ABSTRACT

This handbook presents a comprehensive study of the post-reform Indian economy, three decades after the economic liberalization started in the early 1990s.

It studies the broad range of changes that were introduced in the reforms era, assessing their impact on sectors like manufacturing, agriculture, banking and finance, among others. It also assesses the performance of these sectors amid globalization and the socio-economic shifts in the country. The volume evaluates the contribution of the reforms to social transformation, social inclusion, sustainability and human development, and deliberates on the gains, blind spots and limitations. With contributions from scholars across the country, case studies and comparative analyses that draw on data analysis, econometric evidence and historical sensibility, this is an authoritative volume on the reforms of the 1990s and their impact on the Indian economy and people.

Topical and the first of its kind, the book will be a useful resource for scholars and researchers of economics, development studies, political economy, management studies, public policy and political studies.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

part II|120 pages

Trade and manufacturing

chapter 6|16 pages

Economic reforms and manufacturing sector growth

Need to reconfigure the industrialisation model? *

chapter 9|15 pages

Service-trade liberalization and manufacturing labour productivity

Post-reform state-level evidence from India

chapter 10|22 pages

Technological heterogeneity, FDI spillovers and export performance

A study of Indian manufacturing firms

chapter 11|16 pages

Non-tariff measures on India's agri-food exports

Is ease of doing business reform distractive? 1

part III|96 pages

Financial sector developments

chapter 12|20 pages

Terms of reference of the Fifteenth Finance Commission

Use of 2011 population and horizontal inequality

chapter 14|34 pages

Financialisation of non-financial corporations in India

An empirical investigation in the post-reform period 1

chapter 15|26 pages

Shadow banking and evaluation of systemic risks in the post-reform period

A case study of gold loan NBFC in India 1

part V|88 pages

Social sector in India

chapter 21|19 pages

Public Distribution System in the post-reform period

A comparative study of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal

chapter 22|16 pages

Market in education in the post-reform era

A case study of private tuition in India

chapter 23|20 pages

India's Human Development Index

Components, methodological issues and forecasting 1

part VI|68 pages

Sectoral and regional issues