India: The Emerging Challenges. Essays in Honour of Prof. V. K. R. V. Rao.

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Foreword - T R Satish Chandran Professor V K R V Rao - Institute for Social and Economic Change PART ONE: ECONOMY Growth, Social Justice and Economic Policy - D T Lakdawala Indian Economy in the 1980s and on to the 1990s - C T Kurien Emerging Challenge - Government in Deficit - G Thimmaiah Fiscal Devolution and its Redistributive Role - D M Nanjundappa PART TWO: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Emerging Challenges in Indian Agriculture - M L Dantwala Spatial Disparities in Agricultural Development in India - G S Bhalla and D S Tyagi The Crisis of Increasing Costs in Agriculture - M V Nadkarni Is There a Way Out? Foodgrain Sector - R Radhakrishna and S Indrakant Growth, Equity and Market Intervention PART THREE: NATURAL RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT Natural Resource Environment of India - Malcolm Adiseshiah Agricultural Development and Ecological Degradation - C H Hanumantha Rao Next Phase of Water Planning - Y K Alagh Energy for Development - A K N Reddy The Energy Perspective - T R Satish Chandran PART FOUR: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Human Resource Development - Education - Suresh Skukla 40 Years of Free India Education and the Inculcation of Values - M S Gore Impact of Alternative Growth Trends of Population on Selected Social and Economic Sectors in India - K Srinivasan, S Kulkarni and S Parasuraman PART FIVE: POLITY AND SOCIETY Political Alienation and the Internal Threats to the Indian Nation State - T K Oommen Towards a Non-Alarmist Perspective Scarcity of Politics in India - L C Jain Distribution of Powers Between the Union and the States - N R Inamdar The Governor's Office - Amal Ray Sarkaria Commission Response to a Tension Area in India's Federal System Public Administration and the Challenge of Development Planning - Narayana Writings of Professor V K R V Rao 1973 to 1988