India Development Report 2022

Description

The India Development Report (IDR) 2022 provides an independent assessment of the Indian economy including contemporary problems, issues, and policies. In addition to the general topics, the IDR 2022 contains a special section on employment and skills. The papers in this report deal with issues such as unemployment challenge, declining labour share, technology, and future of jobs and women at work. Other papers deal with a wide range of issues including impact of COVID-19 on the economy, macro-economic issues, banks and prevention of corruption, borrowing by Indian firms, agriculture, nutrition, education, health, and climate change. This report presents detailed and holistic view of the Indian Economy. Apart from other topics, it also focuses on the unprecedented situation of COVID-19 which had brought our way of life to an almost complete stop.

About the author:

S. Mahendra Dev is Director and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai.

Table of contents

1. Covid- 19 and Other Emerging Issues: An Overview

PART I: EMERGING MACROECONOMIC AND SECTORAL ISSUES

2. Impact of COVID- 19 on the Indian Economy: An Interim Assessment
3. Macroeconomic Environment and Revival of Medium Term Growth
4. Aggregate Demand Management, Policy Errors and Optimal Monetary Policy in India
5. Borrowing by Indian firms
6. Indian Banks and the Prevention of Corruption Act: Freedom and Discipline
7. Commercialisation, Diversification, and Structural Determinants of Farmers' Income in India
8. Agricultural Diversity and Child Diet Diversity in the Rural Areas of Bihar and Odisha
9. Progress in Elementary Education in India and the Right to Education Act, 2009
10. Public and Private Schools in India
11. Childhood Morbidity in India: Prevalence and Risk Factors
12. Sources of Community Health Worker Motivation in Delivering Public Health Programs: A Qualitative Study in Informal Settlements of Mumbai and Pune
13. India's Progress Towards Climate Change Mitigation Goals: An Analysis Using Country-reported GHG Emission Inventories

PART II: EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS

14. An Analysis of the Unemployment Challenge and India's Policy Response
15. Declining Labor Share in Indian Economy: An Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Technology, Trade, and Structural Transformation
16. Technology and Future of Jobs in India
17. Occupational Mobility in India
18. Women and Work in Urban India
19. Women at Work in India: Upskilling as a Measure to Increase Female Labour Force Participation

Index

5. Contributors (give full details of major contributors, especially if overseas)

Shaikh
Sowmya Dhanaraj
D. Suganthi
Susan Thomas
Pankaj Vashisht
C. Veeramani