Economic Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture: A District-Level Study - Hardcover

Bhalla, G S; Singh, Gurmail

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8132108582 ISBN 13: 9788132108580

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Economic Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture is a significant study that offers a district-wise analysis on agricultural growth from the time of economic liberalization to slow down in agricultural growth rates and farmers distress. It undertakes an analysis of the spatial patterns of change in Indian agriculture at the state level during 1962–65 to 2005–08.

The authors make use of detailed data for 281 districts for a comprehensive discussion of the changes in the cropping patterns and levels of agricultural output at the state and all-India levels during this period. The strength of this book lies in the fact that it combines an academic and a practical approach, tabular and econometric techniques, as well as statistical measures in order to analyze important issues related to agriculture in India.

About this title

About the Author:

G.S. Bhalla is Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Previously, he has taught at Rajasthan University, Jaipur; Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada; and Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He was Dean, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, from 1986 to 1988 and Member of Planning Commission, Government of India, from 1990 to 1991.

He has published several books and has contributed several articles to national and international journals of repute in the areas of Indian agricultural development, agrarian studies, planning and development, regional studies, input–output analysis and impact of economic reforms. Two of his recent publications are Indian Agriculture since Independence (2007) and Condition of Indian Peasantry (2006).

Review:

A must read in Indian agricultural economics. Economic Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture by GS Bhalla and Gurmail Singh is the last of an iconic series, which for 30 years tracked the structure, growth and regional and crop-wise spread of Indian agriculture....The book is a cool authoritative recollection of what happened and occasional jibes at what did not.

Author: The Financial Express

The book merits the attention of scholars and policy makers interested in understanding how different policy regimes affected the performance of Indian agriculture. The book is highly recommended for researchers, concerned academicians and policy makers. Author: Millennial Asia Published On: 2013-02-04

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 8132108582
• ISBN 13: 9788132108580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 396