Industrialisation is the ultimate objective of a developing country. It is new widely accepted that without industrialization no country can progress. Transforming agrarian society into industrial society is reckoned as a process of industrialization. It is also a process of proliferating 'means of production' or 'productive assets' as well as countering rights and control over technology, capital and scarce resources. Therefore the industrialization is inevitable eventuality in modern world. The success of industrialization is reckoned from the share of value added from manufacturing sector in total GDP of the country. If the share of manufacturing in GDP exceeds 20 per cent then such a country is reckoned as industrialized. India is therefore industrialized country but not developed as per capita income is far below the developed countries. This book provides whole study of various topics related with industrialization. It will be useful to students, teachers, practitioners, and policy makers.

Economic growth is an incremental process. The basic needs, social and economic welfare, social upward mobility etc. are interrelated with economic development. The economic growth as pre-requisite to development means existence of restraining factors. Because growth entails capital investment, availability of technology of transfer of technology and technical know-how etc. Both the economic growth and redistribution are essential ingredients for economic development. There are several indicators of socio-economic development of the country but the pace of change in each of the indicators or physical quality of life is very slow, as the benefits of growth process do not "trickle down". The growth process ensures localized development, accumulation of wealth and prosperity.

This book deals with various topics concerned with economic development in Indian context. It will be useful to students, teachers, practitioners and policy makers.

Socio-economic development of a country entails a process of transformation, change, and transition from one hypothetical frame of reference to another. Some enunciated aims, objective and goals as well as ideals form the basis of transformation process. But how far such aims, objectives, goals and ideals have been achieved needs to be appraised. Socio-economic development has implicit or explicit reference to basic needs, social welfare, and living standard of people in bottom strata. Where does such transition process is destined for? Why to blame all time the host of economic variables, agents, market forces etc. for aberration?

This book provides critical discussion on various aspects of socio-economic development in Indian context. It will be useful to students at undergraduate level, teachers, practitioners, policy makers and others who are concerned with socio-economic development.

Development planning has been blown out of proportion. Instead of managing the scarce resources, it has created a ground for "planning for plentiful". Pump similarly planning at national level tantamount to say that everything must be done by the government and predetermined volume of money into economy through various channels so that all citizens would be happy. Orthodox and traditional people still believe planning is the only panacea for transition from one stage to another.

This book explains planning as came into being. This book will be useful to students, teachers, practitioners and planners concerned with state level or national level planning.