India is emerging as one of the economic giants of the world, and is gaining international influence and global leadership as the world's largest democracy. India's performance will have far-reaching consequences on whether the economic awakening of the country, which began more than two decades...

India has followed an idiosyncratic pattern of development, certainly compared with other fast-growing Asian economies. While the importance of services rather than manufacturing is widely noted, within manufacturing India has emphasized skill-intensive rather than laborintensive manufacturing,...

Strategies relating to -- 1. Population -- 2. Agriculture -- 3. Industry -- 4. Small-Scale Sector -- 5. Fiscal Management -- 6. Deficit Financing -- 7. Inflation Control and Price Regulation -- 8. Foreign Trade and Balance of Payment -- 9. Labour and Industrial Relations -- 10. Wages and Incomes...

This book addresses the key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy