In a country where two out of five citizens, about 450 million people, live in poverty, it is no exaggeration to say that the development experience of Kerala – a coastal state on the southwestern tip of India – stands out as extraordinary. Despite a history of anemic economic growth, this...

This paper studies the quality of growth in three consumer goods industries in India during the period between 1980 and 2010. This period witnessed a radical change in policy from the “license raj” to the liberalization era. While recorded GDP growth was high throughout this period, this...

This paper analyses the need, significance and the advantages of ‘reforms in institutional finance for inclusive growth' in the context of Indian economy and offers some practicable suggestions from the functional perspective. India's Rural Financial Architecture (RFA) is subject to systemic...