The Indian Economy, 1947-92: Population, Poverty and Employment

by Vinayak Mahadev Dandekar

"Dandekar′s analysis of poverty in the early seventies received wide attention going far beyond the circle of professional economists. This is even more likely to be ture of this book, which covers a broader set of issues and deals with them in a simple and comprehensible language.... A feature which students and researchers would find particularly welcome is that each chapter contains a thorough discussion of the major policy documents and committee reports starting from the beginning prior to independence to the most recent pronouncements. This a boon to readers who, on their own, are unlikely to explore the decades preceding the planning era."

408 pages, Hardcover

First published February 24, 1995