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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|104 pages
Agrarian reforms and agriculture
part II|120 pages
Trade and manufacturing
chapter 6|16 pages
Economic reforms and manufacturing sector growth
chapter 8|27 pages
Trade liberalisation and export competitiveness of Indian manufacturing sector
chapter 9|15 pages
Service-trade liberalization and manufacturing labour productivity
chapter 10|22 pages
Technological heterogeneity, FDI spillovers and export performance
chapter 11|16 pages
Non-tariff measures on India's agri-food exports
part III|96 pages
Financial sector developments
chapter 12|20 pages
Terms of reference of the Fifteenth Finance Commission
chapter 14|34 pages
Financialisation of non-financial corporations in India
chapter 15|26 pages
Shadow banking and evaluation of systemic risks in the post-reform period
part IV|58 pages
FDI, R&D and innovation
chapter 18|30 pages
Economic liberalisation and the development of molecular diagnostics industry in India
part V|88 pages
Social sector in India
chapter 21|19 pages
Public Distribution System in the post-reform period
chapter 22|16 pages
Market in education in the post-reform era
chapter 23|20 pages
India's Human Development Index
part VI|68 pages
Sectoral and regional issues