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Indian Economy

Performance and Policies

Uma Kapila

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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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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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