Contents: Preface. 1. Growth, Poverty, and Wellbeing: Context and Overview. I. Economic Growth: 2. Planning for Employment: A Critique of Sixth Draft Plan. 3. Growth Scenario for India in 2000: Persistence of Basic Problems. 4. Growth: Achievements and Distress. 5. Performance of Indian Economy in the Post-Reform Period: Growth, Inequality and Wellbeing. 6. India’s Development in Post-Reform Period: Pathways for Inclusiveness. II. Poverty: 7. Rural Poverty: A Historical Perspective. 8. Beyond Quantification of Poverty: Emerging Issues in Poverty Reduction. 9. Poverty in India: Dimensions and Character. 10. Poverty, Unemployment and Public Intervention. 11. Extreme and Chronic Poverty and Malnutrition in India: Incidence and Determinants. 12. Estimation and Determinants of Chronic Poverty in India: An Alternative Approach. 13. State of Poverty and Malnutrition in India. 14. Can we Really Measure Poverty and Identify the Poor when Poverty Encompasses Multiple. Deprivations?. 15. Multidimensional Aspect of Child Poverty in India.III. Wellbeing: 16. Economic Wellbeing and Deprivations in India. 17. Assessment of Wellbeing in Multidimensional Perspective in Post-Reform India. 18. Wellbeing, Inequality, Poverty and Pathways Out of Poverty in India. 19. Wellbeing of Agricultural Households in Post Reform India. 20. What Do We Learn about India from Happiness and Wellbeing Indicators?. Praise for this book Professor Radhakrishna’s comprehensive analysis of consumer behavior, food security and nutrition will help in designing appropriate policies for inclusive development and for rapidly achieving majority of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations for India. —Dr. C. Rangarajan, Former RBI Governor, Government of India; Madras School of Economics, Chennai R. Radhakrishna a distinguished economist and a prolific researcher. Beyond teaching and research, he has also led several academic institutions in India with distinction. His engagement with the policy domain in India has led him to research the contemporary. The range and depth of his work is indeed impressive, which is clearly demonstrated by this volume of his collected works which seeks to focus on growth, poverty and wellbeing. It will be valuable reading for teachers, students and researchers in economics, as well as for policymakers in development. —Prof. Deepak Nayyar, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Former Distinguished University Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research, New York and Former Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi This volume of papers by Prof. Radhakrishna covers over three decades of pioneering research in interrelated areas of growth, poverty, inequality and wellbeing. Prof. Radhakrishna began working on these topics with seminal papers in early 1980s on Models of Consumer Behavior and Models of Complete Expenditure Systems in India – papers that triggered a lot of research in macro modelling including computable general equilibrium models. Since then his dedicated research on these topics has resulted in a set papers in this volume that eminently combines theory and empirical rigour, covering macro and micro perspectives, leading to policy relevant conclusions. This volume will be an invaluable source material for years to come to students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers interested in India’s growth, poverty, inequality and wellbeing. —Dr. K Subba Rao, Consultant, Poverty and Social Protection; Formerly Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth, and Lead Economist, The World Bank Professor Radhakrishna is one of the few economists in India who have contributed substantially to research and analysis on the problems and policies of inclusive economic growth. His work on growth, income and multi-dimensional poverty, wellbeing, inequality, malnutrition and agricultural development has been path-breaking and has generated substantial research. This Book is a testimony to the excellence of his work and sincerity of his commitment. —Prof. Mahendra Dev, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai