<div>India is the second most populous country in the world and also one of the poorest. From the late 1940s to 1980, India's per capita income grew at an average annual rate of only two percent. Expansionist economic reforms during the 1980s boosted economic growth but also unfortunately resulted i
Economic Policy in a Liberalising Economy: Indian Reform in this Century
β Scribed by Yoginder Kumar Alagh
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 99
- Series
- SpringerBriefs in Economics
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book follows up on the authorβs popular previous volume on Indian development planning and policy, published under the UNU WIDER series in development economics. It first introduces an evaluation of the newly mandated policy body of India, National Institution for Transforming India (also called the NITI Aayog), which replaced the erstwhile Planning Commission. As per the government site, NITI Aayog is the premier policy βThink Tankβ of the Government of India, providing both directional and policy inputs. While designing strategic and long term policies and programmes for the Government of India, NITI Aayog also provides relevant technical advice to the Centre and States.The book goes on to critically describe and analyse the think tankβs policies in sectors like population, demographics and poverty; agriculture and industry; and infrastructure. Lastly, the concluding chapter discusses appropriate future policies. The approach is to analyse the policy stance of the present Government in India as stated in recent official documents and to see if it has any relationship with past plans in terms of concepts or program details. In addition to the policy makers, the book is a must have resource for students of development economics, particularly of India, and provides a critical account of policies for emerging economies.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Introduction (Yoginder Kumar Alagh)....Pages 1-8
Population, Demographics and Poverty (Yoginder Kumar Alagh)....Pages 9-20
The Agricultural Economy (Yoginder Kumar Alagh)....Pages 21-61
Industry (Yoginder Kumar Alagh)....Pages 63-73
Policy and Future (Yoginder Kumar Alagh)....Pages 75-89
β¦ Subjects
Economics; Political Economy/Economic Policy; Development Economics; Development Policy
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