Maintaining macroeconomic stability / Ila Patnaik -- Building the welfare state / Surjit Bhalla -- Revamping agriculture and the public distribution system / Ashok Gulati -- Revisiting manufacturing policy / Rajiv Kumar -- Generating employment / Omkar Goswami -- Expanding education and skills /...

Introduction -- Concept of social economy: past and present -- Economic liberalisation and social development -- Social consequences of economic policies -- Marginalisation of agriculture sector -- Social implications of political process -- Caste prejudices and human dignity -- Language,...