PRAGYAAN

Growth and development planning in India / K.L. Datta.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford scholarship onlinePublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (368 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190991579 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 338.954 23
LOC classification:
  • HC435
Online resources: Summary: The theme of this book is to appraise the role of planning to maximize the rate of economic growth, & improve the standards of living & quality of life of the people in India since Independence. The book addresses four core areas. First, it delves into the circumstances which led to the adoption of planning & presents an analysis of the economic scenario that unfolded in the decades between 1951 & 2011, documenting shifts in growth & development strategy. Second, it explores the rate & pattern of economic growth, & traces reasons behind the shortfall in growth rate from the target. Third, the book contextualizes the backdrop against which economic reform measures were introduced to understand how different areas & sectors of the economy were integrated with the reform process. Fourth, it analyses the transition from growth measures pursued until the 1970s, to a mix of growth & redistribution from the 1980s, & then to inclusive growth in the 2000s.
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This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The theme of this book is to appraise the role of planning to maximize the rate of economic growth, & improve the standards of living & quality of life of the people in India since Independence. The book addresses four core areas. First, it delves into the circumstances which led to the adoption of planning & presents an analysis of the economic scenario that unfolded in the decades between 1951 & 2011, documenting shifts in growth & development strategy. Second, it explores the rate & pattern of economic growth, & traces reasons behind the shortfall in growth rate from the target. Third, the book contextualizes the backdrop against which economic reform measures were introduced to understand how different areas & sectors of the economy were integrated with the reform process. Fourth, it analyses the transition from growth measures pursued until the 1970s, to a mix of growth & redistribution from the 1980s, & then to inclusive growth in the 2000s.

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