India Social Development Report 2018
Rising Inequalities in India
Edited by Professor Tajamul Haque and Professor D.N Reddy
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Edited by Professor Tajamul Haque, Professor, Council for Social Development, and Edited by Professor D.N Reddy, Professor, Central University of Hyderabad
Tajamul Haque is Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development. He is an agricultural economist. Prior to CSD, he was Chairperson, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Government of India. He is also currently, Honorary Chair, Special Cell on land policy, NITI Aayog. D. Narasimha Reddy is a developmental economist. He was Professor of Economics and Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad. Presently, he is also Visiting Professor, Institute of Human Development, New Delhi. He works in areas of policy, agrarian economics, political economy and labour.
Contributors:
Inequality and Economic Development - Prof. Pulin Nayak
2. Wealth and Income Inequality in the Age of Finance - Prof. C.P. Chandrasekhar
3. Inequalities in Well-being in India: A Multidimensional Analysis - Prof Madheswaran and Dr B.P. Vani
Role of Urban Inequality in the Phenomenon of Rising Wealth Inequality in India, 2002-2012 - Vamsi Vakulabharanam & Sripad Motiram
Section 2
1. Inter-state Inequality in India: Why have some states done better than others? - Dr. N.C.Saxena
2. Migration,Urbanisation and Interstate Inequality in India - Prof Amitabh Kundu and Dr. K Varghese
3. Inequality in Rural India: Insights from Village Studies - Prof. Himanshu
4. Challenges of Agricultural Transformation for Farmers' Wellbeing in India: Region wise Analysis - Prof. T.Haque
5. Income Inequalities among Agricultural Households in India: State Level Assessment and Contributing Factors - Prof. Seema Bathla and Dr. Anjani Kumar
Section 3
1. Wage Inequalities in India - Prof. K.P.Kannan
2. Inequality and the labour market in India and Brazil - Dr. Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa, Dr. Maria Cristina Cacciamali, Prof. Gerry Rodgers, Dr. Janine Rodgers, Dr. Vidhya Soundararajan and Dr. Fabio Tatei
Section4
1. Can India's New National Health Policy Bridge the Disconnect with Development? -
K. Srinath Reddy
2. Equity in Healthcare Utilization And Financial Risk Protection: Financial Implications Of Illness Among Casual Labour Households - Anup K Karan and Sakthivel Selvaraj
3. Universalising Quality School Education in India: Perspectives and Prospect - Muchkund Dubey
4. Exclusion and Inequality in Indian Education - Rangachar Govinda and Madhumita Bandyopadhyay
5. Inequality in Access to Higher Education in India between the Poor and the Rich - Jandhyala B G Tilak and Pradeep Kumar Choudhury
Unequal Access to Elementary Education in India Government Vs Private Schools - Ashok Pankaj and Poornima
1. Gender equality in India: New Challenges confronting progress - Nitya Rao and Ayesha Pervez
2. Promises Unfulfilled: Women's Access to Land in India - Hema Swaminathan and Suchitra J.Y.
Section5
1. Do not change the Goal Post from Equality to Inclusiveness: A modest agenda for elimination of marginalization of Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims - K.B. Saxena
2. Persistent Inequalities in India: Challenges in Overcoming Inequalities of Opportunities as Envisaged in the Constitution of India - D. Narasimha Reddy
Section 6 Social Development Index, Surajit Deb
