This book is an outcome of the proceedings of the national level seminar on "An Agenda of Economic Reforms for the States in India" held in the Department of Economics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur in March 2005. The state governments have bighearted opportunities of socio-economic reforms on the eve of the liberalisation and globalization. Still the state governments are not so solemn of the reforms at their own levels. Most of the state governments are under the rule of coalition of various political parties. The political parties too have no unanimity in adopting such economic reforms. In fact, it is an opportunity to think prospectively. With this intention, a national level expertise was invited for comments and discussions. Most of the important areas of discussions remained out of the thrust issues, but whatever we encountered is significant on the part of the states in India. Agriculture, co-operation, textile, services sector, infrastructure, fiscal agenda, regional disparity and higher education were the main issues discussed in this volume along with the discussant’s comments.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR V.B. Jugale
V.B. Jugale is Professor and Head, Department of Economics and Dean of the Social Science Faculty, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He is the Chief Editor of the Indian Development Review (An International Journal of Development Economics) published by the Serials Publication, New Delhi. He has a credit of authoring the reference books on; Theories of Agricultural Finance, Wages, Employment and Industrial Relations of Farm Sector Workers in Sugar industry, Sugarcane Pricing, Village Banking, Cooperative Credit in Indian Agriculture, Economic Analysis of Saline Lands in Sugarcane Belt, Decontrol and Delicensing of Sugar Industry, Water Management in Krishna River Basin, Water Resources in Man River Basin, Water Resources in Man River Basin, Horticulture Economy of Maharashtra etc. and such other 15 booklets and occasional papers. He has also a credit of publishing eighty research articles in the national international journals. He has presented more than hundred research papers in various seminars, conferences and symposiums organized by national and international organizations. He is the Founder President of the Centre for Social Studies and Research, Sangli.
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