Human development demands that all social groups have equal access to the services provided by the State and equal opportunity for upward economic and social mobility. It is also necessary to ensure that there is no discrimination against any section of the society. The Constitution of India contains various provisions for the development of marginalized groups. Their individual and collective growth, however, cannot be ensured without improving their surroundings and providing basic necessities of life.
The major challenges of human development in India are (a) measurement and aggregation of human development, (b) manifestation of poverty in all dimensions of human life, (c) drop out and stagnation in primary education, (d) more demand for higher education than the available facilities, (e) decontextualization of present system of education (f) persistent regional disparities and social inequalities (g) unregulated human activities and unsustainable use of environmental resources and (h) gross under valuation of women’s economic contribution.
The book, consisting of 24 scholarly articles, provides valuable material on various dimensions of human development in India. It also makes practicable recommendations in this context.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Himanshu Sekhar Rout
Himanshu Sekhar Rout was awarded Ph.D. in applied economics, M.Phil (A and A economics), M.A. (A and A Economics), M.A. (Public Administration) and M.Ed. from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar and APA from NIIT, Tezpur, Assam. He has attended 11 training programmes/short-term courses/summer schools/winter schools at various institutions like IIT delhi, Karolinska Institute Stockolm, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IGIDR Mumbai, IIM Kolkata, VVGNLI Noida, CSER Mumbai and CSS Surat. He has 12 years of teching/research experience in various organizations like Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Institute of Business Administration and Management, Bhubaneswar, Lal bahadur Shastri national Academy of Administration, Mussorie, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Department of economics, Utkal university, Bhubaneswar. He is presently involved in both teaching and research at P.G. Department of economics, dr. SRK Government Arts College, (Government of Puducherry), Yanam, India. His areas of teaching and research interest include, economics, gender studies, rural development and tourism economics. He is a life member of Indian economic Association, Indian labour Economic Association, Indian Association of research in National Income and Wealth and orissa Commerce Association.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. Bhyrava Murthy
Dr. S. Bhyrava Murthy is with the Post-graduate Department of Economics, Dr. SRK Government Arts College (Pondicherry University), Yanam, India.
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