Indian Economy

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Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy gives a complete and holistic picture of the economic condition of India.Summary Of The BookThe Indian Economy is extremely complex. With its different classes and types of people, defining one economic policy for the entire country becomes extremely difficult. Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy provides a keen insight into all aspects of the complex nature of the Indian Economy.The book is divided into five parts. The first part focuses on the nature of the Indian Economy and the second about Planning and Economic Development. The third section talks about Agriculture in the National Economy including discussions on Land Reform and Rural Credit, and the fourth focuses on Indian Industries including Large Scale and Small Scale Industries. The fifth section talks about the Tertiary Sector of the Indian Economy.The Indian Economy moves at an extremely fast pace. This requires books on the Indian Economy to constantly update their content. The revised edition of Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy contains contains a new chapter on the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17). The old chapters have also been extensively revised. The book also has a few new sections added, and includes the Union Budget 2010-11, the Trade negotiations Update, and Estimates of the 4th All India Census of MSMEs, to name a few.Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy talks about all the aspects and problems of the Indian Economy. It talks about how this large economy functions and how its different aspects are managed. It also talks about interactions between the various industries within the country and interactions of the Indian Economy with other countries. The book has taken its statistical data from non-government, and government reports, and journals.About The AuthorsAshwani Mahajan is currently an Associate Professor of Economics at DAV PG College, the University of Delhi.His books include Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics and Teaching of Economics.He has published a number of papers and participated in a number of academic conferences.Gaurav Dutt is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director at Monash University Australia.His other published book is Bargaining Power, Wages and Employment: An Analysis of Agricultural Labor Markets in India.He has many years of varied experiences in the field of Economics. He has published many papers in acclaimed international journals such as the World Bank Economic Review, Economic and Political Weekly and Journal of Development Studies. # PART I-STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN ECONOMYIndia as a Developing EconomyIndian Economy on the Eve of IndependenceNational Income of IndiaHuman Resources and Economic Development Human Development in IndiaOccupational Structure and Economic DevelopmentNatural Resources, Economic Development and Environmental DegradationInfrastructure in the Indian EconomySocial Infrastructure and Social SectorPART II-PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTObjectives and Strategy of Economic Planning in IndiaIndustrial Policy and Indian PlanningPublic Sector and Indian PlanningDisinvestment of Public EnterprisesRedefining the Role of the StatePrivatisation and Economic ReformsGlobalization and its Impact on IndiaPlanning Experience in IndiaTenth Five Year Plan (2002-07)Eleventh Five Year Plan and Inclusive GrowthAn Approach to the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17)The Problem of Capital FormationForeign Capital, Foreign Aid and Economic DevelopmentPoverty and the Planning Process in IndiaThe Parallel Economy in IndiaUnemployment in IndiaInequality and Economic Power in IndiaPrices, Price Policy and Economic GrowthBalanced Regional DevelopmentPART III-AGRICULTURE IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMYIndian Agriculture under the Five Year Plans : The Green RevolutionFood Security in IndiaIrrigation and Other Agricultural InputsLand ReformsSize of Farms and Productive EfficiencyOrganisation of Rural Credit in IndiaAgricultural Marketing and WarehousingAgricultural LabourPART IV-INDIAN INDUSTRIESIndustrial Pattern and the PlansSome Large-Scale IndustriesInformation Technology (IT) IndustrySmall-Scale EnterprisesLabour Problems and Labour PolicyUnorganised Sector and Informalisation of the Indian EconomySecond National Commission on LabourPART V-THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN THE INDIAN ECONOMYThe Foreign Trade of IndiaIndia's Balance of PaymentsSpecial Economic ZonesGATT, WTO and India's Foreign TradeIndian Currency SystemIndian Financial System : Commercial Banking SystemIndian Financial System II: Money and Capital Markets in IndiaThe Reserve Bank of India and Monetary Management Indian Public FinanceFinancial Relations Between the Centre and the States Thirteenth Finance Commission (2010-15)Government Subsidies in IndiaAbbreviations # The Indian Economy is extremely complex. With its different classes and types of people, defining one economic policy for the entire country becomes extremely difficult. Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy provides a keen insight into all aspects of the complex nature of the Indian Economy. # The book is divided into five parts. The first part focuses on the nature of the Indian Economy and the second about Planning and Economic Development. The third section talks about Agriculture in the National Economy including discussions on Land Reform and Rural Credit, and the fourth focuses on Indian Industries including Large Scale and Small Scale Industries. The fifth section talks about the Tertiary Sector of the Indian Economy. # The Indian Economy moves at an extremely fast pace. This requires books on the Indian Economy to constantly update their content. The revised edition of Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy contains contains a new chapter on the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17). The old chapters have also been extensively revised. The book also has a few new sections added, and includes the Union Budget 2010-11, the Trade negotiations Update, and Estimates of the 4th All India Census of MSMEs, to name a few. # Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy talks about all the aspects and problems of the Indian Economy. It talks about how this large economy functions and how its different aspects are managed. It also talks about interactions between the various industries within the country and interactions of the Indian Economy with other countries. The book has taken its statistical data from non-government, and government reports, and journals. # About The Authors # Ashwani Mahajan is currently an Associate Professor of Economics at DAV PG College, the University of Delhi. # His books include Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics and Teaching of Economics. # He has published a number of papers and participated in a number of academic conferences. # Gaurav Dutt is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director at Monash University Australia. # His other published book is Bargaining Power, Wages and Employment: An Analysis of Agricultural Labor Markets in India. # He has many years of varied experiences in the field of Economics. He has published many papers in acclaimed international journals such as the World Bank Economic Review, Economic and Political Weekly and Journal of Development Studies. # PART I-STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY # PART II-PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT # PART III-AGRICULTURE IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY # PART IV-INDIAN INDUSTRIES # PART V-THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN THE INDIAN ECONOMY