Title: Facets of India's economy and her society /
Authors: Jha, Raghbendra
Year: 2018
Subjects: India Economic conditions; India Social conditions; India Politics and government
Abstract: "This two-volume work provides an account of how India has been meeting its myriad of economic, political and social challenges and how things are expected to evolve in the future. Despite enormous challenges at the time of independence, India chose to address them within a secular, liberal, democratic framework, which guaranteed several fundamental rights. Challenges included intense mass poverty and hunger, very poor literacy and educational abilities of the population, the task of uniting a country with scores of languages and ethnicities ruled by different entities for decades and persistent threats of external aggression, to name just a few. Over time, incomes and opportunities have expanded enormously and India has regained her self-confidence as a nation."--
Contents: v. 1. Recent economic and social history and political economy -- v. 2. Current state and future prospects.