Indian Economy in Transition

S. Janakarajan is Professorial Consultant at Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) and Professorial Research Associate, Centre for Water and Development, SOAS, University of London. He was a Visiting Professor at the Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. He specializes in the areas of water, environment and climate change. He has authored/co-authored/edited several books and published many articles in national and international journals. Currently, he is the President of South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), Hyderabad and is an active member of the Global Water Partnership.L. Venkatachalam is Associate Professor, MIDS, Chennai. He has been a visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras School of Economics (MSE) and Indian Maritime University, Chennai. He works on environmental economics with a focus on non-market valuation, environmental policy and climate change. He has held Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship, Indo-French Scholars’ Exchange Fellowship and Indo-Canadian Faculty Research Fellowship and won the Japanese Award for his outstanding Research on Development.R. Maria Saleth is Director, Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), and former Director, MIDS, Chennai. He has earlier worked at the International Water Management Institute, Colombo; Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; and the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru. He works in the areas of water resource management, institutional reform and agricultural development. He has been the editor of Review of Development and Change and an Associate Editor of Water Policy and Water Resources Research.

• ForewordPrefaceIndian Economy in Transition: Context and Overview of Issues - S Janakarajan, L Venkatachalam and R Maria SalethGlobalization and Indian Economy: Issues and Concerns - U SankarFood Price Inflation and Public Procurement: The Indian Experience - Abhirup SarkarAgrarian Change under Reforms: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu, 1980–2005 - Venkatesh AthreyaIs Farming Profitable to Farmers in India? Evidence from Cost of Cultivation Survey Data - A NarayanamoorthyMeasuring Labour Market Insecurity in Rural India: A Gendered Analysis - Brinda Viswanathan and Padmini Desikachar′Education for All’ in India: Issues, Policies and Imperatives - S Chandrasekhar and M H SuryanarayanaThe Emerging Ageing Scenario in India, 2001–51 - S Irudaya RajanImpacts of Increased Urban Demand for Water on Livelihood Resilience in Peri-urban Areas of Chennai - S JanakarajanDesign of Economic Instruments and Participatory Institutions for Environmental Management in India - M N MurtyHousehold Level Pollution in India: Patterns and Projections - K S Kavi Kumar and Brinda ViswanathanMarket-based Institutional Reforms for Water Allocation in India: Issues and the Way Forward - L VenkatachalamMillennium Development Goals: How Is India Doing? - Sudipto MundleSocial Discrimination in India: A Case for Economic Citizenship - Barbara Harriss-White and Aseem Prakash‘Rural Poverty: Policy and Play Acting’ Revisited. Why Doesn’t the Indian State Do Better in Regard to Poverty Reduction? - John HarrissIndex

A wide canvas of issues and challenges that have emerged in the process of economic transformation and dominating the development scenario in India…the chapters raise many questions, which give direction for future research.