Author: Uma Kapila
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 560
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171882692
Description
First published in the year 2000, the present edition is a new, revised and enlarged edition of 2003. This work has been very well received and is being used virtually as a text book in Delhi University colleges and also in some other universities.
In writing this book, the author has drawn from the relevant articles/papers written by renowned economists in their special fields. Articles in full length have been included in author's edited book Indian economy since Independence (running in its 14th edition) which is used as a reference text by BA Economics Hons of University of Delhi and some other universities also.
The present edition (third edition) has been further revised incorporating in the relevant chapters latest information available on Indian Economy from various policy documents and reports such as Economic Survey 2002, Union budget 2000-03, Exim Policy 2002-07, RBI Report on Currency and Finance (released 2002), Planning Commission reports on Employment and Unemployment, Monetary Policy 2002-03, etc.
Contents
Preface
PART I: ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Economic Growth and Economic Development
Underdevelopment and the Nature of the Indian Economy
Colonialism and Underdevelopment in India
National Income: Trends & Structural Transformation
Economic Planning in India: Development Strategy & Sustainable Growth
Population and Economic Development
Problem of Unemployment in India
Poverty in India
Resource Mobilisation and Fiscal Policies
Inflation and Price Control
Assessment of Economic Planning in India
Macro Economic Stabilisation and Structural Reforms
PART II: SECTORAL ANALYSIS OF INDIAN ECONOMY
DOMESTIC SECTOR
Agriculture: The Problem of Productivity
Land Reforms
New Technology in Indian Agriculture and the Green Revolution
Farm Mechanisation and Choice of Appropriate Technology
Agricultural Finance in India
Agricultural Marketing and Price Policy
Changing Contours of Indian Agriculture and Emerging Trends in the Light of Globalisation
Industrial Growth in India
Industrial Policy
Public Sector in the Indian Economy
Small Scale Industrialisation
Growth & Problems of Major Industries
Infrastructure & Economic Development
Money & Capital Market in India
EXTERNAL SECTOR
Foreign Trade
Balance of Payments
Foreign Capital and Multinational Corporations
Globalization and Indian Economy