Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India (Essays in Memory of Professor G. K. Chadha).
| Date | 01 April 2020 |
| Author | Sabharwal, R.K. Bhushan |
Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India (Essays in Memory of Professor G. K. Chadha) Edited by M. R. Khurana; Studera Press, New Delhi, 2018, pp 578, Price Rs. 1995.
This book is an anthology of essays compiled and edited by M. R. Khurana whose chief objective is to express his profound gratitude and reverence that emanate from his deep love for Professor G. K. Chadha.
India, being a very largely dominant agricultural country, must attend urgently to the issues and challenges being faced by the agriculture sector and resolve conflicts of interests for the country's social and economic well-being. This sector is also presently afflicted with very serious crises and the learned scholars have frankly and honestly enlarged upon. Green Revolution, White Revolution and Blue Revolution and the subsequent eras of Reforms for inclusive growth, no doubt, ushered in a new era of agricultural growth and prosperity which completely transformed the socio-economic pattern of rural life in India. However, following the successes came up fresh challenges prompting the governments at the center and the states to initiate bold measures through their commissions, committees, agencies, agriculture universities and professional experts to provide relief and assure scientific growth for positive healthy future transformation and innovation.
In this anthology, the learned scholars have shown an in-depth and exhaustive study into the diverse areas of urgent and immediate concern to agriculture today with a focus on the dynamics that is working for the rapid and radical transformation of rural India. In this process, they have scrupulously shown the disheartening, despairing and dismal situation also. The common mass of Indian populace is witnessing and helplessly watching the sorry mess in this highly significant sector of India's economic growth and ecology. The scholars have used their known expertise in studying, analyzing and suggesting some possible solutions to buffet across the turbulent waters directly or obliquely.
The essays in this anthology acquaint the reader with labor market dynamics in the economic diversity in rural India, non-farm employment (trends and growth in different regions), impact of liberalization and the inclusive growth, working of services sectors and micro-enterprises, rural land acquisitions and leasing benefitting the corporate houses at the cost of the farmers and causing insecurity to the agricultural tenants, agricultural debt (debt waivers and debt relief schemes) and the agricultural practices and transformation in different regions of India, the growth of...
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