Inequities in Access to Health Services
Factors Affecting Equity in Access to Health Services
Equity Enhancing Initiatives
The Way Forward
17. Labour and Employment in Fast Growing India: Issues of Employment and Inclusiveness - T.S. Papola and Alakh N. Sharma
Introduction
Some Characteristics of the Indian Labour Market
Trend and Pattern of Employment Growth
Impact of Global Financial 2008 Crisis on Indian Labour Market and Employment
Quality of Employment and Disparities
Increasing Labour Flexibility and Erosion of Labour Rights
Conclusion and Policy Agenda
18. India's Labour Market During the 2000s Surveying the Changes - Jayan Jose Thomas
Broad Trends in Labour Absorption
Explaining Jobless Growth (Second-Half of 2000s)
Continuing Challenges to a Modern Labour Market
Missing Women in the Indian Economy
Conclusions
Part IV Agriculture
19. Indian Agriculture: Developments, Issues, Policies and Agenda for Reforms (Ed. Notes)
Introduction
Linkages between Agriculture and Other Sectors
The Institutional Context
The New Technology
Three Phases of Green Revolution
Reform Period, 1991 to the Present
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