Agricultural Growth and Economic Reforms

This book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of the most recent ongoing issues on the Indian economy relating to agriculture growth and economic reforms. It provides with a comprehensive overview of the subject and a more detailed analysis of the issues. The book is divided into three parts. Part I : presents overview of the dynamics of Indian agriculture on the notions of intertemporal processual concept of rural poverty associated with land status of the peasant household, an evolution of land reforms measures in ameliorating rural poverty in India and the importance of non-farm employment as well as aspects of irrigation management. While Part II brings together the main features of economic growth and structural changes in Indian Economy, Part III finally draws on the major development in the sphere of economic reforms measures initiated in India since 1991 particularly in the light of conceptual framework and the emerging issues with reference to the second generation reforms. The book will be of immense value to all those who wish to study and understand the overall scenario of the potential, constraints, perspective and future changes to agriculture growth and economic reforms in India both from theoretical and practical point of view.