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The essays on inclusive growth keep in view the aims to achieve sustainable and inclusive development through growth that reduces regional disparities in development and gives priority to agriculture and manufacturing as well as health and education. The essays discuss regional disparities in development, the technology fatigue, growth and sustainability in agriculture covering constraints in growth in this sector, farmer suicides, agricultural pricing policy and ...
The Essays in this book, Regional Disparities, Smaller States and Statehood for Telangana, written on different occasions over a period of four decades reflects the understanding and vision of the author with regard to the complex issues of regional disparities and emerging regional tensions, and the revival of the demands for the creation of smaller states.The author observation that inter-state and intra-state disparities in development have not only persisted ...
The papers in this volume, presented at the Second Biennial Conference of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics, held at Bhopal in December 2001, address wide-ranging issues related to water resources, sustainable livelihoods and eco-system services, with special reference to India. Starting with an examination of water-related issues at the macro-level, they provide multiple perspectives of hydrology, economics, political economy and water-related ...
Andhra Pradesh has been vigorously pursuing economic reforms since the mid-1990s for stepping up economic growth and alleviating poverty, while protecting environment. These initiatives have earned a name for Andhra Pradesh as one in the forefront of economic reforms, raising high expectations within the country and abroad about its performance. The papers in this volume examine the development experience of Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the on-going economic ...
In the course of over half a century of planned development in India, there has been a major transformation of farming from the traditional to the modern, with millions of farmers participating in the green revolution and becoming increasingly conscious of science and technology. The country has entered the new era of globalisation with confidence, even as the expectations of farmers have been aroused. The Millennium Study was conceived, planned and coordinated ...
The present volume brings together author's papers on the three related themes, viz., Development Strategy, Regional Disparities in Development and Centre-State Financial Relations in India. Written on different occasions over a period of more than three decades while the author worked at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and also in the Planning Commission, until 1992 and thereafter, as an honorary Professor, at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies ...
The late eminent economist A.M. Khusro was a Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth right from its inception, and his association with the IEG continued till the end. As a token of gratitude, the members of the IEG family decided to pay an affectionate tribute to the departed colleague and teacher by bringing out a volume containing research papers pertaining to several themes that were cherished and valued by him. All the contributors to this volume have ...
In this collection, eminent economist C.H. Hanumantha Rao explores the growth and equity consequences of India’s economic reforms. In the context of the agricultural sector and the rural economy, he identifies investment in infrastructure, the expanding of institutional credit and the removal of restrictions on domestic trade as key factors for increasing agricultural growth in order to sustain reforms. Insightful and wide spanning, the collection will be ...
The present volume brings together author’s papers on the three related themes, viz., Agricultural Growth, Farm Size and Tenure, and Rural Poverty Alleviation in India. Written over a period of four decades while the author worked at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi (1961-1992) and thereafter as an honorary professor, at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, they reflect the evolution of policies for agricultural development and ...
In India the process of modernization and development was initiated in the early 1950s, bringing in its fold a number of issues. This book discusses and analyses from an economic and social perspective some of these vital concerns--growth, equity, environment and human resources. It is a collection of the work of researchers at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), inspired by the forthcoming Golden Jubilee Year of the IEG. The essays in the volume employ ...