India’s Economy

Pre-liberalisation to GST: Essays in Honour of Raj Kapila

Uma Kapila (Ed.)

“Raj Kapila—economist, publisher, entrepreneur—was a remarkable human being, who, along with his economist wife, Uma Kapila, was an integral part of India’s publishing scene, making contributions to the nation’s economic policy by bringing the best ideas together for students, scholars and policymakers. 
I am delighted to see this fine book in memory of Raj Kapila. Given his remarkable innings in promoting the world of ideas, there is no surprise that this book is literally a who’s who of Indian economists and policymakers.”
—    Kaushik Basu
        Professor of Economics and
       C. Marks Professor, Cornell University.
       Former Chief Economist, The World Bank and
      Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India.

“This book examines the development experience of independent India over the past seventy years and reflects on the decade to come. It is a rich collection of more than thirty essays by distinguished academics and eminent policymakers that spans a wide range of issues. The essential message to emerge from the volume is that economic growth can be transformed into meaningful development only if it reduces poverty, creates employment and improves the wellbeing of people. It is a valuable contribution to the literature on the subject, which should be of interest to teachers, students, researchers and policy practitioners.”
—    Deepak Nayyar
      Emeritus Professor of Economics,
     Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi;
     Honorary Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford; and
    former Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi.

Uma Kapila 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. An Honours Graduate from Miranda House, University of Delhi and MA and PhD from Delhi School of Economics (DSE), Dr 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). She is the author of the book Oilseeds Economy of India (1982) published by the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi. A prolific writer, she has authored,  and edited and co-edited with Raj Kapila, a number of books on India’s economy, banking and finance. Edited by her and revised every year, the popular reference text, Indian Economy Since Independence is currently running into its 28th edition. She is editor of Academic Foundation’s continuing series EDI (Economic Developments in India), a monthly update on Indian economy (230 volumes published till date).

Yoginder K. Alagh

Pulapre Balakrishnan

Pritha Banerjee

Sanjaya Baru

Aditya Bhattacharjea

Rajesh Chadha

Ramesh Chand

C.P. Chandrasekhar

Kanchan Chopra 

Bibek Debroy

R.S. Deshpande

Jayati Ghosh

Bishwanath Goldar

Ashok Gulati

Devendra B. Gupta

Vijay Kelkar

K.L. Krishna

Nagesh Kumar

Deepak Mohanty 

Pulin B. Nayak

Anand Prakash

Devender Pratap

Indira Rajaraman

C. Rangarajan

M. Govinda Rao

C.H. Hanumantha Rao

S.L. Rao

Y.V. Reddy

Khalil Musa Shaha

T.C.A. Srinivasa-Raghavan

M.S. Swaminathan

A. Vasudevan

V.S. Vyas