{"product_id":"agrivoltaics-copy-6","title":"Indian Economy Since Independence","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise for this book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for the silver jubilee edition:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“Uma Kapila’s 25th edition of this well-known volume contains an excellent and up-to-date collection of essays on the Indian Economy by some of the country’s leading economists, interspersed with very useful contributions by the editor herself. It will be a great boon for all students of the Indian economy…young and old.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Shankar Acharya\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e    Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India (1993-2001)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eSharing a piece of its history...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eYear 1988: Upon publication of the first edition of this book, which was originally designed for students of the University of Delhi, Prof. VKRV Rao, the legendary economist, policymaker and institution builder, thus wrote   in a letter addressed to the editor Uma Kapila:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“...It will be a most unusual kind of textbook for pioneering which you deserve congratulations. I, therefore, send you   my good wishes for the success of the publication and its use by students who do Economics Honours not only in the University of Delhi but also other universities.”   \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e—V.K.R.V. Rao\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“The annual edition of Dr. Uma Kapila’s Indian Economy since Independence has become a staple, annually updated, reference for University students throughout the country, for aspirants for the civil service and other examinations, and  for all those interested in a single comprehensive source of information, and analysis by a galaxy of scholars, on the Indian economy. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition marks a milestone in a remarkable journey, begun in 1988 by a revered teacher of long standing from Delhi University.” \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—  Indira Rajaraman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e      Member, 13th Finance Commission and \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e      Member, India Advisory Board of the World Gold Council\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author(s) \/ Editor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUma Kapila,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eauthor\/editor of several other books, has taught Indian Economy to undergraduate students for over forty-two years. She retired as Reader from the Department of Economics, Miranda House, University of Delhi. Presently, she is Editorial Director, Academic Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Honours Graduate from Miranda House, University of Delhi and M.A. and Ph.D. from Delhi School of Economics, Dr. Uma Kapila has also served on the Planning Commission Study Group on “Agricultural Strategies in the Eastern Region of India for the Seventh Five Year Plan” (Perspective Planning Division).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Uma Kapila is the author of the book Oilseeds Economy of India (1982) published by the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. She is also the author\/editor of two other textbooks on Indian economy, one meant for B.A. (Hons.) Economics, and the other for B.A.(Programme) and B.Com (Hons.) and Honours other than Economics. She has edited, and co-edited with Raj Kapila, a number of books on India’s economy, banking and finance. Detailed information on these publications is  readily available at the publisher’s website: www.academicfoundation.com \/ \u003cbr\u003ewww.academicfoundation.org\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArnab Acharya\u003cbr\u003eSanghmitra Acharya\u003cbr\u003ePulapre Balakrishnan\u003cbr\u003eRama Baru\u003cbr\u003eAditya Bhattacharjea\u003cbr\u003eDavid E. Bloom\u003cbr\u003eS. Mahendra Dev\u003cbr\u003eBiswajit Dhar\u003cbr\u003eAshok Gulati\u003cbr\u003eUma Kapila\u003cbr\u003eVijay Kelkar\u003cbr\u003eK.L. Krishna\u003cbr\u003eNagesh Kumar\u003cbr\u003eA.K. Shiva Kumar\u003cbr\u003eDipak Mazumdar\u003cbr\u003ePrachi Mishra\u003cbr\u003eRakesh Mohan\u003cbr\u003eK. Nagaraj\u003cbr\u003eR. Nagaraj\u003cbr\u003eArvind Panagariya\u003cbr\u003eT.S. Papola\u003cbr\u003eC. Rangarajan\u003cbr\u003eN. Chandrasekhara Rao\u003cbr\u003eTirthankar Roy\u003cbr\u003eShweta Saini\u003cbr\u003eSandip Sarkar\u003cbr\u003eAlakh N. Sharma\u003cbr\u003eM.H. Bala Subrahmanya\u003cbr\u003eJayan Jose Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"submenu\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch2 align=\"left\"\u003eContents in Detail\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eContributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlanning, Institutional Framework,\u003cbr\u003eConstraints and  Role of the State\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e1.  Indian Economy at Independence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003eUma Kapila\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e2.  The Economic Legacies of Colonial Rule\u003cbr\u003e      in India: Another Look                                                               \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003eTirthankar Roy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e3.  Planning, Market and the State (Ed. Notes)            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e4.  Economic Reforms: Looking Back and Ahead                     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e    \u003cstrong\u003e C. Rangarajan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e5.  Fiscal and Budgetary Developments:\u003cbr\u003e     Prospects and Reforms (Ed. Notes)                                      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e6.  Demography and Development (Ed. Notes)                                                                   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e7.  Population Dynamics in India and\u003cbr\u003e     Implications for Economic Growth                                      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003eDavid E. Bloom\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth and Structural Change since 1950\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e8.  Growth and Structural Change\u003cbr\u003e     Since 1950 (Ed. Notes)                                                           \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e              \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e9.  The Recovery of India: Economic Growth\u003cbr\u003e      in the Nehru Era                                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003ePulapre Balakrishnan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e         \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e10.  Pressing the Indian Growth Accelerator:\u003cbr\u003e       Policy Imperative                                                        \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e       \u003cstrong\u003eRakesh Mohan and Muneesh Kapur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e         \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e11.  Growth and Investment: The Interlinks                               \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003e C. Rangarajan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e12.  India on the Growth Turnpike:\u003cbr\u003e       No State Left Behind                                                              \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e       \u003cstrong\u003eArvind Panagariya\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistributional Issues:\u003cbr\u003ePoverty, Inequality, Malnutrition and Unemployment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e13.  Assessment of the Growth Experience:\u003cbr\u003e      Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment (Ed. Notes)                \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e14.  Report of the Expert Group to Review the\u003cbr\u003e       Methodology for Measurement of Poverty:\u003cbr\u003e       Executive Summary                                                                 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003eRangarajan Committee Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e15.  Counting the Poor: Measurement and\u003cbr\u003e       Other Issues                                                                             \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003e C. Rangarajan and S. Mahendra Dev\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e16.  Inequities in Access to Health Services in India:\u003cbr\u003e       Caste, Class and Region                                                          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e       \u003cstrong\u003eRama Baru, Arnab Acharya, Sanghmitra Acharya,\u003cbr\u003e       A.K. Shiva Kumar and K. Nagaraj\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e17.  Labour and Employment in Fast Growing India:\u003cbr\u003e       Issues of Employment and Inclusiveness                            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003eT.S. Papola and Alakh N. Sharma\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e              \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e18.  India’s Labour Market During the 2000s\u003cbr\u003e       Surveying the Changes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003eJayan Jose Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgriculture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e19.  Indian Agriculture: Developments, Issues,\u003cbr\u003e       Policies and Agenda for Reforms (Ed. Notes)         \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e20.  The Context and Conundrums of\u003cbr\u003e       Contemporary Agriculture                                                     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003eWorld Bank Group\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e21.  Agricultural Price Policy, Farm Profitability\u003cbr\u003e       and Food Security                                                                    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003e S. Mahendra Dev and N. Chandrasekhara Rao\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e       \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e22.  Food Inflation in India: Diagnosis and Remedies              \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003e Ashok Gulati and Shweta Saini\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart V\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndustry, Services and Infrastructure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e23.  Industrial Development and Policies since\u003cbr\u003e       Independence (Ed. Notes)                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e24.  Industrial Performance, 1991-2008: A Review                   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e       \u003cstrong\u003eR. Nagaraj\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e25.  Industrial Development and Policies Since\u003cbr\u003e       Independence: Growth without Employment         \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003e  K.L. Krishna\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e26.  On Strategies for Disinvestment and Privatisation                                                                             \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e       \u003cstrong\u003eVijay Kelkar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e27.  Of Omissions and Commissions:\u003cbr\u003e       India’s Competition Laws                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003e Aditya Bhattacharjea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e28.  Small-scale Industrialisation under Globalisation:\u003cbr\u003e       Is the Tide Turning Around?                                                  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e    \u003cstrong\u003e  M.H. Bala Subrahmanya\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e         \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e29.  The Employment Problem in India and the\u003cbr\u003e       Phenomenon of the Missing Middle                                    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e     \u003cstrong\u003e Dipak Mazumdar and Sandip Sarkar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e30.  Services in India’s Growth Process (Ed. Notes)                  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e31.  Infrastructure and Economic Development\u003cbr\u003e       (Ed. Notes)                                                                               \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart VI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe External Sector\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e32.  India’s External Sector:  Policies, Developments\u003cbr\u003e       and Issues (Ed. Notes)                                                            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e33.  India’s New Foreign Trade Policy:\u003cbr\u003e       Pluses and Minuses                                                                 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003eBiswajit Dhar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e34.  India’s External Sector: Do We Need to Worry?                 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003eC. Rangarajan and Prachi Mishra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e35.  Foreign Direct and Portfolio Investments\u003cbr\u003e       Flows and Development:\u003cbr\u003e       A Perspective on Indian Experience                                     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e    \u003cstrong\u003e  Nagesh Kumar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e36.  India and the WTO (Ed. 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