Perspectives on Economic Development and Policy in India

The book pays tribute to the celebrated economist Professor Suresh Tendulkar's contribution and scholarship to economics, economic-policy making, and economic reforms in India. Professor Tendulkar served on numerous panels and commissions set up to reform diverse aspects of India's economy. To name a few, he served as the Chairperson of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, Chairman of the National Commission of Statistics, National Sample Survey Organisation, Committee on National Accounts, and as a member in the Fifth Pay Commission, the Disinvestment Commission (1996). He is credited with devising the new method to estimate poverty in India which resulted in India's poverty estimates being scaled up.

This book primarily focuses on Professor Tendulkar's contributions on economic planning in India, the political economy of economic reforms, and his important conceptual and policy-relevant work on poverty measurement. The three sub-themes of the book Economic Reforms and Policy Formulation, Poverty and Inequality, and Development and Trade are indicative of his specific research interests, namely poverty and well-being, and India and the world economy. It covers both micro and macro aspects relevant to the Indian economy. The econometric techniques utilized encompass state-of-the-art microeconometric as well as macroeconometric models. The book contains contributions from eminent economists associated with Professor Tendulkar, and is useful for readers from the undergraduate through the Ph.D. level as well as researchers and practitioners of economics.

Focuses on changing perspectives of key issues, namely growth, employment, poverty, trade of the Indian economy Covers both micro and macro aspects of the Indian economy from a policy point of view Includes both theoretical and econometric aspects Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Chapter 1. Introduction (K.L. Krishna, V. Pandit, K. Sundaram and Pami Dua).- Chapter 2. Planning, Poverty and Political Economy of Reforms: A Tribute to Suresh Tendulkar (T.N. Srinivasan).- Chapter 3. What Kinds of Economic Inequality Really Matter? (Thomas E. Weisskopf).- Chapter 4. Variable Populations and the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality: A Selective Overview (S. Subramanian).- Chapter 5. Some Recent Trends in Population, Employment and Poverty in India: An Analysis (K. Sundaram).- Chapter 6. Assessment of Well-being in Multidimensional Perspective in Post Reform India (R. Radhakrishna, C. Ravi and B. Sambi Reddy).- Chapter 7. Estimation of Calorie Norms and Measurement of Food Intakes: Some Implications for the Magnitudes of the Prevalence of Undernutrition in India (J.V. Meenakshi and Brinda Vishwanathan).- Chapter 8. Capital Flows and Exchange Rates: The Indian Experience (Pami Dua and Partha Sen).- Chapter 9. Determinants of Import Intensity of India's Manufactured Exports Under the New Policy Regime (Bishwanath Goldar).