Indian economy problems of development and planning - Agrawal, A. N. (New Delhi Wishwa Prakashan, 1997)
Underdevelopment Development Indian economy: a historical perspective Present state and the perspective Economic reforms Natural resources Population growth and urbanisation Population: development and policy Human capital Workforce and occupational structure Unemployment and employment Economic infrastructure National income: measurement, growth and industrial origin Income distribution and poverty Capital Formation Domestic Saving Agriculture: role backwardness and progress Crops, production, productivity, inputs and surpluses Land reforms Farm-size and efficiency Agriculture labor Agriculture: mechanisation and green revolution Agricultural finance and rural indebtedness Marketing of agricultural produce Agricultural prices Cooperative movement Food problem and public distribution system Rural development Industrial growth: performance and problems Small-scale and cottage industries Public sector and private sector Industrial finance Monopoly, concentration and multinationals Industrial labour New industrial Policy Financial System Money and money market Reserve bank and monetary policy Commercial banks Prices, money and inflation Central finances and new fiscal policy Tax structure: Problems and reforms Agricultural income tax, expenditure tax, modvat and service tax Parallel economy Public debt and deficit financing Federal finances Balance of payments: problems and policies Foreign trade : trends and problems New trade policy: features and evaluations WTO: features and assessment Rupee: exchange rate and convertibility Foreign capital Economics planning: features and objectives Planning: centralization and decentralization Strategy development Financing of plans New economic policy and privatization Progress under planning Ninth five year plan (2002-2007)
Includes bibliography and appendix.
Keywords: ECONOMICS; ECONOMICS -- INDIA; ECONOMICS -- PLANNING; ECONOMICS -- DEVELOPMENTAL