Challenges to Punjab Economy (eBook, PDF)

A Regional Perspective from India
Redaktion: Shergill, Baldev Singh; Mehta, Swati

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume looks at the challenges faced by the economy and society in Punjab, India. It probes into the economic issues, institutional development and resources imbalance faced by the Punjab economy. It discusses regional research problems and futuristic approaches for a developing economy.

The chapters in this volume:

• focus on comprehending economic challenges, agrarian structure and development; markets, R&D and public policy; manufacturing sector; opportunities and possibilities;
• examine labour, caste and gender trajectories, exploring the question of freedom and livelihood; human, social and financial resources development; hunger, diet and disease; challenges for development paradigm;
• present the macro and micro facets of development processes in the region and offer a way forward for long-run growth, sustainability and inclusiveness amidst the dynamic fast-changing economies across the globe.

Comprehensive and analytical in its approach, this volume will be of interest to young researchers, scholars, practitioners and policymakers working in the fields of Development Economics, Regional Economics, Evolutionary Economics, Sustainable Economics, Agrarian Development, Manufacturing and Labour.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003806820
• Artikelnr.: 69169868

Autorenporträt

Baldev Singh Shergill is Assistant Professor at Guru Kashi Department of Social Sciences, Punjabi University Guru Kashi Campus, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab. He completed his PhD in Economics at Punjabi University, Patiala. Prior to his current position, he taught at the University of Delhi. He has published widely in journals of repute like Economic and Political Weekly, Journal of Development Policy and Practice and International Journal of Economics and Development, amongst others. He is a referee to many journals including Millennial Asia, Agrarian South and other reputed journals. Swati Mehta is Assistant Professor at the Punjab School of Economics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. She is an Associate Editor, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. She is a Member, Board of Management, The International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) (2022-24). With a PhD from the Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, She was Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea with the award of International Scholar Exchange Fellowship (ISEF) of Korea/Chey Foundation for Advanced Study during March-August 2019. Her area of research includes Economics of Innovation, Innovation Systems Approach, Global Value Chains, Development Economics, and Manufacturing Industries in developing countries. She is a Member of "The Global Network of Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems" (Globelics). She is a founding member of earlier career Innovation Researchers, CRIS, https://www.cris-is.org. She has published articles in journals such as Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, Seoul Journal of Economics, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development and Innovation and Development. She is a referee to journals of repute including Economic Modelling, Millennial Asia, Innovation and Development, Asian Journal of Technology Innovation and African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Understanding Dynamics of Punjab Model of Development: A Regional
Perspective- Baldev Singh Shergill and Swati Mehta Part I: Agrarian
Structure and Development: Markets, R&D and Income 2. Agrarian Structure,
Nonviable Farming and Marketing of Agricultural Produce in India- Sucha
Singh Gill 3. Farmers' Income and Food Security under Contemporary Policy
Regime in India: Insights from Punjab-Gurpreet Singh and Rajeev Sharma 4.
A Comparative Analysis of Agriculture R&D Expenditure of Punjab, Haryana
and Himachal Pradesh SAUs - Rakesh Sharma 5. Formal vs. informal milk
marketing channels in Punjab: A comparative economic analysis of dairy
cooperative member vis-à-vis non-member milk producers - Manpreet Kaur and
Naresh Singla Part II: Manufacturing Sector: Opportunities and
Possibilities 6. Determinants of Industrial Growth: Punjab Vs Other major
states of India- Niharika Sharma 7. Non-Farm Enterprises in Rural Punjab:
An Exploratory Analysis- Manjit Sharma, Jatinder Singh, Raminder Singh 8.
Micro foundations of Cluster development: Evidence from Two Clusters in
Punjab- Kamaldeep Kaur, Baldev Singh Shergill and Swati Mehta Part III:
Labour, Caste and Gender Trajectories: Question of freedom and livelihood
9. Gender-Caste Overlap and Employment Participation of Women in Rural
Punjab- Ashapurna Baruah and Indervir Singh 10. Endangered Freedom to
Decent Life amidst Economic Insecurity: Plight of Worker Households in
Jalandhar's Sports Goods Industry-Varinder Jain 11. Poorest of the Poor: A
Case Study of Female Domestic Workers in Punjab- Surinder Kumar Singla
Part IV: Labour, Caste and Gender Trajectories: Question of freedom and
livelihood 12. An Investigation into the Nexus between Economic Growth and
Income Inequalities in Punjab: Empirical Evidence from District level
Analysis- Pooja Sikka and Deepika Chawla 13. Social Capital, Local Level
Groups and Household Participation: The Case of Rural Punjab- Shiv Kumar
14. Determinants of Human capital investment in Indian Punjab: An empirical
investigation of elementary education- Angrej Singh Gill, Kamlesh Narwana
and Harvinder Singh 15. Punjab's Fiscal Performance since FRBM Enactment:
An Analysis of its Imbalances, Consolidation- Kulwinder Singh, Nirvair
Singh and Simran Kaur Part V: Labour, Caste and Gender Trajectories:
Question of freedom and livelihood 16. Understanding Hunger in Indian Bread
Basket- Harpreet Kaur Narang 17. Diet, Nutrition Deprivation and Health
Status: Empirical Evidence from Punjab- Baldev Singh Shergill, Swati Mehta
and Jasvir Singh 18. Financial Burden of Cancer Disease in Rural Punjab: A
Study of Cancer Patients in Malwa Belt- Sukhwinder Singh and Mohan Lal