The Indian Economy @ 75

Successes and Challenges

Chatterjee Biswajit, Joydeb Sasmal

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Routledge India
11 June 2024

Macroeconomics; Economics of industrial organisation; Development economics; Political economy

This book focuses on the economic challenges India has been facing since its independence in 1947. It traces the country’s journey of economic transition and critically analyzes themes such as the political economy of development, agriculture, macroeconomy, industry and labor, money and finance, trade liberalization, gender, welfare, energy, and the environment. The volume also addresses the issues of increasing income inequality, mass unemployment, and environmental degradation and suggests policies for efficient and desirable outcomes in socio-economic development.

This is an important and timely contribution that it will be of interest to scholars and researchers in economics, development studies, political economy, management studies, public policy, and political studies. It will also be useful to policymakers.

Edited by: Chatterjee Biswajit, Joydeb Sasmal
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032542713
ISBN 10: 1032542713
Pages: 502
Publication Date: 11 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Biswajit Chatterjee retired as Professor of Economics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, where he also served as Head of the Department, Dean Faculty Council of Arts, and Planning Commission Chair Professor in Planning and Development. He also taught at Presidency College, Calcutta, and Kalyani University before joining Jadavpur University in 1984. He was also visiting faculty at the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Rabindra Bharati University, and Visiting Professor DCRRID, Chandigarh, from June 2010 to June 2014. The major areas of his teaching and research include macroeconomics, international trade, development economics, and Indian economy. He has published in national and international journals of repute, contributed and edited volumes, and has published 8 books and edited 15 books on different branches of development economics. He also delivered lectures at various conferences in India and abroad. He was a consultant to the World Bank, UNDP, and the Planning Commission. Joydeb Sasmal is former Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore (West), West Bengal, India. He obtained his MA, MPhil, and PhD degrees in economics from the University of Calcutta. Before joining Vidyasagar University, he taught economics at K. K. Das College in Kolkata under the University of Calcutta. His research areas are natural resources and agriculture, sustainable growth, public economics, economic growth, industry and trade, and child labor. He is the author of Resources, Technology and Sustainability: An Analytical Perspective on Indian Agriculture (2016) and has published nearly 50 research papers in international and national journals and in edited and conference volumes. He is the editor of Inclusive Growth and Backward Region Development, jointly with Sebak Kumar Jana. He has supervised PhD students in different fields of economics at Vidyasagar University.