Contents
PART I Economic Development: A Theoretical Background
1. Economic Growth, Development and Underdevelopment
2. Economic and Human Development
3. The Environment and Development

PART II Structure of the Indian Economy
4. Colonialism and Underdevelopment of the Indian Economy
5. Nature of the Indian Economy
6. Natural Resources
7. Infrastructure
8. The population Growth and Economic Development
9. Some Demographic Issues
10. Human Resource Development
11. Labour Force Growth and Occupational Pattern
12. Employment and Unemployment in India
13. Capital Formation in India
14. National Income of India: Macroeconomic overview
15. Poverty in India
16. Income Distribution in India

PART II Basic Issues in Agriculture
17. Indian agriculture: role, nature and cropping pattern
18. Issues in Indian Agricultural Policy and Rural Development
19. Agricultural Production and Productivity Trends
20. Land Reforms
21. Agricultural Inputs and Green Revolution
22. Agricultural Finance and Marketing
23. Agricultural Prices and Agricultural Price Policy
24. Agricultural Subsidies and Food Security in India
25. Agricultural Labour

PART IV The Industrial Sector and Services in Indian Economy
26. Industrial Development During the Planning Period
27. Some Major Industries of India
28. Small-Scale and Cottage Industries
29. Industrial Policy
30. Public Sector in the Indian Economy
31. Privatisation of Public Sector Enterprises: The Disinvestment Programme in India
32. Some Issues Related to Private Sector
33. Industrial Sickness in India
34. Labour Relations and Social Security
35. Servoces Sector in Indian Economy

PART V Foreign Trade and Foreign Capital
36. India's Foreign Trade: Value, Composition and Direction
37. India's Balance of Payments
38. Trade Policy of the Government of India
39. Foreign Capital and Aid
40. India's Exchange Rate Policy, Foreign Exchange Reserves and Capital Account Convertibility
41.Multinational Corporations, FERA and FEMA
42. Globalisation and its Impact on the Indian Economy
43. WTO and India

PART VI Money and Banking
44. Price Trends and Inflation
45. Indian Money Market
46. Commercial Banking in India
47. The Reserve Bank of India
48. Capital market in India
49. Institutional Financing

PART VII Public Finance
50. The Indian Tax Structure
51. Public Expenditure in India: Trends and Issues
52. Public Debt in India
53. India,s Fiscal Policy
Federal Finance in India- Centre- State Financial Relations

PART VIII
Economic Planning and Policy
55. Economic Planning- Relationale, Features and Objectives
56. The strategy of Planning
57. Resource Allocation- Investment Pattern in Indian Plans
58. Financing of Five Year Plans
59. Regional Planning in India
60. Black Economy in India
61. Assessment of Indian Planning
62. Economic Reforms and Liberalisation
63. Twelfth Five Year Plan