Rajarshi M will post materials related to the part taught by him on Indian Economy here. Students are to keep watch for texts, reading lists, assignment etc.
Planning
Why Planning was necessary for a newly independent underdeveloped country in post world war scenario - options before us - strategies & models - changes over time - impact on economy
Reading List:
Chakravarty, S. (1987) Development Planning; The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Jain A K (1986) Economic planning in India, Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi
Bardhan, P.K. (9th Edition) (1999) The Political Economy of Development in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
a small note from a paper by Ajit Ghosh is HERE.
Employment & Unemployment
- Types of Employment - Employment Indicators - How they are measured
- Employment Paradigm in India - the 3-paradigm classification - India's employment policies before Structural Adjustment - 3 phases of employment policies - Empirical observations on Employment, Unemployment, Underemployment, Sectoral Transformation
- SAP & Labour - Theoretical expectations - Assumptions - Reality - Recent trends in Labour Market - The Malady and Prescription
- Discrimination in Labour Market
Reading List:
Mathur,
Ashok (1999) “Economic Reforms, Employment and ‘Non-Employment’: Theory,
Evidence and Policy”, Keynote paper for Technical Session VI of 82nd Annual Conference
of the Indian Economic Association, December, 1999.
Mukherjee,
D. (2003) “The Changing World of Work and No-Work”, Indian Journal
of Labour Economics, Vol. 46, No. 4,
2003.
HERE
NSSO Reports on Quinquennal Surveys on Employment and Unemployment in
India, Various Rounds and years, [specially the Concepts &
Definitions section], Government of India, New Delhi.
Thomas, Jaya Jose (2012) India’s Labour Market during the 2000s:
Surveying the Changes, Economic and Political Weekly, December 22, 2012,
Vol. XLVII, No. 51 HERE
Ghose, Ajit (2014) Globalisation, Growth and Employment in India, Working
Paper No. WP 05/2014, Institute of Human Development, New Delhi HERE
Ghose, Ajit (2016) India Employment Report 2016, IHD, New
Delhi, Executive Summary Here
Sharma, Alakh N (2007) Flexibility, Employment And Labour Market Reforms
In India, Working Paper No. 37, Institute of Human Development, New
Delhi HERE
Mukherjee, D. and Majumder, R (2008) “Tertiarisation of Indian Labour
Market: New Growth Engine or Distress Signals?”, Journal of Asia Pacific
Economy, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2008, Routledge.
HERE
Mukherjee, D. and Majumder, R (2011) “Occupational Pattern, Wage Rates
& Earning Disparities in India: A Decomposition Analysis”, Indian
Economic Review, Vol. 46, No. 1, June 2011 HERE
Mathur, Ashok and Sunil Mishra (2007) - Wages and Employment in the Indian
Industrial Sector: Theory and Evidence, Indian Journal of Labour Economics,
Vol. 50, No. 1, pp83-110
Poverty & Inequality
- Poverty - Concept, Absolute & Relative
- Poverty Measurement in India - Definition, Method, Estimates, Debate
- Poverty Trends in India during different phases
- Inequality in India
- Economic Growth, Poverty & Inequality in India
Sen Abhijit and Himanshu (2004) Poverty and Inequality in India-I, Economic
and Political Weekly, Vol. 39, Issue No. 38, 18 Sep, 2004
Sen Abhijit and Himanshu (2004) Poverty and Inequality in India-II, Economic
and Political Weekly, Vol. 39, Issue No. 39, 25 Sep, 2004
Himanshu (2010) Towards New Poverty Lines for India, Economic and
Political Weekly, Vol. 45, Issue No. 01, 02 Jan, 2010 PREVIOUS
VERSION HERE
Himanshu (2013) Poverty and Food Security in India, ADB Economics
Working Paper Series No. 369, September, 2013, ADB HERE
Panagariya,
Arvind and Megha Mukim (2014) A Comprehensive Analysis of Poverty in India, Asian
Development Review, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1–52 HERE
Bandyopadhyay,
Kaushik Ranjan (2010) Poverty in India: A Chronological Review on Measurement
and Identification, HERE
Jha,
Raghbendra (2000) “Growth, Inequality and Poverty in India: Spatial and
Temporal Characteristics.” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 35, No.
11, 2000 HERE
Mazumdar,
Dipak, Sandip Sarkar, Balwant Singh Mehta (2017) Inequality in India-I,
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 52, Issue No. 30, 29 Jul, 2017
Mazumdar,
Dipak, Sandip Sarkar, Balwant Singh Mehta (2017) Inequality in India-II,
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 52, Issue No. 32, 12 Aug, 2017
Angus
Deaton and Jean Drèze, (2002) “Poverty and Inequality in India: A
Reexamination,” Working papers 107, Centre for Development Economics,
Delhi School of Economics. HERE
Dandekar,
V.M. and N. Rath, Poverty in India, 1971, (Pune: Indian School of Political Economy).
Deaton,
Angus and Valerie Kozel (2005) The Great Indian Poverty Debate, Delhi:
MacMillan, 2005.
Patnaik,
Utsa (2006) ‘Poverty and Neo-Liberalism in India’, Rao Bahadur Kale Memorial
Lecture delivered at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune,
February 3, 2006
Jha, R.
(2004). Reducing Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped? In
Cornia, A. C. (ed.) Inequality, Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization
and Globalization. Helsinki: World Institute for Development Economic Research.
Oxford University Press.
others to follow ........
