Basic Issues in Economic Development • Basic Features of the Indian Economy at the Time of independence • Policy Regimes • Growth, Development and Structural Changes in the Indian Economy • Growth and Distribution—Unemployment • Poverty • Human Development and Environmental Concerns • Demographic Constraints—Population Change and Economic Development • Agriculture—Growth and Performance • Agricultural Price Policy, Public Distribution System and Food Security • Agriculture Credit, Marketing and Insurance • Industrialization—Rate and Pattern of Industrial Growth • The Small-Scale Sector • Public Sector in India—Role, Performance and Reforms • Foreign Capital • The Financial Sector
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