Access to finance and financial inclusion has been identified as a key enabler in the modern society. It provides for basic economic security of the family and is instrumental in preventing families from falling back into poverty. The jan-dhan account in India has been a key milestone in this...

Section 1. India uninc.: dominant role in the economy -- section 2. Travails of the India uninc. -- section 3. Credit delivery to India uninc. -- section 4. Taxation and bribery -- section 5. Social security for the self employed and the role of gold -- section 6. Stock markets: role in our...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Expansion and expectation: footloose-ness -- Chapter 3: Did we explain? -- Chapter 4: Alternative explanation from labour studies -- Chapter 5: Transition in Indian employment -- Chapter 6: Definitional Dilemma -- Chapter 7: Process of Informalisation of...

Theory and economic intuition suggest that domestic institutions influence the employment impact of economic reform, but the evidence base is thin. This paper seeks to address this by examining the extent to which differences in regional labour market flexibility shaped the impact of...

1. India, the Great Depression and Britain's demise as world capitalist leader / Utsa Patnaik -- 2. Illegal flows in India's BOP accounts : their components and impact on the economy / Arun Kumar -- 3. Some aspects of external dimensions of the Indian economy in the age of globalisation /...