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• 2014

Pages: 416+368

ISBN: 9789332701335

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The Emerging Big Picture

Making Sense of India's Economy : A set of 2 volumes

Uma Kapila (Ed.)

Description

Indian economy is currently going through a difficult period. However, the problems are not unique to India. Growth has slowed down in many other emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). This book entitled: “The Emerging Big Picture: Making Sense of India’s Economy”, in two volumes, comprising the writings of eminent economists, policy makers, distinguished scholars and subject experts, throws light on  various reasons attributed to the growth slowdown and collectively provide roadmap for not only accelerating economic growth but also sustainable and regionally more inclusive growth. 

About the Author(s) / Editor(s)

Uma Kapila, PhD, retired as Reader, Department of Economics, Miranda House, University of Delhi. An alumna of Miranda House and Delhi School of Economics, she has taught Indian economy to undergraduate students for 42 years. She has authored/edited numerous books on the subject, including some the most widely acclaimed textbooks on Indian economy. She is also the co-editor (along with Raj Kapila) of the ongoing series Economic Developments in India, a monthly update published by Academic Foundation in the form of a book accompanied by a CD-Rom. Presently, Uma Kapila is Senior Editor, Academic Foundation.

Contributors

Shankar Acharya
K.C. Chakrabarty
P. Chidambaram
Bibek Debroy
G. Gopalakrishna

Ashok Gulati
Anwarul Hoda
Harun R. Khan
Deepali Pant Joshi
Deepak Mohanty
N.A. Mujumdar
Pranab Mukherjee
Raghuram Rajan
Indira Rajaraman
C. Rangarajan
Shweta Saini
Manmohan Singh
Anand Sinha
Duvvuri Subbarao
Arvind Subramanian
V.S. Vyas


Contents in detail:

 

Volume 1

  

            Editor/Contributors

             Acknowledgements

             Introduction | Uma Kapila

 

I.        Macroeconomic Challenges

 

 1.       India’s Economy: The Emerging Big Picture

            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

 2.       Indian Economy: Challenges and Governments’ Initiatives

            PRANAB MUKHERJEE

 

3.        India’s Macroeconomic Challenges: Some Reserve Bank

  Perspectives

            DUVVURI SUBBARAO

 

4.        June 2013 Crash: Role of QE3 and Weak Fundamentals 

           of the Indian Economy

            N.A. MUJUMDAR

 

 5.       Indian Economic Crisis and the Fall of Rupee

            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

 6.       Current Slowdown of Indian Economy: Causes and Measures

            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

 7.       Filtering Out the Real India

            RAGHURAM RAJAN

 

 8.       From Anxiety to Complacency in Six Weeks?

            SHANKAR ACHARYA

 

 9.       Two Issues in India’s Growth Story

            C. RANGARAJAN

 

 10.    Regaining the Growth Momentum: Issues and Imperatives

            K.C. CHAKRABARTY

 

 11.     The Muddle-Income Trap

            BIBEK DEBROY

 

 12.     The Agenda for the Next Five Years

            P. CHIDAMBARAM

 

 13.     Towards Strengthening the Higher Education System in India

            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

14.     Connecting across Generations: Future of Indian 

 Economy and Concerns

            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

 15.     Dynamics of Inflation

            C. RANGARAJAN

 

 16.     Indian Inflation Puzzle

            DEEPAK MOHANTY

 

 17.    The Reserve Bank’s Mission Impossible?

            ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN

 

 18.     Is There a New Normal for Inflation?

            DUVVURI SUBBARAO

 

19.     Accelerating Economic Growth and Making
          the Growth Process Socially and Regionally 
          More Inclusive: Policy Measures

            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

20.    Reaching the Unreached: To make Poverty
         Alleviation Programmes More Effective

            V.S. VYAS

 

 21.     India: Next Wave of Inclusive Growth

            P. CHIDAMBARAM

 

 22.    Consumer Protection: Agenda for Inclusive Growth

            DEEPALI PANT JOSHI

 

 23.    Funding States

            INDIRA RAJARAMAN

 

 

II.      Sectoral Issues

 

 24.    Three Cheers for Indian Agriculture!

            ASHOK GULATI

 

 25.    From Green to Gene Revolution

            ASHOK GULATI

 

 26.    Food Ordinance: More Rhetoric than Logic

            N.A. MUJUMDAR

 

 27.    Food and Nutritional Security

            ASHOK GULATI

 

 28.    Bringing Food Inflation below 6 Per cent

            SHWETA SAINI and ASHOK GULATI

 

 29.    Why is Recent Food Inflation in India so Persistent?

            DEEPAK MOHANTY

 

 30.    Changing Contours of Rural India: Causes and Consequences

            V.S. VYAS

 

31.     India’s Agricultural Trade Policy and Sustainable

Development Goals

            ANWARUL HODA and ASHOK GULATI

 

32.    Towards Building Partnership between Government of India,
         Industry, Trade Unions and State Governments

            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

 33.    Opportunities and Challenges for Diaspora Investments
          in India

            P. CHIDAMBARAM

 

 34.    The Rise of the East: Implications for the Global Economy

            P. CHIDAMBARAM

 

 35.    India and China in the New Era

            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

 

VOLUME 2

Editor/Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction | Uma Kapila

   

 1.    The Five Pillars of RBI’s Financial Sector Policies
            RAGHURAM RAJAN

 

 2.    Efficacy of Monetary Policy Rules in India
            DEEPAK MOHANTY

 

 3.    Indian Financial Markets: Fuelling the Growth 
        of the Indian Economy
            HARUN R. KHAN 

 

 4.    Interest Rates and Economic Activity
            DEEPAK MOHANTY 

 

 5.    Productivity Trends in Indian Banking in the
        Post-Reform Period: Experience, Issues
        and Future Challenges
            K.C. CHAKRABARTY

 

 6.    Governance in Banks and Financial Institutions
            ANAND SINHA

 7.    Banking Structure in India: The Way Forward
            N.A. MUJUMDAR

 

 8.    Two Decades of Credit Management in Indian Banks: 
        Looking Back and Moving Ahead
            K.C. CHAKRABARTY

 

 9.    Promoting Retail Investor Participation in 
       Government Bonds
            HARUN R. KHAN

 

 10.    National Stock Exchange of India: A Catalyst
         in Reforming the Indian Securities Market
            P. CHIDAMBARAM

 

 11.    Frauds in the Banking Sector: Causes, Concerns
         and Cures
            K.C. CHAKRABARTY

 

 12.    Building a Criminal Justice System to Deal with
         Financial Crimes
            P. CHIDAMBARAM

 

 13.    Banks: ‘Scripting’ the Way Forward
            N.A. MUJUMDAR

 

 14.    Financial Sector Reforms: Indian Financial Code
            P. CHIDAMBARAM

 

 15.    Banking as a Fundamental Right of People: 
         Meeting the Challenges of the Century
            K.C. CHAKRABARTY

 

 16.    The Philosophy of Financial Inclusion and Rural Credit
            N.A. MUJUMDAR

 

 17.    Financial Inclusion in India: Journey So Far and 
          Way Forward
            K.C. CHAKRABARTY

 

 18.    Indian Rural Banking Sector: Big Challenges 
         and the Road Ahead
            DEEPALI PANT JOSHI

 

 19.    Financial Inclusion of Urban Poor in India
            K.C. CHAKRABARTY

 

 20.    Perspectives on Housing Finance in India
            DEEPAK MOHANTY

 

 21.    Market Risk Analysis
            G. GOPALAKRISHNA

 

 22.    The Global Financial Crisis and the Indian Financial
          Sector: What Have We Learnt and How Have
          We Responded?
            DUVVURI SUBBARAO

 

 23.    Impact of Euro Area Crisis on South Asia
            DEEPAK MOHANTY

 

 24.    Restoring Global Growth Rate of G20 Summit
            MANMOHAN SINGH

 

 25.    Global Liquidity and Financial Contagion
            DEEPAK MOHANTY