Contents: Introduction. I. Sectoral issues: 1. Intra-sector vis-a-vis inter-state relationships of the service sector in Indian economy: 1993-99/Sampriti Biswas and D.P. Pal. 2. Changing scenario of Indian economy since 1980s: pattern, growth and productivity/Debjani Mitra and Prankrishna Pal. 3. Structural changes in Indian fisheries: an overview/Pradeep K. Katiha and Sanchita Sarkar. 4. Population growth and forest degradation in Northeast India/Somnath Hazra and Raj Kumar Sen. 5. Structural changes in Indian economy: 1947-2000/Kishore Kumar Roy Choudhury. 6. A study on changing structure of Indian economy with emphasis on post-reform period/D. Ramesh. 7. An enquiry into the sub-state level disparities--the case of West Bengal/Debendra Narayan Bhattacharyya. II. Living standard and quality of life: 8. Income and quality of life/Anish Kumar Mukhopadhyay. 9. Structural transformation of assets and debts in rural India during the period of On-going reforms/G.P. Pal and D.P. Pal. 10. Changing pattern of consumption expenditure in rural India during the reform period/Jayanta Sen. 11. Changes in the consumption pattern in India: 1993-2004/Debottam Chakraborty and D.P. Pal. III. Social sector: 12. Structural change in Indian economy and rural poverty/Dhirendra Nath Konar. 13. An enquiry into Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan with special focus on Kolkata/Diganta Mukherjee, Sibojyoti Haldar, Rahul Paul, Partha Saha and Rony Sengupta. 14. Globalization and the pattern of employment in unorganized manufacturing units of India: an NSS-based analysis/Amrita Chatterjee. 15. Eradication of unemployment through Gandhian way in the context of Second Generation Reforms/Rakesh A. Joshi. IV. Infrastructure, efficiency and innovations: 16. Indian economy and urban infrastructural development--a study/Monomita Nandy. 17. Does higher profitability reflect higher efficiency?: a comparative study of two international airports/Arup Pramanik. 18. Radical innovations and economic growth: effects on labour market in India/Suman Lodh. 19. Mobile phone conquered India--a new regime initiated/Suhas Roy. Index.

"Reforms and Structural Changes in India is an edited volume based on papers presented at a UGC-sponsored seminar organized by the Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and invited papers from the distinguished scholars. Thematically, these papers are arranged into four sections.

The book contains an editorial introduction on the changes in the structure of the Indian economy going on in various fields due to on-going reform process. The book will be useful to academicians, researchers and general readers interested in Indian economic problems in the context of changing economic reforms." (jacket)