Readings in Indian Agriculture and Industry
Contents: Preface. Part- I. Agriculture. Introduction to Part I: Agriculture/Uma Kapila. Agricultural Performance since Independence. 1. Indian Agriculture: An Overview of Performance and Issues of Major Concerns/C.H. Hanumantha Rao. 2. Output and Productivity Growth in Indian Agriculture/Uma Kapila. The Policy Environment and Current Issues. 3. Modernising Indian Agriculture/V.M. Rao and P.D. Jeromi. 4. Farm Sector Performance and the Reform Agenda/Rip Landes and Ashok Gulati. 5. Institutional Reforms for Agricultural Growth/T.C.A Anant. 6. Agriculture Markets in India: Implications for Competition/Ramesh Chand. 7. Crop Insurance in India: Scope for Improvement/V.S. Vyas and Surjit Singh. 8. Food Policy in India: Some Longer Term Issues/Mihir Rakshit. 9. The Global Food Crisis: Causes, Severity and Outlook/Ramesh Chand. 10. Globalisation and Indian Agriculture/G.S. Bhalla. Part - II. Industry. 11. The Progress of Industrialisation in India/K.L. Krishna. Growth, Employment and Productivity. 12. Industrial Policy and Performance since 1980: Which Way Now?/R. Nagaraj. 13. Employment Growth in Factory Manufacturing Sector during Pre- and Post-Reform Periods/Suresh D. Tendulkar. 14. Small Industry and Globalisation: Implications, Performance and Prospects/M.H. Bala Subrahmanya. 15. Indian Manufacturing: Productivity Trends in Pre- and Post-Reform Periods/Bishwanath Goldar. Industrial and Trade Liberalisation. 16. Trade Liberalisation and Industrial Performance: A Disaggregated View of Indian Manufacturing in the 1990s/Isher Judge Ahluwalia. 17. Liberalisation, Foreign Direct Investment Flows and Development: Indian Experience in the 1990s/Nagesh Kumar. 18. Public Sector Performance since 1950: A Fresh Look/ R. Nagaraj. Competition and Regulation. 19. Evolution of Competition Policy and Law in India/ S. Chakravarthy. 20. State of Competition in the Indian Manufacturing Industry/K.V. Ramaswamy. 21. Does Openness Promote Competition? A Case Study of Indian Manufacturing/Manoj Pant and Manoranjan Pattanayak. 22. Mergers and Acquisitions in India: Implications for Competition/
Manish Agarwal. 23. Labour Market Regulation and Industrial Performance in India: A Critical Review of the Empirical Evidence/Aditya Bhattacharjea.
"Editors K.L. Krishna and Uma Kapila bring in their respective expertise on industry and agriculture to compile this unique reference text, with contributions from noted economists, in order to provide critical insights into the two vital sectors of the Indian economy."
