India: social development report 2018: rising inequalities in India

Table of contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Chart

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Haque and D. Narasimha Reddy
Section I: Inequality and Economic Development

Inequality and Economic Development
Pulin B. Nayak

Wealth and Income Inequality in the Age of Finance
C.P. Chandrasekhar

Inequalities in Well-being in India: A Multidimensional Analysis
B.P. Vani and S. Madheswaran

Role of Urban Inequality in the Phenomenon of Rising Wealth Inequality in India, 2002–12
Vamsi Vakulabharanam and Sripad Motiram

Section II: Inter-regional and Rural–Urban Inequality

Interstate Inequality in India: Why Have Some States Done Better than Others?
N.C. Saxena

Challenges of Agricultural Transformation for Farmers’ Well-being in India: Region-wise Analysis
Haque
Income Inequalities among Agricultural Households in India:
State-Level Assessment and Contributing Factors

Seema Bathla and Anjani Kumar

Migration, Urbanization, and Interstate Inequality in India
Amitabh Kundu and K. Varghese

Inequality in Rural India: Insights from Village Studies
Himanshu

Section III: Inequality in Factor Markets

Segmented and Unequal: Comparing Labour Markets in India and Brazil
Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa, Maria Cristina Cacciamali, Gerry Rodgers, Janine Rodgers, Vidhya Soundararajan, and Fabio Tatei

Wage Inequalities in India
K.P. Kannan

Section IV: Gender Inequality

Gender Equality in India: New Challenges Confronting Progress
Nitya Rao and Ayesha Pervez

Promises Unfulfi lled: Women’s Access to Land in India
Hema Swaminathan and Suchitra J.Y.

Section V: Inequality in Access to Education and Health Care

Inequality in Access to Higher Education in India between the Poor and the Rich
Jandhyala B.G. Tilak and Pradeep Kumar Choudhury

Unequal Access to Elementary Education in India: Government versus Private Schools
Ashok Pankaj and Poornima M.

Exclusion and Inequality in Indian Education
Rangachar Govinda and Madhumita Bandyopadhyay

Universalising Quality School Education in India: Perspectives and Prospects
Muchkund Dubey

Equity in Health Care Utilization and Financial Risk Protection:
Financial Implications of Illness among Casual Labour Households

Anup K. Karan and Sakthivel Selvaraj

Can India’s New National Health Policy Bridge the Disconnect with Development?
Srinath Reddy

Section VI: Exclusion of Dalits, Adivasis, and Other Marginalized Groups: Role of Affirmative Action

Persistent Inequalities in India: Challenges in Overcoming Inequalities of Opportunities as Envisaged in the Constitution of India
Narasimha Reddy
Do Not Change the Goal Post from Equality to Inclusiveness:
A Modest Agenda for Elimination of Marginalization of Dalits, Adivasis, and Muslims

K.B. Saxena

Section VII: Social Development Index

Social Development Index 2018
Surajit Deb

Notes on Editors and Contributors

In recent years India has seen remarkable growth in the GDP. Despite this, the country continues to face high levels of indebtedness and poverty, among various marginalized communities and growing disparities in income and wealth. India: social development report 2018 explores various dimensions of the relationship between the nature of economic development and inequality and provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and implications of rising inequities in India. The report addresses the concerns of inequality in terms of inter-regional and rural–urban issues, factor markets and gender dimensions with respect to unequal access to education and health care and the exclusion of Dalits, adivasis, minorities and other relegated groups. The twenty-two chapters of the report, divided across seven sections, are based on extensive research and policy analysis of contributing authors in the fields of poverty, inequality, inclusive growth, disparities in wages, incomes and standards of living and unequal access to land, labour and credit. The report shows a possible way forward by suggesting several policy measures that would help reduce inequalities and achieve fair levels of living for all sections of the population. Going beyond a purely economic Measurement, the report argues that the relationship between economic growth and inequality is to be understood through other factors and trends such as those related to politics, social relations and changes in technology.

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