India: Industrialisation in a Reforming Economy Essays for K. L. Krishna

by Tendulkar, Suresh D.; Mitra, Arup; Narayanan, K.; Das, Deb Kusum

• ISBN13: 9788171884889
• ISBN10: 8171884881
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Academic Foundation

Summary

Comprising contributions from 30 scholars, this collection of papers evaluates Indian industrialization in the context of recent market-enhancing and trade-liberalizing reforms. Tracing shifts in Indian industrial policy since the country gained its independence, this study throws light on the various facets of the remarkable transformation of the Indian economy due to industrialization.

Author Biography

Suresh D. Tendulkar is an honorary professor with the Centre for Development Economics at the Delhi School of Economics. Arup Mitra is a professor at the Institute of Economic Growth–Delhi. K. Narayanan is an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Technology–Bombay. Deb Kusum Das is a reader in the department of economics at Ramjas College at the University of Delhi.

Table of Contents

Contributors to the Volume	9	(4)
Acknowledgements	13	(2)
Professor K.L. Krishna: A Tribute	15	(2)
Introduction	17	(6)
Shifts in Industrial Policy Paradigm	23	(8)
C. Rangarajan
Part 1 Indian Industrialisation: Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity
Productivity Growth in Indian Manufacturing in the 1980s and 1990s	31	(24)
Bishwanath Goldar
Technical Efficiency of State Owned Enterprises in China (1980--1989): An Assessment of the Economic Reforms	55	(26)
Subhash C. Ray
Zhang Ping
Determinants of Firm-level Technological Change in the Indian Small-scale Industries: A Case Study of Garment Industry	81	(26)
T.A. Bhavani
Productivity Growth in Indian Engineering Industries During Pre-Reform and Post-Reform Period: An Analysis at Company Level	107	(34)
Anita Kumari
Domestic Capacity Utilisation and Import of Capital Goods: Substitutes or Complementary? Evidence From Indian Capital Goods Sector	141	(18)
Abdul Azeez E
Part 2 Urbanisation, Employment and Infrastructural Issues for Indian Industries
Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Poverty	159	(26)
Edwin S. Mills
Industry-Urban Nexus, Employment and Poverty: A Quantitative Assessment	185	(22)
Arup Mitra
Prasad Sankar Bhattacharya
Employment Growth in Factory Manufacturing Sector During Pre- and Post-Reform Periods	207	(18)
Suresh D. Tendulkar
Institutional Environment and Development of Information and Communication Technology in India	225	(28)
K. Lal
Infrastructure Projects: Estimation and Mitigation of Contingent Fiscal Liabilities	253	(18)
Sanjeevan Kapshe
Part 3 Trade and Indian Industrialisation
Trade Liberalisation and Industrial Performance: A Disaggregated View of Indian Manufacturing in the 1990s	271	(34)
Isher Judge Ahluwalia
Do Trade Restrictions Distort Domestic Relative-Price Ratio?	305	(16)
Hiranya Mukhopadhyay
Improving Industrial Productivity: Does Trade Liberalisation Matter? Evidence from Indian Capital and Intermediate Goods Sectors	321	(28)
Deb Kusum Das
Persistence in India's Manufactured Export Performance	349	(24)
Saikat Sinha Roy
Part 4 MNC and Technology Transfer in Indian Industries
Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Transfer and Growth	373	(36)
V.N. Balasubramanyam
David Sapsford
Liberalisation, Outward Orientation and In-house R&D Activity of Multinational and Local Firms: A Quantitative Exploration for Indian Manufacturing	409	(30)
Nagesh Kumar
Aradhna Agarwal
Technology Acquisition and Export Competitiveness: Evidence from Indian Automobile Industry	439	(32)
K. Narayanan
R&D, Import of Technology and Trade Intensities: A Simultaneous Equation Micro-level Examination	471	(22)
Neelam Singh
Inter-source FDI Differences in Technology Transfer Behaviour: A Comparison of US and Japanese FDI in Indian Manufacturing	493	(38)
K. U. Umakrishnan
Part 5 Indian Industry and Environment
Policy Options for Prevention and Control of Industrial Pollution in India	531	(32)
U. Sankar
Measuring Productivity of Natural Capital	563	(20)
M.N. Murty
Surender Kumar
Economies of Scale in Water Pollution Abatement: A Case of Small-Scale Factories in an Industrial Estate in India	583	(34)
Smita Misra
Prospects of Market for Water Pollution in India: A Study Based on Selected Dirty Industries	617
Sarmila Banerjee
Simanti Banerjee