Dynamics of Indian Economy: North-East economy, Assam economy / Gautam Purkayastha

Chapter-1: Dynamics of indian economic growth;
Chapter-2: Features, backwardness and development prospects of NER/ Assam;
Chapter-3: Trends in national income: Growth, structure and net state domestic product- A comparison of India and NER;
Chapter-4: Resources in India and North East;
Chapter-5: Population explosion in india, NE-states and impact of immigration of the economy;
Chapter-6: Agriculture economy of India/Assam/NE-states;
Chapter-7: Industrial growth, industrial policies and industrial sickness in India/NER/Assam;
Chapter-8: Tertiary sector in India;
Chapter-9: Infrastructural development in India and NER;
Chapter-10: Human resources development in India/NER/Assam;
Chapter-11: Employment, occupational structure and poverty in India/NER/Assam;
Chapter-12: Economic planning in India, NER and Assam;
Chapter-13: New economic policy and its impact on the Indian Economy/ North Eastern States;
Chapter-14: Social exclusion, inclusive growth and issues involved;
Chapter-15: Regional disparities in India;
Chapter-16: External sector in India- Foreign trade, BOT, CAD, BOP, Foreign exchange and trend of world trade;
Chapter-17: foreign investment- Direct and portfolio, MNCs and external debt of India;
Chapter-18: WTO and its impact on Indian economy/NE-economy, IMF and world bank;
Chapter-19: Environmental degradation in India and NER: Causes, impact and implication;
Chapter-20: Public distribution system in India, food security and need for national food security act, 2013;
Chapter-21: Public sector undertakings- Temples of modern India and privatisation move of PSUs;
Chapter-22: India's look east policy, border trade stilwell road, BCIM, SAFTA/SAPT/SAARC/ASEAN;
Chapter-23: Current issues of Indian Economy inflation, black money, SEZs, NGOs;
Chapter-24: Industries of Assam/NE-India;

Post-independence India's 'hindu Growth' rate for long four to five decades can be attributed to its preoccupation with 'hardware' of development (i.e., development based on indigenous raw materials and heavy industry) perhaps due to the influence of the soviet model of planning. In 1950's the policy makers/ leading political leaders thought that a country like Japan had no future. Japan followed essentially the 'software' path to development mainly emphasising its human resources to scale higher in overall development. Panandiker (1990) observed that by following 'software' path Japan 'internalised' the industrial technology and has now moved its human resources base where iit is strongest and most potent in the knowledge sector which essentially describes what Japan is all about.