In a vast country like India, striking regional disparities, inherited from colonial rule of over two centuries, have increased in the post-independence era because of faulty unified and centralized planning, political structure and social traditions. Issue of inter-regional as well as intra-regional disparities have gained prominence in the literature of growth and development of Indian economy because of rising regionalism and secessionism originating from extreme inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth.
The present volume contains 36 research papers in all, presented at Ninety-first Conference of Indian Economic Association on 27-29 December 2008, at M.S. University, Udaipur (Rajasthan). The session on Inter-regional disparities, in which these research papers were presented and discussed under the chairmanship of Prof. T.S. Papola a well known economist of India had a lively and fruitful discussion.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anil Kumar Thakur
Dr. Anil Kumar thakur, M.A. M.Ed., Ph. D., is a senior faculty member in the Post Graduate Department of Applied Economics and Commerce at College of Commerce, Patna under Magadh University. Many research scholars have obtained Ph. D. degrees under his guidance and supervision.
Thakur has excelled himself in several areas of Economic Policy and Fiscal Management of the Indian Economy. He has also edited more than forty books/journals/souvenirs. Thakur is a matured organizer and architect of Indian Economic Association. He is the youngest Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of Indian Economic Association. He has founded the Economic Association of Bihar and Jharkhand and remained its Founder Secretary for more than ten years.He is a signature of Indian Economic Association and many organizations of Bihar and India. Thakur is the vanguard of young professional economists living in far-flung rural remote areas to inspire and encourage them to write articles and books.
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