Towards Social Development : An Anthology of C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lectures/edited by K.S. Bhat. New Delhi, Rawat Pub., 2008, xx, 236 p., ISBN 81-316-0080-7.

    Contents: Foreword/Muchkund Dubey. C.D. Deshmukh: a profile/K.S. Bhat. 1. Planning for the poor: Indian experience/S.R. Sankaran. 2. The state of higher education in India/B.P. Jeevan Reddy. 3. A national economic agenda/M. Narasimham. 4. State and market; scope  and limits/C. Rangarajan. 5. Food grain surpluses: causes and policy implications/C.H. Hanumantha Rao. 6. Media power, roles and social responsibility: the Indian experience/N. Ram. 7. India today: self-government is the only remedy: but what are the Maladies?/L.C. Jain. 8. Private sector in education: trends, causes and consequences/A. Vaidyanathan. Index.

    "Five out of the eight lectures included in this volume are on the subject of economic planning and policy making. Among the remaining three lectures, two are on education and the third is on the media. Though, some of the analyses and perceptions in a few of the lectures might have outlived their purpose, but, on the whole, largely on account of the unfortunate intractability of several of our problems like poverty, food security, education etc., these lectures are of long-term value and relevance and hence this is an important and timely publication." (jacket)

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