The contents of this volume add useful dimensions to the ongoing debate on various issues relating to India’s transition to the new economic policy regime, The papers in this volume were written specifically for the National Conference on Industrial Development and Economic Policy Issues, organized by the institute for studies in Industrial Development during June 27-28, 2008. The conference was held in honour of Professor S.K. Goyal and was anchored on his research interests. While some of the contributions deal specifically with the Indian scenario, others provide an overall context for the debate. They are thus an interesting mixture of specifics and the general. Section I deals with the issue of industrialization and employment especially in the context of increasing importance of the services sector and deceleration of the agricultural sector. Section II examines the historical context of the development of corporate sector in India as well as the present ownership pattern of the sector which has direct implications for industrialization and distributional aspects respectively. This section also deals with the developments in the banking sector. Section III focuses on the role of foreign direct investment in development and innovations, the performance of different constituents of the corporate sector in terms of exports and India’s preparedness for a Free Trade Agreement with China. Section IV is about globalisation issues in general and India’s experience in this context in particular. Section V focuses on issues relating to poverty and inequality. Section VI covers a different set of issues namely, political and cultural dimensions of the new era.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K.S. Chalapati Rao
K.S. Chalapati Rao is professor at Institute for Studies in Industrial development, New Delhi. He is a researcher having three decades of experience in studying various aspects of India’s industrial policy and corporate sector.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K.V.K. Ranganathan
K.V.K. Ranganathan is professor at Institute for Studies in Industrial development, New Delhi. His major areas of research interest are on inward and outward foreign investment and corporate sector.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M.R. Murthy
Dr. M.R. Murthy was born in 1940 in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh. He obtained a doctorate in psychology from Osmania University, Hyderabad, and has a lengthy experience of teaching at various levels. He is associated with many non-profit organisations and is a member of the International Association of Applied Psychology and the National Academy of Psychology. Presently, he is Director of Research at the Centre for personality Development (CPD) in Hyderabad. Among the books he has written are Human Relations and Personality Adjustment and Human Behaviour and Personality Disorders which have been appreciated by people in the field. His articles have appeared in many reputed journals and magazines. He has organised a number of personality development programmes and seminars.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.R. Hashim
S.R. Hashim is director of Institute for Studies in Industrial development, New Delhi. His original work on method of measuring capital stock, published in the book Capital –output Relations in Indian industries (in co-authorship with Dr. M.M. Dadi) is well regarded in literature as a seminal contribution. He has since extensively worked and written on issues relating to poverty and inequality, water and agriculture and small scale industries.
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