This book examines the responses of the Indian states to economic reforms, and addresses a wide range of issues, such as growth dynamics, income inequality, the fiscal behaviour of the states, the role of the banking sector, and the emerging institutional structure aimed at catering for social banking and strategies for agricultural growth.

Autorentext
BISWA SWARUP MISRA is Associate Professor at Xavier Institute of Management, Orissa. He was an Economist at the Union Bank of India from 2001-2002. He is a core team member in Reserve Bank's research reports and resource person for policy documents. He has published in Banca D'Italia's Conference Volume of Workshop on Public Finance, Reserve Bank's Occasional Papers, the Journal of Quantitative Economics, and the Indian Economic Journal.

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Introduction Growth Performance Income Inequality State Finances Analytics of Credit - Output Behaviour for Indian States RRBs: Restructuring Strategies Agricultural Growth in Indian States: The Case of Orissa