STATE OF INDIA’S ECONOMY: Fastest Growth with Worrisome Symptoms

DescriptionState of India’s Economy is an account of the Indian economy and society reflecting on some key aspects that impacted on the quotidian life and livelihood of the people of India. This is an effort of the Indian Political Economy Association, which carries the mandate of critically reviewing the Indian economy and society, to produce knowledge based on facts culled out from government sources. The scope of the discussion in the articles featured in this collection spans the past four decades with an aim to reflect upon the entire reform process, but with a specific focus on issues of contemporary relevance.ContentsPreface 1. The Indian Economy: Charting a Historically Unique  Path to Development? Surajit Mazumdar 2. Trump’s America Pushing the World Towards Decoupled Globalisation V. Upadhyay 3. Growth and Distribution in the Indian Economy During the Post-Liberalisation Period: A Short Note on the Structural Factors Zico Dasgupta 4. Climate Change and Its Consequences for India Surinder Kumar and Kulwant Singh 5. Digital Monopolies and the World Capitalist System Paramjit Singh, Balwinder Singh Tiwana and Ashman Bajwa 6. Women’s Self-Employment in India: Interpreting the Recently Rising Trends Nayantara 7. Falling Central Grants to States in India (2016-23) Vijay Kumar Venna and R.V. Ramana Murthy 8. Government Funded Health Insurance: Covered Yet Unprotected Indranil and Richa Chintan 9. Macroeconomics of India’s Exchange Rate Narender Thakur and C. Saratchand 10. Indian Industry Needs Innovation, Not Mindless Toil Jayan Jose Thomas11. Premature ‘Servicification’ of Consumption Expenditure in India and the Low-End Service Trap Satyaki Roy 12. Understanding Fintech and Its Activities Santosh Kumar Das and Khushboo Uppal 13. Corporatisation and the Ideological Capture of Indian Cinema Shirin Akhter 14. India’s Startup Boom Sanjaya Kumar Malik 15. Neoliberalism and Its Impact on Tribal Welfare Archana Prasad 16. Some Aspects of the Socio-Economic Situation of Religious Minorities in Neoliberal India Maidul Islam 17. Society and Politics in Contemporary India: The Upper-Caste Counterrevolution Prashant K. Trivedi Contributors