CONTENTS:- Preface. 1. Second generation reforms: issues and directions. 2. Issues in privatization of urban infrastructure. 3. Reforms in telecom sector in developing world and India: initiatives, issues and policy perspectives. 4. Public-private sectors participation in roads sector: initiatives and issues. 5. Urban water supply and sewerage system: a neglected social infrastructure sector. 6. National commission for health sciences education: a proposal for privatization and quality assurance. 7. Issues in reorganisation and regulation of Indian commercial banks. 8. Crimes syndicates and socio-economic development: need for a national consensus. 9. Air and water pollution in India: need for better coordination among state pollution control boards.
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The present volume Infrastructure Development Under Economic Reforms deals specifically with Indian experience during its first decade of reforms saga which is a mixture of success, failures, starters and non-starters. In this volume Prof. Odeyar D. Heggade a well-known development economist from India provides a detailed analysis of policy initiatives, their extent of implementation and the identified areas of fundamental reforms-financial, organizational, administrative, legal and structural-required for the development of different infrastructure to support the likely expansion of growth capabilities of Indian economy. In brief, Prof. Heggade identifies and analyses the supply and demand sides management of the infrastructure sector in India. This study we hope, will be very useful for policy-makers, academicians and researchers alike.
