Introduction / Chetan Ghate -- India's historical development -- India and the world economy : 1757-1947 / Tirthankar Roy -- Battles half won : political economy of India's growth and economic policy since independence / Sadiq Ahmed and Ashutosh Varshney -- New insights into tackling rural...

This handbook reflects India's growing economic importance on the world stage, and features research on core topics by leading scholars to understand the Indian economic miracle and the obstacles India faces in transforming itself into a modern 21st-century economy.