Now it is quite obvious that the twenty years of neoliberalization has left India in no better situation than when she was made to adopt the structural adjustment programme as both the short and long-term way out of the imbroglio she was caught in. In fact, such a top-down and external forces inspired, if not imposed, policy shifts can hardly address the challenges facing the masses at the bottom of the Indian socio-economic pyramid. Instead their predicament has become even more acute and a way out is improbable unless there is a dramatic departure from existing policies in really pro-people directions.

The Alternative Economic Survey, India: Two Decades of Neoliberalism, sixteenth in the series, attempts to clear the mist of disinformation and falsehood over various aspects of neoliberalism as applied to the Indian policy processes and their ground level content, its implementation and outcomes in India in as simple, direct and straightforward style as possible. (Read highlights )

Contents

Preface  Kamal Nayan Kabra and V. Upadhyay    

1. Two Decades of Neoliberalization Kamal Nayan Kabra
2. NEP, Paradigm Shift in Policies and the Increasing Marginalization of the Marginals  Arun Kumar
3. Agriculture during the Neoliberal Policy Regime  S.P. Singh
4. Neoliberalism, Tribal Survival and Agrarian Distress   Archana Prasad
5. Inflation and Food Security  V. Upadhyay
6. Two Decades of Liberalization and the Indian Private Corporate Sector  Surajit Mazumdar
7. MSMEs: Neoliberal Policies and the Economic Slowdown  P.M. Mathew
8. Capacities and Constraints in Automobile Industry: Changing Vehicular Composition in India  Satyaki Roy
9. Lopsided Infrastructure  Keshab Das
10. External Trade  Samir Kumar Singh
11. Managing Finance in Emerging Economies  Sunanda Sen
12. Two Decades of Reforms: Commodity Derivatives Market  Tulsi Lingareddy
13. Two Decades of Neoliberal Fiscal Policy: Relegating Equity Concerns  A. Sunil Dharan and Saumen Chattopadhyay
14. Disinvestment in Public Enterprises in India: A Critical Analysis  R.K. Mishra and J. Kiranmai
15. Political Economy of Disinvestment: Are We Recolonizing India?  K. Ashok Rao
16. Health and Education: A Policy Critique  Tara S. Nair
17. Environment: Globalization and its Alternatives  Ashish Kothari
18. S&T under Economic Reforms  Dinesh Abrol
19. Employment in Neoliberalized India  Kamal Nayan Kabra
20. Outcome Budget — An Exercise in Futility: Redesign for Delivering Performance  B.P. Mathur