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Reforming Indian agriculture : towards employment generation and poverty reduction : essays in honour of G.K. Chadha / edited by Sankar Kumar Bhaumik.
Lippincott Library HD2073 .R44 2008 2022/2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--India.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- India.
- Agriculture and state--India.
- Agriculture and state.
- India--Economic policy--1991-2016.
- Economic policy.
- Manpower policy--India.
- Manpower policy.
- Poor--India.
- Poor.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 552 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Sankar Kumar Bhaumik xviii
- Part I Indian Agriculture in the Era of Economic Reforms
- 1 India: The State of Its Economy / Rajesh Mehta, Manmohan Agarwal 3
- 2 Agricultural Development in India: Policies and Performance / A. Venkateswarlu 25
- 3 Domestic Policy Measures and Challenges in Indian Agriculture / Ramesh Chand 42
- 4 Income, Consumption and Expenditure of Farmers: Stunted Capitalist Development in Indian Agriculture / G.S. Bhalla 67
- 5 The Decline of Agriculture / Surinder S. Jodhka 96
- Part II Policy Interventions for Agricultural Development
- 6 Price Policy and Minimum Support Prices in a Changing Agricultural Economy / R.S. Deshpande 119
- 7 Agricultural Risks and Public Policy: Cross-Country Experiences / Surjit Singh 161
- 8 Contract Farming for Agricultural Development: Review of Theory and Practice with Special Reference to India / Sukhpal Singh 191
- 9 Structural Inequalities and Interlinked Transactions in Agrarian Markets: Results of a Field Survey / Deepak Kumar Mishra 231
- 10 Functioning and Impact of Microfinance: Evidence from Himachal Pradesh / H.R. Sharma 269
- 11 When Rural Development Succeeds? Experience from the Two Punjabs and West Bengal / Sucha Singh Gill 291
- 12 Crucial Role of Agriculture in Indian Development: A Japanese Perspective / S. Hirashima 315
- Part III Employment, Poverty and Food Access
- 13 Unemployment in a Traditional Agrarian Economy: Theory and Evidence / Pradipta Chaudhury 345
- 14 Employment in India's Development Strategy / T.S. Papola 363
- 15 Rural Non-farm Employment, Poverty and Inequality in West Bengal / Sankar Kumar Bhaumik 381
- 16 Combating Poverty and Malnutrition in Bangladesh / Firdousi Naher 413
- 17 Dalits and the Right to Food: Discrimination and Exclusion in Food-related Government Programmes / S.K. Thorat, Joel Lee 442
- Part IV Other Aspects of Development Policy
- 18 Imperative of Cooperation among Indian States / Gopal Krishan 467
- 19 Privatization of State-owned Enterprises in India / Madhu Bala 481
- 20 Technological Constraints of Small-Scale Industries in India: Some Evidence from a Field Survey / Partha Pratim Sahu 498.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780761936459
- 0761936459
- OCLC:
- 233798791
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