<p>The book carries contributions by eminent social scientists on some very important topics relating to India's economic and social development.</p> <p><br /> The volume begins with issues relating to human development, such as education, health and governance.</p> <p>This is followed by comparison of India and China development paths. In a diverse country like India, fiscal matters at State level are important. These are discussed in the section on Indian fiscal federalism.</p> <p>Another section covers issues on employment, unemployment, safety nets for the poor and social dimensions of globalisation. The volume concludes with an analysis of the recent issues in agriculture.</p>

<p><strong style="line-height: 1.6em;">Prof. S. Mahendra Dev</strong><span style="line-height: 1.6em;"> is currently Director, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>He did his Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics and his Post-doctoral research at the Economic Growth Centre, Yale University and was faculty member at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai for 11 years.</p> <p><br /> He was Senior Fellow at Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (1996-97) and Visiting Professor at University of Bonn, Germany (1999).</p> <p><br /> He has written extensively on agricultural development, poverty and public policy, food security, employment guarantee schemes, social security, farm and non-farm employment.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>K.S. Babu</strong> is a Faculty Member (Reader) at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) in Hyderabad.</p> <p><br /> He has M.A. in Anthropology from the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam and Ph.D. from the University of Delhi, Delhi.</p> <p><br /> In the past he has worked on healthcare, health insurance, tribal development and child labour issues.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>André Béteille&nbsp;</strong><br /> Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>Jayati Ghosh&nbsp;</strong><br /> Professor of Economics, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>Ashok Gulati&nbsp;</strong><br /> IFPRI Director in Asia, based in International Food Policy Research Institute’s New Delhi office.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>Jayaprakash Narayan&nbsp;</strong><br /> Founder and leader of the Lok Satta Party, who earlier resigned from the IAS to launch people’s movement in India.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>Deepak Nayyar&nbsp;</strong><br /> Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>Prabhu Pingali&nbsp;</strong><br /> Director of the Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>Bhanoji Rao&nbsp;</strong><br /> Professor Emeritus, GITAM Institute of Foreign Trade (GIFT), Visakhapatnam and Visiting Professor at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>M. Govinda Rao&nbsp;</strong><br /> Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>Gerry Rodgers&nbsp;</strong><br /> Director, International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>T.N. Srinivasan&nbsp;</strong><br /> Samuel C. Park, Jr. Professor of Economics, Yale University, USA.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>K. Subbarao&nbsp;</strong><br /> Consultant on safety nets and social protection for the South Asia Region of the World Bank.</p>