1st Edition
Political Economy of Agricultural Development in India
By Akina Venkateswarlu
Copyright 2022
572 Pages
32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
572 Pages
32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The book covers Indian agricultural development from the colonial to the present period. It examines how ruling class political ideology determined the agricultural policies from colonial rule. It considers both quantitative and qualitative aspects in all periods: colonial period to pre-green revolution phase, post-green revolution phase (early and late stages) and post-globalisation phase after... Read more
Part 1 1. Political Economy: Perspective and Objective 2. Political Economy of Agrarian Question: Dialectical Interaction of Institutional and Technological Changes Part 2 3. Political Economy of the British Colonial Policies in Pre-Independent India and their Impact on India’s Agriculture 4. Land Reforms in India: Implementation in the Post-Independence Period 5. Pattern of Land Distribution by Ownership and Operation, and Tenancy by Operation Part 3 6. Political Economy of the US Exports of Food and Prescription for Increasing Food Production in Pre-Green Revolution 7. Political Economy of the US Export of the Green Revolution to India 8. Performance of Indian Agriculture: Pre-Green, Early-Green and Late-Green Revolution Phases 9. Costs and Imbalances Caused by the Green Revolution in Its Early and Late Phases Part 4 10. Political Economy of Adoption of Neoliberal Policies in India and India’s Entry into WTO 11. Political Economy of Special Economic Zones (SEZs): Another Neoliberal Agenda for Land Grabs 12. Political Economy of the Second Green Revolution, Biotechnologies and Genetically Modified Seeds 13. Agricultural Performance Under Neoliberal Globalization and WTO Regime 14. Impact of Globalization and WTO on India’s Agricultural Exports, Imports, Employment and Consumption Pattern 15. Agricultural Capitalism in India Could Not Establish “Either from Above or from Below” Part 5 16. Agricultural Credit in India: Expansion and Problems 17. Agricultural Marketing System and Its Functioning in India 18. Agricultural Extension Services in India: New Initiatives and New Institutions Part 6 19. Public Distribution System and Food Security in India 20. Procurement of Foodgrains in India Part 7 21. Agrarian Crisis in India After Neoliberal Globalization and WTO Policies: Some Concerns 22. Summary and Conclusion
Biography
Akina Venkateswarlu worked for 16 years in Telangana Government Colleges and for about 7 years at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He was an ICSSR Senior Fellow (2012-14) at CESS. Since retirement at 58 (in 2009), he has been a consultant at CESS.
