Emerging India

Bimal Jalan has watched India's economic policy for decades, and the pieces gathered in Emerging India reflect that long view. They begin in the years before the economy was liberalized and carry through to the present, following how the country's approach shifted along the way.

The central concern of the collection is how political reform and economic reform relate to each other, and what that relationship means for growth that is steady, gradual and reaches people across the whole of society.