Human Development in India : Challenges and Policies
Contents: About the book. About the editors. Preface. 1. Trends in human development among SAARC countries/M. Indira and V.G. Siddaraju. 2. Human development: a citizenship approach/Sujay Ghosh. 3. Robust relation among human development and economic freedom - an empirical study on South Asian perspective/Rajni Kapoor. 4. Gender equality: an important issue of human development/Umesh Chandra Pati. 5. Role of geographical indications for economic empowerment and human development: evidences from a GI registered product/P. Nayak. 6. Public expenditure and human development in India/Ranjeeta. 7. Dimensions of poverty and its regional variation/Ruchira Bhattacharya. 8. Human development, other side of the coin of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)/B. Suresh Babu. 9. Role of national rural employment guarantee in human development/Atulya Bhoi and Yoginder Singh. 10. Role of governance towards growth and human development/Sangram Kumar Rout. 11. Dynamics of health status and Health care in Assam/Dukhabandhu Sahoo. 12. Trends and patterns of health expenditure in Andhra Pradesh/T. Subba Lakshmi. 13. Infrastructure and human development in India/Narayan Chandra Nayak. 14. Exclusion of social infrastructure menace to human development in India/L. Ganesan. 15. Education and human development/M. Indira. 16. Education, food security and human development in Orissa/Bidyadhar Majhi. 17. Technology and its impact on human development/K. Joseph Raj. 18. Human development and environmental quality: issues of harmony and conflict/Nirmal Chandra Sahu. 19. Impact of environmental degradation on human development/Barun Kumar Thakur. 20. Sustainable development and human development as a two way relationship: a case for clean cooking fuels for Indian rural households/Robin Singhal. 21. Challenges in human development: a case study of West Bengal/Mitrajit Chatterjee. 22. Travel and tourism competitiveness index and human development/Y. Venkata Rao and B. Thrinadha Rao. 23. Gender discrimination in the recognition of work and earnings in rural India/Swarna Sadasivam Vepa. 24. Factors behind low yield of rice in Assam/Dipali Bosumatari and Phanindra Goyari. Index.
“Human development demands that all social groups have equal access to the services provided by the state and equal opportunity for upward economic and social mobility. It is also necessary to ensure that there is no discrimination against any section of the society. The Constitution of India contains various provisions for the development of marginalized groups. Their individual and collective growth, however, cannot be ensured without improving their surroundings and providing basic necessitates of life.
The major challenges of human development in India are (a) measurement and aggregation of human development, (b) manifestation of poverty in all dimensions of human life, (c) drop out and stagnation in primary education, (d) more demand for higher education than the available facilities, (e) decontextualization of present system of education (f) persistent regional disparities and social inequalities (g) unregulated human activities and unsustainable use of environmental resources and (h) gross under valuation of women’s economic contribution.
The book, consisting of 24 scholarly articles, provides valuable material on various dimensions of human development in India. It also makes practicable recommendations in this context.” (jacket)
