Indian Economy
Performance and Policies
Uma Kapila
Performance and Policies
About the Book
Here’s the new, 15th Edition of the widely accepted textbook (Indian economy paper) for B.Com (Hons.) based on new guidelines (restructured course), incorporating the latest readings recommened by the Department of Economics, University of Delhi, for the academic year 2014-15.The book provides a comprehensive coverage of Indian economy under five sections:
I. basic Issues in economic development: institutional framework and policy regimes;
II. growth and distributional issues: poverty, inequality and employment;
III. current perspectives in Indian agriculture: growth, productivity, constraints and pricing;
IV. industry and services sector;
V. financial sector and the external sector.
The author Dr. Uma Kapila has specially designed this book based on the original readings recommended for the new course, some of these being available in her edited books: Indian Economy Since Independence, 25th Ed. 2014-15 and Two Decades of Economic Reforms, 2012.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
Dr. Uma Kapila, author/editor of several books on Indian economy, retired as Reader, Department of Economics, Miranda House, University of Delhi. She has taught Indian economy to undergraduate students for more than 42 years. Currently, she is Senior Editor, Academic Foundation
Contents in Detail
Preface
Section - I
Economic Development in Post-Independence India
Basic Issues in Economic Development:
1. Economic Development and Under Development
2. Human Development
3. India’s Economy at Independence
Growth, Institutional Framework and Policy Regime:
4. Economic Planning: Evolution and Strategy
5. Economic Reforms and Liberalisation
6. Demographic Constraint: Population Change and Economic Development
7. Land Reforms
8. Growth and Structural Changes since 1951
Section- II
Sectoral Trends and Issues
9. Poverty in India
10. Unemployment and Employment Perspective
11. Economic Inequality in India
Section- III
Current Perspectives in Agriculture
12. Agriculture: Role and Growth Performance
13. Agricultural Price Policy, Food Management and Food Security
Section- IV
Current Perspectives in Industry and Services
14. Industrial Policy
15. Industrial Growth and Structure since 1951
16. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSEs)
17. Public Sector in the Indian Economy
18. Services in the Indian Growth Process
19. Foreign Direct Investment
Section- V
Financial Sector and External Sector
Financial Sector:
20. The Financial Sector: Structure, Performance and Reforms
External Sector:
21. Foreign Trade and Trade Policy
22. Balance of Payments
23. India and the WTO
Glossary
Select Bibliography
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2014 |
| Number of Pages | 552 |
| ISBN |
9789332701670 |
Academic Foundation (AF), based in New Delhi, is India’s leading independent publisher of academic/scholarly books in Social Sciences, specialising in Economics—Development Economics and Indian Economy in particular, and allied subjects.
About the Book
Here’s the new, 15th Edition of the widely accepted textbook (Indian economy paper) for B.Com (Hons.) based on new guidelines (restructured course), incorporating the latest readings recommened by the Department of Economics, University of Delhi, for the academic year 2014-15.The book provides a comprehensive coverage of Indian economy under five sections:
I. basic Issues in economic development: institutional framework and policy regimes;
II. growth and distributional issues: poverty, inequality and employment;
III. current perspectives in Indian agriculture: growth, productivity, constraints and pricing;
IV. industry and services sector;
V. financial sector and the external sector.
The author Dr. Uma Kapila has specially designed this book based on the original readings recommended for the new course, some of these being available in her edited books: Indian Economy Since Independence, 25th Ed. 2014-15 and Two Decades of Economic Reforms, 2012.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
Dr. Uma Kapila, author/editor of several books on Indian economy, retired as Reader, Department of Economics, Miranda House, University of Delhi. She has taught Indian economy to undergraduate students for more than 42 years. Currently, she is Senior Editor, Academic Foundation
Contents in Detail
Preface
Section - I
Economic Development in Post-Independence India
Basic Issues in Economic Development:
1. Economic Development and Under Development
2. Human Development
3. India’s Economy at Independence
Growth, Institutional Framework and Policy Regime:
4. Economic Planning: Evolution and Strategy
5. Economic Reforms and Liberalisation
6. Demographic Constraint: Population Change and Economic Development
7. Land Reforms
8. Growth and Structural Changes since 1951
Section- II
Sectoral Trends and Issues
9. Poverty in India
10. Unemployment and Employment Perspective
11. Economic Inequality in India
Section- III
Current Perspectives in Agriculture
12. Agriculture: Role and Growth Performance
13. Agricultural Price Policy, Food Management and Food Security
Section- IV
Current Perspectives in Industry and Services
14. Industrial Policy
15. Industrial Growth and Structure since 1951
16. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSEs)
17. Public Sector in the Indian Economy
18. Services in the Indian Growth Process
19. Foreign Direct Investment
Section- V
Financial Sector and External Sector
Financial Sector:
20. The Financial Sector: Structure, Performance and Reforms
External Sector:
21. Foreign Trade and Trade Policy
22. Balance of Payments
23. India and the WTO
Glossary
Select Bibliography
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2014 |
| Number of Pages | 552 |
| ISBN |
9789332701670 |
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