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For India's economic reforms policy to succeed, its programmes should be firmly anchored in the reality of the social and micro-institutional context—something our policy makers often regrettably ignore.
To break out of 8 or 9 per cent growth rates, we need more appropriate skill sets, development of proper attitudinal infrastructure, increased capital productivity, a more optimal savings rate and deliberate creation of socially productive market structures in several areas such as healthcare, public distribution and higher education.
Employment is the best way to deliver growth to the vast multitude and reconcile the growth fixation of reformists and socialistic obsession with distribution. The book suggests several unconventional growth engines which can potentially deliver both and make 12 per cent growth rates realistically possible.
The book is aimed at people who aspire to take part, debate and shape our destiny but may not have the time for deeper research or patience with economic jargons.
Laudable Goals Yet Defective Programmes
Laudable Goals Yet Defective Programmes
Amateurs think of tactics; Professionals talk of logistics.
Positive Things About India
India is a complex and diverse country with multiplicity of languages, religions and differences in climatic conditions and history of various regions. Despite such administrative difficulties, we have managed to coexist and develop peacefully unlike many other countries with such diversity.
Our election systems, the way Mumbai sub-urban rail system works daily, the way we respond to crises such as tsunami and earthquakes certainly make us stand out in the comity of nations. Our Green Revolution, the way Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has generally managed the monetary systems, our army's track record in ensuring peace without getting over ambitious are all ...
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