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Authors: Jagdish Bhagwati
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foreign/foreign direct (DFI)
8
,
27
,
31
,
143
,
201
,
203
,
204
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inward direct investments,
88â89
Jandoc, Karl Robert L.,
107
,
119â120
Jet Airways,
130
Jews,
77
Jha, Shikha,
171
Jharkhand,
161
Jungalwalla Committee report of 1967,
179
Kalita, Gunajit,
103
Kamble, Milind,
39
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medical colleges in,
187
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Yeshasvini Cooperative Farmers Health Care Scheme
and
Vajpayee Scheme in,
184
Kartar Singh Committee Report on Multipurpose Workers,
17
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Kerala model,
68â77
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life expectancy and infant mortality in,
71
(figs.),
79
(figs.)
     Â
literacy rates in,
70
(fig.),
74
,
75
(fig.),
75â77
Kolkata,
50
Kotak, Uday,
54â55
Kremer, Michael,
194
Krugman, Paul,
141
Kyung-hae, Lee,
81
Labor
     Â
allocation of,
150
industrial workers,
53â54
,
101
,
102
     Â
labor costs,
23
,
24
,
110
,
112
,
116
,
118
,
121
,
163
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labor demand in China,
207
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labor-intensive
products/enterprises,
8
,
23
,
24
,
43
,
46
,
98
,
103â107
,
107â108
,
109
,
110
,
116
,
117
,
118
,
119
,
121
,
123
,
131
,
196
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labor laws,
101
,
110
,
111â115
,
116â120
,
121â124
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labor-market,
44
,
160
,
163
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Ministry of Labor,
111
     Â
skilled/unskilled labor,
98
,
102
,
103
,
104
,
106
,
109
,
124
,
135
,
157
,
158
,
164
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unionizing labor,
51
,
52
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See also
Employment
Lahiri, Amartya,
50
Laissez-faire economics,
52
Lakdawala Committee,
40
Land Acquisition Act (1894),
87
,
125
Land holdings,
8
,
35
,
52
,
69
,
87
,
110
,
125â128
,
145
,
155
,
174
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nonfarm purposes for farmland,
128
     Â
social purpose for acquiring,
125
Left, political,
9
,
12
,
22
,
25
,
85
,
89
,
90
Lesotho,
64
“Let Us Stand Economic Theory on Its Head: Joining the GNP Rat Race Won't Wipe Out Poverty” (Haq),
21
Liberalization,
8â9
,
14
,
31
,
39
,
81
,
144
,
203
     Â
trade liberalization,
42â44
,
49
,
90
,
121
,
143
     Â
See also
Reforms
     Â
license-permit raj,
3
,
39
,
86
,
138
,
188
,
201
Life expectancy,
16
,
58
,
59
(fig.),
60
(table),
60
,
61
,
61
(fig.),
64
,
68
,
70
,
71
(fig. 5.5),
78
,
177
Literacy/illiteracy,
15
,
21
,
68
,
69
,
70
(fig.),
73â74
,
75
(fig.),
75â77
,
78
     Â
female literacy,
76
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among potential workers,
116â117
Madhya Pradesh,
38
Maharashtra,
38
,
47
,
69
,
70
,
84
,
133
,
137
,
172
     Â
life expectancy and infant mortality in,
71
(figs.),
79
(figs.)
     Â
literacy rates in,
70
(fig.),
74
,
75
(fig.),
78
     Â
medical colleges in,
187
Malaria,
16
,
58
,
59
(fig.),
60
(table),
178
Malayalam language,
75
Malaysia,
19
Manufacturing,
24
,
98
,
101
,
102
,
112
,
116
,
121
,
144
,
196
,
202
     Â
growth of,
103
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labor-capital ratios in,
106â107
     Â
See also
Industry
Maoist insurgency,
38
Market issues,
4
,
10
,
87
,
138
,
144
,
177
,
182
Market Plus,
91
Maternal mortality.
See under
Women
Maternity Benefit Act (1961),
113
Mathew, George,
69
Matrilineal tradition,
75â76
Medical Council of India,
186
,
187
Medicines,
188
Mehta-Bhatt, Purvi,
83â84
Methodology,
43
,
65
.
See also
Gini coefficient
Mineral extraction,
38
,
52
,
87
,
205
Minimum Wages Act (1948),
113
Minorities,
14
Mitra, Amit,
111
Mizoram,
47
Monopolies,
53
Muralidharan, Karthik,
194
Murgai, Rinku,
161
Murthy, Narayana,
54â55
about development strategy,
9
,
12
,
16
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about growth and poverty reduction,
10
,
22â25
,
32â36
,
88â89
about health/education,
14â18
,
57â61
,
78
about malnutrition,
62â68
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about Planning Commission and poverty lines,
40â42
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about redistribution,
19â22
     Â
about reforms and Bretton Woods institutions/Washington Consensus,
89â91
     Â
about reforms and corruption,
85â89
     Â
about reforms and disadvantaged groups,
36â40
     Â
about reforms and growth since 1991,
29â32
     Â
about reforms and inequality,
45â50
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about suicides of farmers,
81â85
     Â
about trade openness,
42â44
Nadars,
76
Nagaraj, K.,
82
Nair Service Society,
76
Nakate, Uttam,
119
Nath, Kamal,
131
National Advisory Council,
185
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights,
36
National Council on Applied Economic Research,
161
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),
82
National Democratic Alliance (NDA),
130
,
131
National Family Health Survey,
63
,
66
,
168
National Health Policy,
18
National Highway Authority
and
National Highway Development Program,
130
National Movement for Universal (Elementary) Education,
18
National Nutritional Monitoring Bureau (NNMB),
63
,
67
,
168
National Planning Committee,
13
,
15
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme/Act (NREGA),
50
,
96
,
153
,
157â161
     Â
key achievements of,
159
(table)
     Â
leakages under,
160â161
     Â
three phases of implementation,
157
National Rural Health Mission 2005,
18
,
182
National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO),
39
,
43
,
69
,
165
,
167
,
181
Nayars,
76
NCRB.
See
National Crime Records Bureau
NDA.
See
National Democratic Alliance
NDTV website,
41
Nehru, Jawaharlal,
1â2
,
3
,
13
,
15
,
19
,
25
,
201
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and socialism,
7â8
Nehru, Motilal,
2
New Age Weekly
,
85
New Economics,
23
New Industrial Policy (NIP),
7
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited,
124
NGOs,
4
,
10
,
36
,
63
,
73
,
128
,
175
,
188
NNMB.
See
National Nutritional Monitoring Bureau
Norway,
65
NSSO.
See
National Sample Survey Organization
NTPC company,
127
Nutrition,
15
,
17
,
21
,
57
,
58
,
67â68
,
149
,
150
,
151
,
155
,
165â175
     Â
and adult weight and height,
168
     Â
protein/fat intake,
165
,
166
(fig. 15.2),
168
     Â
See also
Children
:
child nutrition
;
Myths:
about malnutrition
Obesity,
150
     Â
Orissa Steel Project,
126
Other Backward Classes/Castes (OBC),
14
,
36
,
37
Outlook
magazine,
66