UNIT I : DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND EXPERIENCE (1947-1990) 1-35
CHAPTER 1: INDIAN ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE 3
CHAPTER 2 : INDIAN ECONOMY 1950-1990 16
UNIT II : ECONOMIC REFORMS SINCE 1991 36-56
CHAPTER 3 : LIBERALISATION, PRIVATISATION AND GLOBALISATION : AN APPRAISAL 38
UNIT III: CURRENT CHALLENGES FACING THE INDIAN ECONOMY 57-178
CHAPTER 4 : POVERTY 59
CHAPTER 5 : HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IN INDIA 82
CHAPTER 6 : RURAL DEVELOPMENT 99
CHAPTER 7 : EMPLOYMENT: GROWTH, INFORMALISATION AND OTHER ISSUES 116
CHAPTER 8 : INFRASTRUCTURE 139
CHAPTER 9 : ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 162
UNIT IV : DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES OF INDIA : A COMPARISON WITH NEIGHBOURS
CHAPTER 10 : COMPARATIVE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES OF INDIA AND ITS NEIGHBOURS
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