India’s policy deficit: as I look at it

Mishra, SK (2007): India’s policy deficit: as I look at it.

Abstract

This essay draws attention to the fundamental axioms of human nature which the socio-economic policies of India bank upon and analyses why in spite of elaborate planning for development well over a span of fifty years the core economy of the country remains unchanged with wide spread poverty, poor wage rates, child labour and hunger.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Institution: North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (India)
• Language: English
• Keywords: Conceited socialism; covert individualism; uncritical idealism; politics as a profession; criminalization of politics; politicization of crime; modernized attitudes
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O53 - Asia including Middle East; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy

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