Indian Planning at the Crossroads

Synopsis

Is the Indian economy on a road to nowhere? Will the economy be able to survive all the drastic changes in the political arena? This collection of essays provides an analysis of the complexities of the Indian economy during the Seventh Plan period and at the beginning of the 1990s. Essay topics include monetary reform, the International Monetary Fund, the effects of bank nationalization, inflation, kickbacks and bribes, as well as a possibly mixed economy of Planned and Capitalist economies.