Economic Liberalization and Poverty Alleviation in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Economic reforms: trade liberalization and poverty/Arpita Sharma and Ashok Mittal. 2.Liberalizaiton and poverty alleviation in rural India strategy and programmes/Rajeev Yashwardhan and Tanu Varshney. 3. Self Help Group approach to poverty alleviation: is it an appropriate alternative/B.B. Mansuri an Mohit K. Saxena. 4. An overview of the schemes launched by Central and State Government for below poverty line and SC/ST/P.K. Jain Danish Khan. 5. Impact of Government Initiatives towards poverty alleviation in rural India/Aniruddh Raghav and Abhilasha Singh. 6. Poverty alleviation through public distribution system (PDS)/Pratima Guopta. 7. Poverty alleviation in India/Shaukat Haseen and Reena. 8. The impact of economic liberalization on employment and wages in India/Md. Junaid Alam and M. Mahmood Alam. 9. Poverty alleviation and role of Indian Government/Rukhsana Begam. 10. Poverty alleviation and assessment of women Self Help Groups of District Etawah. 11. Government role and poverty alleviation through access to education: e-learning/Pragya Lathey. 12. Extent of poverty in India and Government role in its alleviation/Deepika Rajput. 13. Microfinance: a magic wand for promoting integrated rural development and poverty alleviation/Minal. 14. Economic reforms and poverty in India: an overview/Shahina Perween and Gulshan Akhtar. 15. Liberalization of Indian economy a key to alleviation of poverty/Sunil Kumar. 16. An evaluation of poverty alleviation programmes in Aligarh District of UP/Nitu Saini and Usha Sharma. 17. Economic reforms and poverty in India/Roohi Javed. 18. Liberalization and government role in poverty alleviation/Indu Varshney and Trachana Sharma. 19. Poverty alleviation in India: issues and dimensions/Sapna Varshney. 20. Structural adjustment programmes and problems of urban poverty: an Indian perspective/Abdul Bari Naik. Dharmendra Singh and Kanchan Gupta. Index.

This book brings into clear focus Economic Liberalization and Poverty Alleviation in India i.e. Strategy and Programme, poverty alleviation through Self Help Group, Public Distribution System etc. Some useful suggestions have also been given in this book for alleviation of poverty. This book constitutes a rich contribution to an issue of a considerable importance. Therefore, it is expected that this book will be highly useful for policy planners, economists, researchers and students of social science etc.