India's Economic Reforms and Development

Author: A VaidyanathanPublisher: Academic FoundationYear: 2003Language: EnglishPages: 504ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171883052 DescriptionRapid economic growth and eradication of abject poverty have been the core concerns of India's polity and government. The essays in this collection provide an overview of evolution of this process culminating in the far-reaching orientation of strategy and policies during the nineties.Co-ordinated planning with the state playing the leading role in initiating and regulating the process of development in pursuit of these objectives has been a distinctive feature. Specific targets, perceptions of the problems involved and their solutions have been changing over time. This book contains a critical assessment of rationale of new strategy and policies, implementation and impact from the political economy perspective.The essays are divided into two sections: Those in the first part, mostly written in the nineties, focus on key elements of overall developm