A Concise Handbook of the Indian Economy in the 21st Century

After experiencing slow growth for much of the post-Independence period, since the mid-1980s the Indian economy has experienced powerful changes of significant magnitude. Post-reform India has defied established economic patterns and, in the process, created a few paradoxes.

In this concise edition of The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy in the 21st Century, select chapters from the original have been compiled to give students of economics a brief but comprehensive overview of the Indian economy, contributing to a finer understanding of India’s growth path. In discussing these issues, this concise handbook

• Adopts a context-rich, research-based, non-ideological approach,
• Provides a comprehensive yet forward-looking coverage of economic issues,
• Includes political and social aspects and draws on policymaker and market-participant perspectives,
• Brings to the fore the various aspects of India’s performance that now attract global attention, and
• Debates the relative importance of external factors compared to domestic reforms.