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 impact of organised retailing on India’s farm economy and sustainable sue of water in agriculture. Showcasing views based on interactions with scholars and public figures, they examine how globalisation has resulted in inequalities, ensuring accountability in performance and the challenges ahead for the National Rural Employment Guarantee programme. They delve into growth in Andhra Pradesh in particular where the rising discontent against regional disparities is seen as a crucial factor in the decision to form a separate state of Telangana.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR C.H. Hanumantha Rao
Professor Chennamaneni Hanumantha Rao is currently Chairman, Board of Governors, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi and Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He is also Member, National Adivsory council, Government of India. Born in 1929 in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, he did his graduation from Nizam College, Hyderabad. As an activist of the All Jyderabad Students Union, he participated actively in the freedom struggle. He did his M.A. in Economics from Osmania University, Jyderabad (1957) and his Ph.D. from University of Delhi (1962). He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Chicago during 1966-67. He was a Fellow at the Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi (1961-92) and also its Director (1976-80). In addition to a distinguished academic career, Professor Rao has been at the forefront of several high-level policy making bodies under Government of India. He was Member, Planning Commission (1982-86); Member, Seventh and Eighth Finance Commissions; Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (1983-85); Chairman, ational Commission on Rural Labuor (1990-91); Chairman, Technical Adivsory Committee on DPA and DDP, Ministry of Rural Development (1993-97); Chairman, HIgh Powered Fertilisers Pricing Policy Review Committee (1997-98); and Member, Board of Directors, Reserve Bank of India (1994-2000). His publications include "Technological change and Distribution of Gains in Indian Agriculture" (Macmillan, 1975); "Agricultural Growth, Rural Poverty and Environmental Degradation in India" (OUP, 1994); "Andhra Pradesh Development: Economic Reforms and Challenges Ahead" (edited with S. Mahendra Dev, CESS, 2003) and over 100 research papers in academic journals. Professor Rao has received many awards during his illustrious career. The awards/honours include Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Memorial prize (1974-75), Sri Kambhampati Satyanarayana (Senior) Memorial Award (1998), K.H. Batheja Award (1994), Financial Express Award (1955), Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy from Srikrishna Devaraya University, anathapur (1991) and the Kakatiya University, Warangal (1998), in Andhra Pradehs; and Sri Ravi Narayan Reddy Memorial Award (1994), and Telgu Atma Gaurava Puraskaram (2000). He has been awarded 'Padma Bhushan' by the President of India in 2004.
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Essays on Inclusive Growth and Some Reminiscences
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Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
Academic Foundation, 2014
ISBN
9789332700895
Length
292p., 24cm.
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