National and Sub-National Economic Development : Post Economic Reforms
Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. National macro economic dynamics: India: 1. A decade of reforms: where to now?/P.R. Brahmananda. 2. Regulation of tariffs in the power sector/C. Rangarajan. 3. Future of banking and insurance/R. Parthasarathy. 4. Price transmission between global and Indian prices in agricultural commodities market/P. Ganesan. 5. A plan with a difference/K. Venkatasubramanian. 6. "India vision 2020"—is it Utopian or Cornucopian/P. Jegadish Gandhi. II. Sub-national economic dialects: Tamil Nadu: I. Overview dimensions: 7. Political economy of Tamil Nadu/G. Viswanathan. 8. Tamil Nadu economy: progress during nineties and challenges ahead/K.V. Palanidurai. 9. Growth performance of Tamil Nadu: interfacing with Adhra Pradesh/Biman Chandra De. 10. The economy of Tamil Nadu: marching ahead/Ram Naresh Thakur. 11. Growth and development: a comparative study of Tamil Nadu and India/R. Arunachalam and K. Nandha Kumar. 12. Performance of public sector undertakings in Tamil Nadu/Gautam Naresh and J.V.M. Sarma. II. Primary sector prism: 13. Utilisation of irrigation for sustainable agricultural development in Tamil Nadu/D. Rudrappan. 14. Increasing population and decreasing agricultural land in Tamil Nadu/T. Govindaraj and R. Rajendran. 15. Effect of education in the adoption of agricultural technologies in Tamil Nadu: a micro-level analysis/J. Govindadass. 16. Development prospects of fisheries sector in Tamil Nadu/K. Pazhani. III. Services sector signals: 17. Reforms in power sector: an analysis/K.T. Rengamani and P. Ganesan. 18. Pricing of bus transport services: a case study of Tamil Nadu transport corporations/P. Jegadish Gandhi. 19. Asymmetrical performance of scheduled Commercial Banks in Tamil Nadu/P. Ganesan and P.N. Ravi. 20. Dynamics of IT Industry in Tamil Nadu/B. Murali Manohar and S. Ganesh. IV. Financial facets: 21. Tamil Nadu state finances: some crucial issues/R. Balaji. 22. A recursive macro fiscal adjustment model for Tamil Nadu/Gautam Naresh and J.V.M. Sarma. V. Gender dynamics: 23. Gender and employment in Tamil Nadu: some observations/A. Muthuraja. 24. A study on women empowerment in Tamil Nadu/S. Lakshmi. VI. Social sector skewness: 25. Economic reforms and social sector development in Tamil Nadu/M. Naganathan and K. Jothi Sivagnanam. 26. Public expenditure and social sector development in Tamil Nadu/Rekha Jaganathan. 27. Economic growth and decline of poverty in the post-reform period of Tamil Nadu/A. Barathan. VII. Economic externalities: 28. Role of leather industry in the economy of Tamil Nadu/P. Mohammed Yousuf. 29. Environmental assessment of industrial effluent in river cauvery/N. Rajalakshmi, D. Janagam, J. Sacratees and R. Annadurai. 30. Tannery pollution: Its impact on Tamil Nadu economy/P.S. Subrahmanian. Index.
"National economic policy and programmes will create ripples in the sub-national economies at all times. In the post-reform period, Indian economy shows welcome changes in industrial and services sectors and worrisome problems in social sectoral development shifts.
"The edited book is an attempt to picturise the socio-economic developmental changes in the post-reform period in India. The book is broadly divided into two parts. Part A deals with the performance, problems and perspectives of decadal economic reforms. Part B analyses the changes, challenges and prospects of the Tamil Nadu economic development in all sectors during the above period.
"Apart from the contributors from different parts of India, his excellency Dr. C. Rangarajan, Prof. P.R. Brahmananda and Dr. K. Venkatasubramanian, Member of the Planning Commission have analysed critically the Indian economic dynamics. A special focus on Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s ‘India vision 2020’ is added for the benefit of young scholars.
"The book provides new thoughts and riders in the economic development dynamics in India. It will be of rich referral to students, researchers and policy pundits on the contemporary Indian economic challenges and on the contextual regional development of Tamil Nadu economy." (jacket)
