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Authors: Jagdish Bhagwati
Patronage,
3
Paul, Sourabh B.,
50
Payment of Bonus Act (1965)
and
Payment of Gratuity Act (1972),
113
Planning Commission,
7
,
18
,
20
,
34
,
35
,
39
,
40â42
,
130â131
,
185
Politics,
3
Poverty,
7
,
15
,
19
,
69
,
150
,
153
,
181
,
185
,
196
,
197
     Â
and calorie consumption,
168â169
     Â
economics of poverty removal,
1
,
2
     Â
and inequality,
69
     Â
poverty line,
32
,
32
(fig.),
34
,
35
,
40â42
,
96
,
184
     Â
poverty ratio,
32â33
,
33
(fig.),
35
,
37
,
38
(fig.),
44
     Â
and providing employment,
157â164
(
see also
Employment
)
     Â
in religious groups,
38
     Â
See also
Economic growth
: and poverty reduction;
under
Socialism
Power sector,
95
,
131â132
.
See also
Electricity
Premji, Azim,
54â55
     Â
consumer price index,
158
     Â
of gasoline,
203
     Â
of health services,
188
     Â
of land,
126
,
127
,
128
subsidized,
151
,
152
,
154
,
165
,
170
Prime Minister's Rural Road Program,
14
Private sector,
8
,
88
,
89
,
97
,
102
,
130
,
138
,
145
,
149
,
154
,
164
,
184
,
186
,
193
,
201â202
Privatization,
130
Productivity,
13
,
16
,
97
,
98
,
99
,
102
,
128
,
140
,
181
     Â
of investments,
205
Public Interest Foundation,
161
Public opinion,
204â205
Public sector,
8
,
53
,
68
,
72
,
127
,
130
,
193
     Â
providing health services,
181
Public works,
158
QS World University Rankings,
135
Raja, A.,
87
Ramaswami, Bharat,
171
Rao, P. V. Narasimha,
27
,
28
,
91
,
201
,
204
Rao, Sujatha,
185
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY),
184
Reddy brothers,
54
Redistribution,
9
,
13
,
16
,
25
,
41â42
,
49â50
,
54
,
68
,
95
,
96
,
121
,
124
,
196
     Â
cash transfers,
150â151
,
153
,
154
,
160â164
,
173
,
182
,
183
,
203
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cash vs. in-kind transfers,
150â151
,
171
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conditional vs. unconditional
     Â
transfers,
152
,
182
,
183
     Â
direct transfer vs. wage employment,
150
     Â
exclusion criteria and exclusion error for,
154â155
,
171
,
172
     Â
of land,
69
     Â
universal vs. targeted transfers,
153
,
154â155
     Â
See also under
Myths
Reforms,
2
,
3â4
,
9â10
,
14
,
25
,
205
     Â
in agriculture,
144â145
,
174
     Â
and Bretton Woods institutions/Washington Consensus,
89â91
     Â
and corruption,
85â89
     Â
and disadvantaged groups,
36â40
     Â
in foreign investments,
143
,
201
,
203
,
204
     Â
and growth since 1991,
29â32
(
see also
Economic growth
: and
reforms
)
     Â
in health care,
177â188
     Â
in higher education,
135
     Â
and inequality,
45â55
     Â
labor reforms,
101
,
109
,
121â124
,
174
     Â
market reforms,
109â110
     Â
of NREGA,
157
     Â
in power sector,
131â132
     Â
telecom reforms,
87
     Â
in trade,
143
     Â
Track I/II reforms,
95â99
,
124
,
129
,
130
,
143â145
,
149â155
,
173
,
189
,
202
,
206
Regulations,
8
,
24
,
52
,
53
,
85
,
109
,
112
,
114
,
115
,
118
,
120
,
123
,
125
,
203
     Â
and health services,
188
Religion,
2
,
38
.
See also
Christians
;
Hindus
;
Jews
;
Muslims
Reserve Bank of India,
203
Retail chains, foreign,
180
,
203
,
204
Rights,
16
,
87
,
121
,
153
,
186
,
190
,
193
,
196
,
207
Right to Education (RTE) Act (2009),
14
,
17
,
189
,
190
,
195â199
Right-to-food bill,
169â172
Ringeltaube, Tobias,
76
RMPs.
See
Health issues
:
rural medical providers
Robinson, Joan,
7
Roosevelt, Franklin,
158
Rupee depreciation,
31
Russia,
91
Sachs, Jeffrey,
91
Sainath (journalist),
81
Sanyal, Sanjeev,
119
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA),
193
Savings,
205
Scheduled Castes (SC)
and
Scheduled Tribes (ST),
10
,
14
,
35
,
36â40
,
44
,
50
,
159
(table),
159â160
,
191
,
192
(fig. 17.4),
202
     Â
states with largest population of,
38
Science,
27
Secularism,
1â2
Senegal,
64â65
Sengupta, Debdatta,
83â84
Service sector,
97
,
98
,
99
,
101
,
118
,
143
,
152
SEWA group,
184
Shah, Ajay,
116
Shastri, Lal Bahadur,
11
Shiva, Vandana,
81
Sibal, Kapil,
139â140
Silicon Valley,
206
Singh, Manmohan,
25
,
101
,
149
,
201
,
203
,
206
Sinha, Jayant,
50
“Small But Effective: India's Targeted Unconditional Cash Transfers” (Dutta, Howe, and Murgai),
161
Smart cards,
184
Socialism,
3
,
7â8
,
9
,
11
,
22
,
28
,
86
South Korea,
19
,
24
,
97
,
98â99
,
102
,
103
,
108
,
111
,
126
Special Economic Zones,
126
Sri Lanka,
178â179
Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam,
76
Srivastava Committee Report on Medical Education and Support Manpower,
17
Stiglitz, Joseph,
89
Subsidies,
130
,
160
,
171
,
172
,
184
,
203
     Â
cross-subsidy,
197
     Â
diesel subsidy,
204
     Â
See also
Prices
:
subsidized
Suicides,
81â85
Sukumaran, Ajay,
127
Sundaram, Asha,
106
Svedberg, Peter,
171â172
Swamp disinfecting,
178
Tailors,
116â117
.
See also
Apparel
;
Clothing
Taiwan,
19
,
24
,
97
,
98
,
102
,
103
,
108
,
111
,
135
     Â
life expectancy and infant mortality in,
71
(figs.)
Tariffs,
42
,
43
,
44
,
49
,
143
,
173
,
201
Tata, J.R.D.,
7
Tata Nano project (Singur, West Bengal),
126â127
     Â
benefits for,
198
     Â
salaries of,
194
,
195
,
198