Indian economy : its development experience / by V. K. Puri, S. K. Misra and Bharat Garg

Includes appendices and index.

PART I : ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT : A THEORETICAL BACKGROUND : Economic growth, development and underdevelopment -- Economic and human development -- The environment and development -- Selected reading for issues discussed part I -- PART II : STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY : Colonialism and underdevelopment of the Indian economy -- Nature of the Indian economy -- Natural resources -- Infrastructure -- The population growth and economic development -- Some demographic issues -- Human resources development : education and health -- Labour force growth and occupational pattern -- Employment and unemployment in India -- capital formation in India -- National income of India : macroeconomic overview -- Poverty India -- Income inequalitie4s in India -- Selected reading for issues discussed part II -- PART III : BASIC ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE : Indian agriculture : role, nature and cropping pattern -- Issues in Indian agriculture policy and rural development -- Agricultural production and productivity trends -- Land reforms -- Agriculture inputs and green revolution -- Agricultural finance and marketing -- Agricultural prices and agricultural price policy -- Agricultural labour -- Selected reading for issues discussed part III -- PART IV : THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AND SERVICES IN INDIAN ECONOMY : Industrial development during the post-independence period -- Some major industries of India -- Small-scale and cottage industries -- Industrial policy -- Public sector in the Indian economy -- Privatisation of public sector enterprises : the disinvestment programme in India -- Some issues related to private sector -- Industrial sickness in India -- Labour relations and social security -- Services sector in Indian economy -- Selected reading for issues discussed part IV -- PART V : FOREIGN TRADE AND FOREIGN CAPITAL : India's foreign trade : value, composition and direction -- India's balance of payment -- Trade policy of the government of India -- Foreign capital and aid -- India's exchange rate policy, foreign exchange reserves and capital account convertibility -- Multinational corporations, FERA and FEMA -- Globalisation and its impact on the Indian economy -- WTO and India -- Selected reading for issues discussed part V -- PART VI : MONEY, BANKING AND FINANCE : Price trends and inflation -- Indian money market -- Commercial banking in Indian -- The reserve bank of India -- Capital market in India -- Institutional financing -- Selected reading for issues discussed part VI -- PART VII : PUBLIC FINANCE : The Indian tax structure -- Public expenditure in India : trends and issues -- Public debt in India -- India's fiscal policy -- Federal finance in India - center-state financial relations -- Selected reading for issues discussed part VII -- PART VIII : ECONOMIC PLANNING AND POLICY : Economic planning - rationale, feature and objectives -- The strategy of planning -- Regional planning in India -- Black economy in India -- India at 75 : a review of economic performance -- Economic reforms and liberalisation -- COVID and Indian economy -- Union budget 2026-24