The First Ten Kr Narayanan Orations: Essays by Eminent Persons on the Rapidly Transforming Indian Economy

The First Ten K R Narayanan Orations: Essays by Eminent Persons on the Rapidly Transforming Indian Economy......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
An Introduction to the Volume......Page 9
About the Australia–India Council......Page 15
K R Narayanan Orators 1994 to 2006......Page 17
The K R Narayanan Orations 1994 to 2006......Page 23
1994 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 25
Introduction......Page 27
Direct Taxes......Page 28
Indirect Taxes......Page 29
The Logic of Tax Reform......Page 32
Import Duties......Page 33
Direct Taxes......Page 34
Conclusion......Page 37
1995 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 39
Space Technology for Sustainable Development in Asia......Page 41
Social Dimensions of the Pollution of Poverty......Page 43
State of Agriculture and Environment......Page 45
Communication Revolution......Page 47
Space Technology for Universal Education......Page 49
Management of Natural Disasters......Page 51
Food Security......Page 52
International Cooperation and Policy Issues......Page 55
Conclusion......Page 57
References......Page 69
1996 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 71
India: Retrospect and Prospect......Page 73
India in the 1950s: On Track, Phase I......Page 74
What Went Wrong: Derailing after the 1950s, Phase II......Page 77
Why Did the Reforms Happen? The Sources of Phase III......Page 83
The Reforms to Date and Prospects......Page 84
1999 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 89
The Development Challenge......Page 91
Three Constraints......Page 93
Trends in Indian Polity......Page 94
Is Empowerment of States Enough?......Page 97
Fiscal Reform: The Critical Variable......Page 98
Panchayats: The Third Tier......Page 99
The Tree: With Branches and Roots......Page 101
2001 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 103
Developments in Monetary Policy......Page 105
Objective......Page 110
Intermediate Target......Page 112
Level of Interest Rate......Page 113
Exchange Rate Management......Page 114
Financial Stability......Page 115
Autonomy of Central Banks......Page 116
2002 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 119
India Since 1991......Page 121
The Revolution of 1946–1949: The Constituent Assembly in Action......Page 123
Social Conservatism and Economic Radicalism......Page 125
Triangulation Indian Style......Page 126
The Escape from Triangulation......Page 127
The Crisis of 1991 and the New Dispensation......Page 129
The Prospect......Page 130
References......Page 131
Political-Economy and Governance Issues in the Indian Economic Reform Process......Page 133
References......Page 143
2004 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 145
Macroeconomic Trends and the Setting......Page 147
Why did India Exhibit Resilience to Shocks?......Page 149
Globalisation......Page 150
Political Economy of Growth......Page 151
Recent Themes in Reforms......Page 153
Deepening Globalisation......Page 154
Infrastructure Sector: Unfolding Mesoeconomic Reforms......Page 155
Financial Sector Reforms: A Quiet Revolution......Page 157
Areas of Concern......Page 159
Fiscal Consolidation......Page 160
Regional Disparities......Page 163
Empirical Evidence......Page 166
Labour......Page 168
Capital......Page 169
Outlook on Productivity......Page 170
On the Growth Turnpike......Page 171
Concluding Remarks......Page 172
2005 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 175
Introduction......Page 177
Food Access......Page 179
Threats to Food Security......Page 180
Technological Transformation of Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability: Rice......Page 181
Bridging the yield gap......Page 184
Extending the gains......Page 185
Evergreen revolution......Page 186
Overcoming hidden hunger caused by micronutrient deficiencies......Page 187
Breeding for nutritional quality......Page 188
Iron deficiency......Page 189
Phase I (1900–1930): Early days of Mendelian genetics......Page 190
Phase III (1960–1980): The green revolution phase......Page 191
Challenges Ahead......Page 192
Ecology......Page 193
Climate change and safeguarding genetic diversity......Page 194
Sustaining and Strengthening Agricultural Progress......Page 195
Fostering Job-Led Economic Growth......Page 200
Centre......Page 201
References......Page 204
2006 K R Narayanan Oration......Page 207
2. Early History......Page 209
3. The Vision......Page 210
4. Present Dimensions of Indian Space Program......Page 211
5.1. Proof of Concept Phase......Page 213
5.2. Experimental Phase......Page 214
5.3. Operational Phase......Page 216
6. Relevance of Space to South Asia......Page 219
7.1. Space Expenditures......Page 222
7.2. Methodology......Page 223
7.3. Construction Stage......Page 224
7.4.1. Television......Page 225
7.4.3. Meterology......Page 226
7.4.4. Remote Sensing......Page 227
8. Concluding Remarks......Page 228
References......Page 230