Reforming Indian agriculture :
Reforming Indian agriculture : towards employment generation and poverty reduction : essays in honour of G.K. Chadha /
edited by Sankar Kumar Bhaumik.
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2008.
- xxxvi, 552 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine derived contents note: Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Sankar Kumar Bhaumik
Part I Indian Agriculture In The Era Of Economic Reforms
1. India: The State of Its Economy
Rajesh Mehta and Manmohan Agarwal
2. Agricultural Development in India: Policies and Performance
A. Venkateswarlu
3. Domestic Policy Measures and Challenges in Indian Agriculture
Ramesh Chand
4. Income, Consumption and Expenditure of Farmers: Stunted Capitalist Development in Indian Agriculture
G.S. Bhalla
5. The Decline of Agriculture
Surinder S. Jodhka
Part Ii Policy Interventions For Agricultural Development
6. Price Policy and Minimum Support Prices in a Changing Agricultural Economy
R.S. Deshpande
7. Agricultural Risks and Public Policy: Cross Country Experiences
Surjit Singh
8. Contract Farming for Agricultural Development: Review of Theory and Practice with Special Reference to India
Sukhpal Singh
9. Structural Inequalities and Interlinked Transactions in Agrarian Markets: Results of a Field Survey
Deepak Kumar Mishra
10. Functioning and Impact of Microfinance: Evidence from Himachal Pradesh
H.R. Sharma
11. When Rural Development Succeeds? Experience from two Punjabs and West Bengal
Sucha Singh Gill
12. Crucial Role of Agriculture in Indian Development: A Japanese Perspective
S. Hirashima
Part Iii Employment, Poverty And Food Access
13. Unemployment in a Traditional Agrarian Economy: Theory and Evidence
Pradipta Chaudhury
14. Employment in India¿s Development Strategy
T.S. Papola
15. Rural Non-Farm Employment, Poverty and Inequality in West Bengal
16. Combating Poverty and Malnutrition in Bangladesh
Firdousi Naher
17. Dalits and the Right to Food: Discrimination and Exclusion in Food-related Government Programmes
S.K. Thorat and Joel Lee
Part Iv Other Aspects Of Development Policy
18. Imperative of Cooperation Among Indian States
Gopal Krishan
19. Privatization of State-owned Enterprises in India
Madhu Bala
20. Technological Constraints of Small Scale Industries in India: Some Evidence from a Field Survey
Partha Pratim Sahu
APPENDIX Curriculum Vitae for Professor G.K. Chadha
About the Editor and Contributors
Index.
9780761936459 (hbk.) Rs950.00 9788178297910 (hbk.)
2008028757
Agriculture--Economic aspects--India.
Agriculture and state--India.
Manpower policy--India.
Poor--India.
India--Economic policy--20th century.
338.1854 REF / 005222
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine derived contents note: Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Sankar Kumar Bhaumik
Part I Indian Agriculture In The Era Of Economic Reforms
1. India: The State of Its Economy
Rajesh Mehta and Manmohan Agarwal
2. Agricultural Development in India: Policies and Performance
A. Venkateswarlu
3. Domestic Policy Measures and Challenges in Indian Agriculture
Ramesh Chand
4. Income, Consumption and Expenditure of Farmers: Stunted Capitalist Development in Indian Agriculture
G.S. Bhalla
5. The Decline of Agriculture
Surinder S. Jodhka
Part Ii Policy Interventions For Agricultural Development
6. Price Policy and Minimum Support Prices in a Changing Agricultural Economy
R.S. Deshpande
7. Agricultural Risks and Public Policy: Cross Country Experiences
Surjit Singh
8. Contract Farming for Agricultural Development: Review of Theory and Practice with Special Reference to India
Sukhpal Singh
9. Structural Inequalities and Interlinked Transactions in Agrarian Markets: Results of a Field Survey
Deepak Kumar Mishra
10. Functioning and Impact of Microfinance: Evidence from Himachal Pradesh
H.R. Sharma
11. When Rural Development Succeeds? Experience from two Punjabs and West Bengal
Sucha Singh Gill
12. Crucial Role of Agriculture in Indian Development: A Japanese Perspective
S. Hirashima
Part Iii Employment, Poverty And Food Access
13. Unemployment in a Traditional Agrarian Economy: Theory and Evidence
Pradipta Chaudhury
14. Employment in India¿s Development Strategy
T.S. Papola
15. Rural Non-Farm Employment, Poverty and Inequality in West Bengal
16. Combating Poverty and Malnutrition in Bangladesh
Firdousi Naher
17. Dalits and the Right to Food: Discrimination and Exclusion in Food-related Government Programmes
S.K. Thorat and Joel Lee
Part Iv Other Aspects Of Development Policy
18. Imperative of Cooperation Among Indian States
Gopal Krishan
19. Privatization of State-owned Enterprises in India
Madhu Bala
20. Technological Constraints of Small Scale Industries in India: Some Evidence from a Field Survey
Partha Pratim Sahu
APPENDIX Curriculum Vitae for Professor G.K. Chadha
About the Editor and Contributors
Index.
9780761936459 (hbk.) Rs950.00 9788178297910 (hbk.)
2008028757
Agriculture--Economic aspects--India.
Agriculture and state--India.
Manpower policy--India.
Poor--India.
India--Economic policy--20th century.
338.1854 REF / 005222