India Development Report 2015

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Publication date:

02/03/2015

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509 pages

280.0x216.0mm

Price: 995.00 INR

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ISBN:

9780199459452

Publication date:

02/03/2015

Paperback

509 pages

280.0x216.0mm

S. Mahendra Dev

This volume, the eighth in India Development Report series, examines:   • macroeconomic developments and economic growth, inflation, and external shocks; • investment and growth nexus;  • dynamics of a firm's competitive behaviour; • small enterprises and the corporate debt market;  • oil and gas price reforms and agriculture, changing face of rural areas, food inflation, and food security; • health and health care, and health insurance; and • corporate social responsibility, climate change, urban sustainability, transport, and sustainable development.   The Report includes a statistical appendix, which is a treasure trove of various economic and social indicators and helps provide an independent assessment of the Indian economy. 

Suitable for: Primary market: Institutional libraries and institutions-organizations related to the development sector.   Secondary market: Students and scholars of economics, development studies, and politics; policymakers; policy analysts; government agencies; NGOs; the media; and general readers. 

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S. Mahendra Dev

Description

According to recent estimates, India is the third largest economy in the world after USA and China in terms of purchasing power parity. More significantly, the country witnessed a major shift in political leadership when a clear mandate was provided to the BJP-led NDA coalition in the national elections in May 2014. This has empowered the new government to take bold economic decisions to meet the short- and longer-term challenges of this country.    Accelerating growth is the immediate challenge for the new government as it is expected to deliver on the economic front as well as on the social front. It has to bolster businesses as well as the common people. India, aspiring to be a global power, must promote harmonious and inclusive socio-economic development. Keeping this in mind, many crucial questions are raised: How has the economy been performing? What should be done to revive GDP growth? What is the relationship between investment and growth? How to address India’s vulnerability to external crises? How to control inflation? How to achieve social and environmental goals? Providing answers to these and other such questions, this volume, the eighth in India Development Report series, examines:   • macroeconomic developments and economic growth, inflation, and         external shocks; • investment and growth nexus;  • dynamics of a firm’s competitive behaviour; • small enterprises and the corporate debt market;  • oil and gas price reforms and agriculture, changing face of rural               areas, food inflation, and food security; • health and health care, and health insurance; and • corporate social responsibility, climate change, urban sustainability,         transport, and sustainable development.   The Report includes a statistical appendix, which is a treasure trove of various economic and social indicators and helps provide an independent assessment of the Indian economy. 

S. Mahendra Dev

Table of contents

List of Tables 
List of Figures 
List of Boxes 
List of Statistical Profile 
List of Abbreviations 
List of Contributors 
1. Overview—Accelerating Growth and Development Challenges in Short and Long Terms 
S. Mahendra Dev and C. Veeramani
Introduction 
Macroeconimic Performance 
Sectoral Issues 
Social Development and Welfare Issues 
Environmental and Sustainability Issues 
Way Forward for 'Good Days' 
References 
2. Macroeconomic Developments and Challenges for Growth 
Manoj Panda
Introduction 
Macroeconomic Developments 
Policy Challenges for High Growth 
Conclusion 
References 
3. External Shocks 
Ashima Goyal
Introduction 
The Degree of Openness 
CAD: Excess Demand or External and Sectoral Shocks? Policy Failures 
Reducing the Impact of External Shocks on the Exchange Rate 
Exchange Rate Regime and Inflation Targeting 
The Way Forward 
References 
4. Unravelling India's Inflation Puzzle 
Pankaj Kumar and Naveen Srinivasa
Introduction 
Estimating India's Potential Growth: A Time Series Approach 
Evaluating the RBI's Policy Response to these Developments
Conclusion 
References 
5. Investment Growth Nexus: Cyclical Evidence from India 
R. Krishnan and Rajendra R. Vaidya
Introduction 
A Brief Literature Review 
Data Sources and Behaviour of Components of Investment 
Methodology: Measuring the Cyclical Component
Empirical Results 
Conclusion 
References 
6. The Changing Face of Rural India
Shovan Ray
The Diversity of Indian Experience 
Working Patterns across Sectors 
Irrigated, Coastal, and Rainfed Farming Systems 
Rural Livelihoods 
Rise in Rural Non-farm Activities 
Migrations and Their Trails 
Rural Incomes, Poverty and Deprivations 
Amenities of Rural Life in India 
Conclusion 
References 
7. Dynamics of Firms' Competitive Behaviour in Indian Manufacturing Industries: 1971-2010 96
Rupayan Pal
Introduction 
Policy Background 
The Data 
Evolution of PCM across Manufacturing Industries: 1971-2010 
Econometric Evidence: Firm's Characteristics, Reforms, and Firm-level PCMs 
Drivers of Industry-specific Competitive Dynamics: A Decomposition Analysis 
Conclusion
References
8. Small Enterprises in Indian Manufacturing and Inclusive Growth: Search for Compensatory Mechanisms
K.V. Ramaswamy
Introduction 
Role of Small Enterprises in Employment, Job Creation, and Poverty 
Evolution of Size Structure and Compensatory Mechanism
Data and Defi nitions 
Employment Change by Type of Enterprise: 2001-11 
What Could Be Done to Boost Small Enterprises and Employment Growth? 
Conclusion 
References
9. Corporate Debt Market in India: Issues and Challenges 
Rajeswari Sengupta and Vaibhav Anand
Introduction 
Current Status of Indian Corporate Debt Market 
Supply Side Issues 
Analysis of the Recent Public Issuances 
Recent Steps to Address Supply Side Issues 
Demand Side Issues 
Recent Steps to Address Demand Side Issues 
Secondary Market Issues 
Wholesale Debt Market (WDB) 
Risk and Hedging Related Issues: CDS 
Risk and Hedging Related Issues: Interest Rate Futures 
Conclusion 
References 
10. Oil and Natural Gas Price Reforms and Its Impacts on Indian Agriculture 
A. Ganesh-Kumar and Nitin Harak
Introduction 
Oil and Natural Gas Sector—Some Stylized Facts 
Agriculture and Its Linkages with the Oil and Natural Gas Sector 
Methodology and Data 
Scenario Specification 
Results 
Conclusion 
References 
11. Food Inflation in India: Implications for Food Security and Policy Options 
S. Mahendra Dev, Vijay Laxmi Pandey, and Andaleeb Rehman
Introduction
Elements of Food Inflation
Persistence in Inflation
Factors Driving Food Inflation 
Infl ation in Some of the Specific Commodities
Policies for Reduction in Food Inflation
References 
12. Food Security in India: A Review of Current Debates 
Sudha Narayanan
Introduction 
The Challenge of Food Security in India 
The National Food Security Act: Claims and Contestations 
India and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture 
Sustainable Nutritional Security 
Conclusion 
References 
13. Health and Health Care in India: Current Scenario and New Challenges 
Subrata Mukherjee
Introduction 
Linkages between Health, Poverty, and Development 
Health Status 
Access to and Utilization of Health Care 
Health Expenditure and Health Financing 
Health Interventions and Programmes 
Emerging Issues 
Conclusion 
References 
14. Assessing Health Care Scenario and Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance in Slums of Mumbai and Its Periphery
Basudeb Chaudhuri, Namrata Gulati, Apara Banerjee, Ahana Roy, Imdadul Halder, and Safayet Karim
Introduction 
Existing Health Insurance Schemes
Health Insurance Schemes for Maharashtra
Methodology
Main Findings from the Survey
Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance
Factors Impeding Health Insurance Affiliation 
Conclusion 
References 
15. Bridging the Welfare Gap? Corporate Social Responsibility in India 
Jayati Sarkar and Subrata Sarkar
Introduction 
CSR in India—The Legal Framework 
Why Corporate Social Responsibility? 
Regulatory Approaches to CSR 
Looking Back to Look Forward: CSR Practices of Indian Companies 
Mandatory CSR: Prospects and Challenges
References 
16. By Chance or Design: India's Makeover since 2001 
S. Chandrasekhar
Introduction 
Where does India Live? 
Progress towards Development Goals 
Concerns over Labour Market 
Financial Inclusion 
Looking Ahead 
References 
17. Climate Change and Its Impacts: Understanding Some Facts, Myths, and Controversies 
Vinod Kumar Sharma
Introduction 
Some Global Warming Facts 
Climate Change Negotiations 
Myths and Controversies 
Stance of Developing Countries 
Th e Way Forward 
Conclusion 
References 
18. An Odyssey to Sustainability: The Urban Archipelago of India 
B. Sudhakara Reddy
Prologue 
Methodology 
Growing Cities, Green Cities, and 'Just' Cities 
Sustainability—An Elusive Goal? 
The Task Ahead
References 
19. Indian Transportation and Its Sustainability 
Sudhakar Yedla
Indian Transportation—Th e Present Situation 
Transportation and Sustainability Issues 
Indian Planning and Sustainable Transport—Way Forward 
References 

A Statistical Profile of India's Development  

S. Mahendra Dev

S. Mahendra Dev

S. Mahendra Dev

Description

According to recent estimates, India is the third largest economy in the world after USA and China in terms of purchasing power parity. More significantly, the country witnessed a major shift in political leadership when a clear mandate was provided to the BJP-led NDA coalition in the national elections in May 2014. This has empowered the new government to take bold economic decisions to meet the short- and longer-term challenges of this country.    Accelerating growth is the immediate challenge for the new government as it is expected to deliver on the economic front as well as on the social front. It has to bolster businesses as well as the common people. India, aspiring to be a global power, must promote harmonious and inclusive socio-economic development. Keeping this in mind, many crucial questions are raised: How has the economy been performing? What should be done to revive GDP growth? What is the relationship between investment and growth? How to address India’s vulnerability to external crises? How to control inflation? How to achieve social and environmental goals? Providing answers to these and other such questions, this volume, the eighth in India Development Report series, examines:   • macroeconomic developments and economic growth, inflation, and         external shocks; • investment and growth nexus;  • dynamics of a firm’s competitive behaviour; • small enterprises and the corporate debt market;  • oil and gas price reforms and agriculture, changing face of rural               areas, food inflation, and food security; • health and health care, and health insurance; and • corporate social responsibility, climate change, urban sustainability,         transport, and sustainable development.   The Report includes a statistical appendix, which is a treasure trove of various economic and social indicators and helps provide an independent assessment of the Indian economy. 

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Table of contents

List of Tables 
List of Figures 
List of Boxes 
List of Statistical Profile 
List of Abbreviations 
List of Contributors 
1. Overview—Accelerating Growth and Development Challenges in Short and Long Terms 
S. Mahendra Dev and C. Veeramani
Introduction 
Macroeconimic Performance 
Sectoral Issues 
Social Development and Welfare Issues 
Environmental and Sustainability Issues 
Way Forward for 'Good Days' 
References 
2. Macroeconomic Developments and Challenges for Growth 
Manoj Panda
Introduction 
Macroeconomic Developments 
Policy Challenges for High Growth 
Conclusion 
References 
3. External Shocks 
Ashima Goyal
Introduction 
The Degree of Openness 
CAD: Excess Demand or External and Sectoral Shocks? Policy Failures 
Reducing the Impact of External Shocks on the Exchange Rate 
Exchange Rate Regime and Inflation Targeting 
The Way Forward 
References 
4. Unravelling India's Inflation Puzzle 
Pankaj Kumar and Naveen Srinivasa
Introduction 
Estimating India's Potential Growth: A Time Series Approach 
Evaluating the RBI's Policy Response to these Developments
Conclusion 
References 
5. Investment Growth Nexus: Cyclical Evidence from India 
R. Krishnan and Rajendra R. Vaidya
Introduction 
A Brief Literature Review 
Data Sources and Behaviour of Components of Investment 
Methodology: Measuring the Cyclical Component
Empirical Results 
Conclusion 
References 
6. The Changing Face of Rural India
Shovan Ray
The Diversity of Indian Experience 
Working Patterns across Sectors 
Irrigated, Coastal, and Rainfed Farming Systems 
Rural Livelihoods 
Rise in Rural Non-farm Activities 
Migrations and Their Trails 
Rural Incomes, Poverty and Deprivations 
Amenities of Rural Life in India 
Conclusion 
References 
7. Dynamics of Firms' Competitive Behaviour in Indian Manufacturing Industries: 1971-2010 96
Rupayan Pal
Introduction 
Policy Background 
The Data 
Evolution of PCM across Manufacturing Industries: 1971-2010 
Econometric Evidence: Firm's Characteristics, Reforms, and Firm-level PCMs 
Drivers of Industry-specific Competitive Dynamics: A Decomposition Analysis 
Conclusion
References
8. Small Enterprises in Indian Manufacturing and Inclusive Growth: Search for Compensatory Mechanisms
K.V. Ramaswamy
Introduction 
Role of Small Enterprises in Employment, Job Creation, and Poverty 
Evolution of Size Structure and Compensatory Mechanism
Data and Defi nitions 
Employment Change by Type of Enterprise: 2001-11 
What Could Be Done to Boost Small Enterprises and Employment Growth? 
Conclusion 
References
9. Corporate Debt Market in India: Issues and Challenges 
Rajeswari Sengupta and Vaibhav Anand
Introduction 
Current Status of Indian Corporate Debt Market 
Supply Side Issues 
Analysis of the Recent Public Issuances 
Recent Steps to Address Supply Side Issues 
Demand Side Issues 
Recent Steps to Address Demand Side Issues 
Secondary Market Issues 
Wholesale Debt Market (WDB) 
Risk and Hedging Related Issues: CDS 
Risk and Hedging Related Issues: Interest Rate Futures 
Conclusion 
References 
10. Oil and Natural Gas Price Reforms and Its Impacts on Indian Agriculture 
A. Ganesh-Kumar and Nitin Harak
Introduction 
Oil and Natural Gas Sector—Some Stylized Facts 
Agriculture and Its Linkages with the Oil and Natural Gas Sector 
Methodology and Data 
Scenario Specification 
Results 
Conclusion 
References 
11. Food Inflation in India: Implications for Food Security and Policy Options 
S. Mahendra Dev, Vijay Laxmi Pandey, and Andaleeb Rehman
Introduction
Elements of Food Inflation
Persistence in Inflation
Factors Driving Food Inflation 
Infl ation in Some of the Specific Commodities
Policies for Reduction in Food Inflation
References 
12. Food Security in India: A Review of Current Debates 
Sudha Narayanan
Introduction 
The Challenge of Food Security in India 
The National Food Security Act: Claims and Contestations 
India and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture 
Sustainable Nutritional Security 
Conclusion 
References 
13. Health and Health Care in India: Current Scenario and New Challenges 
Subrata Mukherjee
Introduction 
Linkages between Health, Poverty, and Development 
Health Status 
Access to and Utilization of Health Care 
Health Expenditure and Health Financing 
Health Interventions and Programmes 
Emerging Issues 
Conclusion 
References 
14. Assessing Health Care Scenario and Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance in Slums of Mumbai and Its Periphery
Basudeb Chaudhuri, Namrata Gulati, Apara Banerjee, Ahana Roy, Imdadul Halder, and Safayet Karim
Introduction 
Existing Health Insurance Schemes
Health Insurance Schemes for Maharashtra
Methodology
Main Findings from the Survey
Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance
Factors Impeding Health Insurance Affiliation 
Conclusion 
References 
15. Bridging the Welfare Gap? Corporate Social Responsibility in India 
Jayati Sarkar and Subrata Sarkar
Introduction 
CSR in India—The Legal Framework 
Why Corporate Social Responsibility? 
Regulatory Approaches to CSR 
Looking Back to Look Forward: CSR Practices of Indian Companies 
Mandatory CSR: Prospects and Challenges
References 
16. By Chance or Design: India's Makeover since 2001 
S. Chandrasekhar
Introduction 
Where does India Live? 
Progress towards Development Goals 
Concerns over Labour Market 
Financial Inclusion 
Looking Ahead 
References 
17. Climate Change and Its Impacts: Understanding Some Facts, Myths, and Controversies 
Vinod Kumar Sharma
Introduction 
Some Global Warming Facts 
Climate Change Negotiations 
Myths and Controversies 
Stance of Developing Countries 
Th e Way Forward 
Conclusion 
References 
18. An Odyssey to Sustainability: The Urban Archipelago of India 
B. Sudhakara Reddy
Prologue 
Methodology 
Growing Cities, Green Cities, and 'Just' Cities 
Sustainability—An Elusive Goal? 
The Task Ahead
References 
19. Indian Transportation and Its Sustainability 
Sudhakar Yedla
Indian Transportation—Th e Present Situation 
Transportation and Sustainability Issues 
Indian Planning and Sustainable Transport—Way Forward 
References 

A Statistical Profile of India's Development  

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