Indian Agricultural Policy at the Crossroads: Priorities and Agenda
Acharya, S.S. & Chaudhri, D.P. (Eds.)
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Book ID : 9901
ISBN-10 : 81-7033-661-9 / 8170336619
Place
of Publication :
Jaipur
Year
of Publication :
2001
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
694p., Index, 25 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- I. Emerging Issues in Indian agriculture: 1. Emerging issues in Indian agriculture/S.S. Acharya and D.P. Chaudhri. II. Trade liberalisation, agricultural prices and social welfare: 2. Trade liberalisation, agricultural prices and social welfare/R. Chand and D. Jha. III. Domestic agricultural marketing policies, incentives and integration: 3. Domestic agricultural marketing policies, incentives and integration/S.S. Acharya. 4. Testing integration of agricultural produce markets in India: conceptual and empirical considerations using wholesale prices/E.J. Wilson. IV. Terms of trade for the agricultural sector: 5. Terms of trade for the agricultural sector in India at the state level/S.S. Acharya. V. Agricultural performance and productivity: 6. Agricultural performance and productivity/P. Kumar. VI. Poverty, employment and equity: 7. Poverty and equity issues in Indian agriculture/D.P. Chaudhri and S.S. Acharya. 8. Nutritional poverty and the Role of PDS in India: an inter-state analysis/Z. Zhou, X. Liu and N. Perera. 9. Expenditure and price elasticities of cereal consumption by expenditure groups in Indian states 1993-94/N. Perera. 10. Regional and sectoral disparities in economic growth and incomes in India/R. Chand. 11. Agricultural growth, employment and poverty: theoretical and empirical explorations with Indian Data (1970-1993)/D.P. Chaudhri and E.J. Wilson. VII. Agricultural policy: priorities and agenda: 12. Equity driven marketing and trade policy strategies for Indian agriculture-priorities and agenda/S.S. Acharya and D.P. Chaudhri.
DESCRIPTION
The book is an outcome of a collaborative study addressing the highest priority issue which India faces today in agricultural sector policies. The main objective of the study was to document and analyze the impacts of past and current policies relating to trade, marketing, pricing, poverty reduction and employment generation, and also to identify policies/strategies in respect of trade, domestic markets, output and input pricing and other policy support.
The authors have identified several areas of policy changes for Indian agriculture. However, they point out that political economy of policy shifts is a complex and jerky process. This is particularly true of Indian agriculture which continues to sustain around 70 percent of the total Indian population of over one billion. Nevertheless, the policy package suggested in the book provides a window of opportunity for a rational debate among status quoists and pro-liberalisers. The authors take the position that the mix of policy changes propounded by them constitutes the best option for Indian policy makers today as far as agricultural sector is concerned.
The book includes: (a) review of Indian agricultural trade policies, trade flows and impact of trade liberalization on domestic prices and net social welfare; (b) review of domestic marketing policies, subsidies and their impact on incentives/disincentives and market integration; (c) trends in terms of trade for agricultural sector at the state level; (d) analysis of cropping pattern changes, total factor productivity and factor-demand output supply; (e) poverty reduction performance, employment situation and inter-regional equity issues; and (f) suggestions for strategic changes in agricultural marketing, trade and poverty reduction policies.
