This book brings together three essays of Dr. Chelliah on reforms and poverty alleviation. Together they unravel the working of the Indian political economy and explain the causes behind persistent poverty in the country despite economic growth. The essays address the issues of effective means of poverty reduction by the states, reforms of federal fiscal relations, and taxes.Dr. Chelliah's central premise is that the major fault of India's economic policy ...
Towards Sustainable Growth: Essays in Fiscal and Financial Sector Reforms in India
Income-Poverty and Beyond: Human Development in India emphasizes the need to go beyond the conventional definition of poverty and look at the various human aspects of the problem. It takes a comprehensive view of poverty to include the concept of human poverty, seen as 'the denial of opportunities and choices most basic to human development'. In this volume, eminent social scientists--Suresh Tendulkar, Abusaleh Shariff, R. Radhakrishna, M.S.S. Meenakshisundaram, ...
