Perspectives on a Growth-Oriented Hill Economy: Himachal Pradesh

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The hill State, Himachal Pradesh has made tremendous progress since Independence in terms of several indicators of development, particularly those relating to education and health. The perspectives of the contributors of different chapters of this book bring out the opportunities that abundantly exist for accelerating economic growth of the State so as to lift it to the near-top rank in the matter of all-round development. After all, faster economic growth is instrumental in generating much bigger volume of wealth, income, employment etc. and thus helps in improving the quality of life, eradicating poverty and contributing to further social sector development. For that, the book argues that a potential synergy already exists between social and economic development, only is the state government acts as a real facilitator of over-all development. The policy makers, researchers and students of economics may find the book useful.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR L.R. Sharma

Dr. L.R. Sharma (born 1934) obtained the Degree of M.A. (Economics) from Punjab University and the Degree of M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Himachal Pradesh University. He has a teaching experience of nearly 27 years to his credit, out of which 20 years teaching experience is at the post-graduate level. Earlier he served in the H.P. Education Deptt. (College cadre) and Punjab University Regional centre for the last about 16 years. He has been associated with conducting several evaluation studies sponsored by Himachal Pradesh government. He has also been a Principal Investigator of an on-going Himalayan Eco-Development Project sponsored by the deptt. of Environment. Forests and Wildlife, Govt of India. He is the author of the several articles which have been published in reputed national journals.