Role of Public Policy in Development Process

Emerging Socioeconomic Scenario in the Indian Economy
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-93-327-0421-3
Verlag: Academic Foundation

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm

What should be the contours of public policy for crucial sectors in the Indian context? The real debate today is about finding the right balance between market forces and government for Pareto efficiency. Stiglitz posited “that government could potentially almost always improve upon the market’s resource allocation.” In reality, besides the institutional inertia, fragmented design and action often impedes execution of rational policy. The lack of non-governmental inputs, absence of debate and systematic analysis prior to policy making results in ineffective policy formulation and action, obstructing the process of economic development. The study of public policy in commodity production (agriculture, industry), as well as tertiary sectors (services, trade and transport) is important to arrive at efficient and people friendly governance structures.

The collection of papers in the present volume, attempt at the development of an analytical framework for the formulation of development policy, bearing on crucial segments of the economy and society mainly, agriculture sector, industrial development, employment and entrepreneurship, urbanisation, weaker sections, and governance issues.

Nineteen chapters comprising the volume are organised under four sections: Section 1 Issues in Agriculture Sector; Section 2 Industrial Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship; Section 3 Issues in Sustainable Urbanisation; Section 4 Governance Structure and Development Outcomes.

The papers appearing in the volume were presented at a seminar funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Introduction and Overview
- Section 1
- Issues in Agriculture Sector
- 2. Levels of Agricultural Development in India and Policies for Regionally Inclusive Agricultural Growth
- 3. Climate Change and Food Production: A Case of Four North Indian States
- 4. Performance of Agriculture in Tamil Nadu and India: A Macro Perspective with Focus on the Role of Irrigation
- 5. Rural Credit and Financial Penetration by Farmers: A Zone-wise Analysis of Bihar
- 6. Determinants of Adoption of Soil Nutrient Management Technology by Paddy Farmers in Karnataka
- 7. Prospects and Constraints in Implementation of Soil Health Card Programme in Gujarat
- 8. Analysis of Trends and Factors in Mango Exports from India, 1985-2014
- Section 2
- Industrial Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship
- 9. Inter-State Variations in Industrial Investment in India: Role of Markets, Policies and Institutions
- 10. Growth and Regional Imbalances in MSMEs in India
- 11. Use of Contract Labour in India’s Organised Manufacturing: Role of Import Competition and Labour Regulations
- 12. Sectoral Inequality and Gender Segregation in India’s Informal Sector Employment
- Section 3
- Issues in Sustainable Urbanisation
- 13. Urbanisation, Size Class of Cities and Towns and Access to Basic Amenities in India
- 14. Urbanisation Challenges in Gujarat: Implications for Policy and Development
- Section 4
- Governance Structure and Development Outcomes
- 15. Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Slums of Gujarat
- 16. Conversion from Intermittent to Continuous Water Supply (24X7) in Hubli-Dharwad Twin Cities: Discourse on Governance and Sustenance Issues
- 17. India’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Enhancing Policy and Organisational Capacities for Better Outcomes
- 18. Impact of National Rural Health Mission on Maternal and Child Health Services in Uttar Pradesh
- 19. Decentralised Governance: An Assessment of Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) and Forest Rights Act (2006) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States

Über Autor(innen)

Niti Mehta is Professor and officiating Director at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research (SPIESR), Ahmedabad. Prior to this, she was associated with the Agro-Climatic Regional Planning Project of the Planning Commission, wherein she was involved in formulating resource based decentralised agro-climatic plans for the country. Her research interests are: agriculture development, employment, agrarian growth and rural transformation, urbanisation and related areas. She has authored and co-authored several research papers in journals and books on these areas. Her books relate to hired labour in agriculture, sources of agricultural growth and total factor productivity, and human development at the district level. Prof Mehta is also a visiting faculty at CEPT University, Ahmedabad. She has an MA in Geography from Delhi School of Economics, MTech (Planning) from CEPT University, and doctorate in Economics from Gujarat University.

Anita Arya is an Associate Professor of Economics at SPIESR, Ahmedabad. Her areas of interest are: macroeconomics, agricultural economics, development economics, rural development, agricultural marketing, human development and industrial economics. She has coordinated courses in macroeconomics at the Institute for doctoral students/lecturers, and has been a resource person/observer in the research methodology courses, and macroeconomic courses sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science (ICSSR), New Delhi. She has authored/co-authored several research papers published in reputed journals and in edited books. Dr Arya is chief editor of the house journal, Anvesak.