INDIA’S TRYST WITH DESTINY - DEBUNKING MYTHS THAT UNDERMINE PROGRESS AND ADDRESSING NEW CHALLENGES

Many Indians believe that poverty, illiteracy and poor health persist because governments chased growth and neglected social needs, and that reforms have left the disadvantaged behind. This book takes those claims apart with evidence. It traces the economic reforms undertaken since Independence and tests the arguments against the record, including disputes over how poverty lines have been set and what has happened to child nutrition. The authors' central contention is that only sustained growth can generate the resources needed to lift large populations out of poverty, and that the reforms deserve a fair hearing on those terms.

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adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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