This paper presents a new set of integrated poverty and inequality estimates for India and Indian states for 1987-88, 1993-94 and 1999-2000. The poverty estimates are broadly consistent with independent evidence on per-capita expenditure, state domestic product and real agricultural wages. They...

Introduction : Economics among the Road Scholars -- Drought and hunger -- Poverty -- School meals -- Health care -- Child development and elementary education -- Employment guarantee -- Food security and the public distribution system -- Corporate power and technology -- War and peace -- Top-up

When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and extensive political rights. Maintaining rapid as well as environmentally sustainable growth remains an important...