Contemporary Issues of Indian Economy
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Kautilya: the great Indian economic thinker in ancient times. 3. Corruption and economic growth in the context of a developing economy. 4. Women\'s role in the present high rate of population growth in India. 5. Trend of Indian agriculture in the post-independence period. 6. The extent of rural poverty in India. 7. Economic reforms, employment generation and regional disparity in India. 8. Impact of service-led growth on Indian economy. 9. Population growth, global warming and economic development. 10. WTO and its impact on India\'s foreign trade with special reference to the agricultural sector. 11. Regional cooperation for a better India. 12. The extent of human poverty in India and Indonesia. 13. Conclusion. Index.
From the preface: "Contemporary Issues of Indian economy is a collection of research articles presented by me in different seminars and conferences both inside and outside India. Almost each and every article covered in this volume has been published in different journals in either abstract or full form. The contents of many articles presented in this volume have been changed. I have tried to make the information as current as possible. However, due to shortage of time in some cases this has not been possible and for this the author may be graciously excused.
Poverty, especially, the rural one, has pained me very much since my birth in rural Bengal. I have seen in my own eyes how many members of different families had to pass their days almost being half-fed. This is, especially, true to the elderly women of the families I am speaking about. These women after distributing almost the entire food prepared by themselves among the children and other members of the family, had to be satisfied only with the little left-over. But such women had, smilingly, borne with it for days together. They did not make any protest for it because they were fully aware of their financial condition. Children and other members of the family, in most cases, failed to get iota of trace of it, though this was grim reality."
