Handbook of the Indian economy in the 21st century: understanding the inherent dynamism/ edited by Ashima Goyal.

Foreword - Bimal Jalan ; Preface ; 1. Introduction and Overview Ashima Goyal ; I. STRUCTURE AND REFORM ; 2. Drivers of Growth: Sources and Sectors Laveesh Bhandari and Sumita Kale ; 3. Political Economy of Growth Rahul Mukherji ; 4. After Liberalising Reforms: Public Policy at Crossroads Pulapre Balakrishnan ; II. THE MACROECONOMY ; 5. Inflation in India: Trends and Determinants Deepak Mohanty ; 6. Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Outcomes and Coordination Romar Correa ; 7. Markets and Monetary Policy Transmission: Structure and Openness K. Kanagasabapathy, Rekha A. Bhangaonkar, and Shruti Pandey ; III. THE OPEN ECONOMY ; 8. Openness and Growth in the Indian Economy Soumyen Sikdar ; 9. Financial Globalization in India: Opportunity and Volatility Renu Kohli ; 10. Reforms and Global Economic Integration of Indian Economy: Emerging Patterns, Challenges and Future Directions Nagesh Kumar ; IV. INCLUSION: EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY ; 11. Poverty and Inequality: Redesigning Intervention Raghbendra Jha and Anurag Sharma ; 12. Policy Design for Food Security in India: Ensuring Stable Supplies and Economic Access Shikha Jha and P.V. Srinivasan ; 13. Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in India: Can Primary Education Deliver? Rukmini Banerji and Wilima Wadhwa ; 14. Health Security Gita Sen ; 15. Castes, Gender, and Class: Dynamism or Stasis? Ashwini Deshpande ; V. GOVERNANCE ; 16. Government Taxes and Expenditures: Experience and Reform Parthasarathi Shome ; 17. The Dynamics of Urban Governance in India Abhay Pethe, Vaidehi Tandel, and Sahil Gandhi ; 18. Issues in Federalism and Decentralization T. R. Raghunandan ; 19. Law and Regulation: Towards Social Control of Economic Activities in India A.V. Raja and Francis Xavier Rathinam ; 20. The Evolving System of Corporate Governance in India Jayati Sarkar and Subrata Sarkar ; VI. INFRASTRUCTURE ; 21. A Governance Analysis of Transportation in India S. Sriraman ; 22. Infrastructure: Source of Growth or Bottleneck? Ram Singh and Pram Jit ; 23. Private Participation in Power Distribution Reforms Siddharth Sinha ; 24. Promoting SEZ as a Policy of Industrialisation and Lessons Learnt Aradhna Aggarwal ; VII. SECTORS ; 25. Agriculture in India: Performance, Challenges, and Opportunities Mahendra Dev, Srijit Mishra, and Vijaylaxmi Pandey ; 26. New Sources of Dynamism in Industry Bandi Ram Prasad ; 27. Making Indian ICT Work for India Rohit Prasad ; 28. Urban Informal Sector: Functioning, Constraints and Mobility Arup Mitra ; 29. The Unorganized Sector and Access to Finance in Rural India Saibal Kar and Meghna Dutta ; VIII. FACTORS: TECHNOLOGY, LABOUR, AND FINANCE ; 30. Science, Technology, Innovation, and Development: Changing Trajectories and Paradigms K.J. Joseph and Kiran Kumar ; 31. Labour Markets: Balancing Freedom and Protection Bibhas Saha and Rupayan Pal ; 32. The Financial Sector in India: An Overview Rajesh Chakrabarti ; 33. Banks: Financing the Future T.T. Ram Mohan ; 34. Financial Intermediation and Economic Development: Evidence from Bihar Sanjay Banerji, Krishna Gangopadhyay, Prashant Gupta, and Sushanta Mallick ; About the Editor and Contributors ; Index