Regional Development and Public Policy Challenges in India 1st Edition by Rakhee Bhattacharya ISBN 8132223454 9788132223467

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ISBN 10: 8132223454
ISBN 13: 9788132223467
Author: Rakhee Bhattacharya

This book emphasizes the need for experimenting with more deliberate and rigorous policy processes to attain balanced regional development, which can promote both equity and efficiency in India’s development discourse. The institutional mechanisms for dealing with regional imbalance in India have not been very successful so far. With rising discrepancies in development, demand for autonomy continues along with a new dimension of regionalism arising from submerged identity along with political and economic aspirations, which demanded new channels for solution. So far, attempts to create space for autonomy have possibly not optimally accommodated the conceptual mechanisms like equity and democratic process. Thus democratizing policy process using six pillars of voice: knowledge, objective, fundamental values, implementation framework and public awareness can ensure a better policy outcome for dealing with the persistent challenges of regional disparity in India. This book further focuses on the need for democratizing the policy process for regional development through  discussion and inclusion. Such a transition needs innovation in policy regime, which can be attained through following six pillars (i) Democratic voice of stakeholders in policy development and implementation; (ii) Clear policy objectives that advance the common good, based on voice; (iii) Unbiased, sound and comprehensive knowledge and data bases. (iv) Consistency with constitutional values; (v) A sound implementation framework ensuring user-friendliness, transparency and rationality of decision-making processes, effective grievance redress, clear accountability and independent evaluation; (vi) Public awareness and sup

 Regional Development and Public Policy Challenges in India 1st Table of contents:

Chapter-1
Introduction and Overview
1.1 Revisiting the Idea of Development
1.2 Region, Regional Economy and Development
1.3 Challenges of Regional Development in India
1.4 Policy Priority: Emphasis on the Process and Outcome
References
Chapter-2
India’s Growth Performance 2000–2012: Region-Based Perspective
2.1 Policy Initiatives for Regional Development in India
2.2 Evolution of Interstate and Centre–State Relations
2.3 Growth Performance Across India
2.3.1 Central Region
2.3.2 Western Region
2.3.3 Eastern Region
2.3.4 Northern Region
2.3.5 Southern Region
2.3.6 Northeastern Region
2.4 Sectoral Growth Performance
2.4.1 Sectoral Growth across Regions
2.4.2 Sectoral Shares in Regions
2.5 Sectoral Contribution to Growth
2.6 Variability of Output
2.7 Contribution to Combined Growth in GDP and Population
2.8 Shares in Combined SDP and Population
2.9 Contribution to Growth
2.10 Dispersion in Per Capita Income
2.11 Major Findings and Better Policy Process for Higher and Harmonious Growth
Annexure 1
Data Issues
Annexure 2
Classification of Zonal Councils
References
Chapter-3
Poor Versus Prosperous India
3.1 Policy Towards Inclusive Growth in India
3.1.1 Introduction
3.2 Growth and Inequality in Income
3.2.1 Explaining Regional Disparities in Income
3.3 Regional Disparities in Human Development
3.3.1 Human Development
3.3.2 Education
3.3.3 Health
3.3.3.1 Expectation of Life at Birth
3.3.3.2 Infant Mortality
3.3.4 Explaining Regional Disparities in Human Development
3.4 Summary and Policy Process for Two-Way Relationship Between Economic Growth and Human Developmen
References
Chapter-4
Poverty and Inequality in India: Regional Disparities
4.1 National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) Region: Policy Focus on Smaller Unit for Regional Developm
4.2 Poverty and Inequality in India: State-Level Analyses
4.2.1 MPCE
4.2.2 Poverty
4.2.3 Inequality
4.2.4 State of States
4.3 NSSO Regions and Development Disparities
4.4 Policy Process to Address Balanced Growth Within State Boundary
References
Chapter-5
Miseries of the Red Corridor Region of India: What Do the Data Tell Us?
5.1 Policy Challenge for India’s Red Corridor Region
5.2 Unequal Income Distribution
5.3 Going Beyond Income: Some Stylized Facts
5.4 The Red Corridor Region Vis-À-Vis Rest of India
5.4.1 Data
5.4.2 Methodology
5.4.3 Results
5.4.4 Access to Health, Health Outcome and Awareness
5.4.5 Access to Education
5.5 Access to Finance
5.6 Access to Communication and other Basic Amenities
5.7 Nature of Work Participation
5.8 Living Standard
5.9 Poverty
5.10 Is There Hope?
5.11 Red Corridor Region and the Government
5.12 Summary and Search for Better Policy to Ensure Justice to Red Corridor Region
References
Chapter-6
Intra- and Interstate Inequality in the Northeast Region with Special Reference to Assam
6.1 Whither Northeast
6.2 A Brief Review of Literature
6.3 NER Versus All India: A Comparison of Selected Socioeconomic and Other Indicators
6.4 Inequality in Income
6.5 Regional Disparity in NER: A Study of NSSO Data
6.6 Disparity in the State of Assam: A District-Level Analysis
6.7 Growth and Convergence Across the Districts of Assam
6.8 Convergence of Per Capita Income Across Districts of Assam
6.9 Regression Analysis
6.10 Summary and Policy Focus at Substate/Local Levels for Northeast India
6.11 Appendices
6.11.1 Appendix A.1
6.11.2 Appendix A.2
References
Chapter-7
Growth, Development Outcome and Fiscal Balance: How Have Indian States Performed?
7.1 Growth, Development Outcomes and Fiscal Space in India: Policy Gaps
7.2 The Growth Performance Across States: A Comparative Picture
7.3 Growth, Path of Fiscal Adjustment and Central Transfers
7.4 Summary and Fiscal Policy Focus on Equitable Development Outcomes
Chapter-8
“Inclusive Growth” and Income Inequality in India Under Globalization: Causes, Consequences and
8.1 Transforming Growth into Development in India: Policy Attempts
8.2 Trends and Patterns of Regional Inequality
8.3 Dynamics of Urbanization and Migration at Macro-level
8.4 The Regional Dimension of Migration and Urbanization
8.5 Institutions and Current Programmes for Meeting the Challenge of Regional Imbalances
8.6 An Evaluation of the Policies and Programmes in the Context of Decentralization
8.7 Summary and Policy Perspective for Strengthening Institutional Mechanism for Regional Developme
References
Chapter-9
Examining the Regional Imbalance in China: Comparison with India
9.1 Policy Priority on Regional Development in China
9.2 Regional Imbalance: Stylized Facts
9.3 Provincial Features
9.4 Factors Explaining Imbalance
9.5 Contextualizing with India
9.6 Summary and Policy Lessons for India
References
Chapter-10
The Way Forward: Public Policy to Address Regional Imbalances in India, Process and Outcome
10.1 Policy Challenges for Regional Development
10.2 Understanding Disturbed Regions in Policy Process of Regional Development
10.3 Financial Devolution to Weaker Regions
10.4 Towards a Policy on Regional Development: Strengthening the Process and Outcome
10.5 Conclusion

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