Poverty and Economic Reforms : Impact on Poverty Alleviation and Other Sectors of the Economy

Contents: Preface. Poverty: 1. Indian poverty--the concern of political parties, industrialists and other government agencies, before and after independence. 2. Who is poor? extent of poverty in India. 3. Programmes schemes for alleviation of poverty. 4. Review of poverty alleviation programmes/schemes taken up and strategy adopted since independence--their inadequacies and deficiencies. Economic Reforms: 5. Foreign exchange crises and initiation of economic and social reforms/new initiatives in India. 6. Apprehension/misgiving about the economic reforms. 7. Reforms for higher economic growth-but not the end of reforms. 8. Impact of economic reforms and new initiatives on various and sectors of the economy and poverty alleviation. 9. Conclusions and suggestions. Annexure.