In this commemorative volume, India's top business leaders and economic luminaries come together to provide a balanced picture of the consequences of the country’s economic reforms, which were initiated in 1991. What were the reforms? What were they intended for? How have they affected the overall functioning of the economy? With contributions from Mukesh Ambani, Narayana Murthy, Sunil Mittal, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Shivshankar Menon, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, T.N. Ninan, Sanjaya Baru, Naushad Forbes, Omkar Goswami and R. Gopalakrishnan, India Transformed delves deep into the life of an economically liberalized India through the eyes of the people who helped transform it.

In this commemorative volume, India's top business leaders and economic luminaries come together to provide a balanced picture of the consequences of the country’s economic reforms, which were initiated in 1991. What were the reforms? What were they intended for? How have they affected the overall functioning of the economy? With contributions from Mukesh Ambani, Narayana Murthy, Sunil Mittal, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Shivshankar Menon, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, T.N. Ninan, Sanjaya Baru, Naushad Forbes, Omkar Goswami and R. Gopalakrishnan, India Transformed delves deep into the life of an economically liberalized India through the eyes of the people who helped transform it.

Contributed papers presented at a national seminar organized by North East India Council of Social Science Research in Shillong, India.

Contributed papers presented at a seminar held at and organized by St. Anthony's College, Shillong, on Apr. 25-26, 1997.

East India Economy Is An Amalgam Of The Economies Of Advance State Like West Bengal And The Backward States Like Bihar, Orissa And Assam. The North-East Tribal States Are Under The Sixth Schedule Of The Constitution But Are Not Extraordinary In Terms Of Progress Which They Should Have Been. Food Insecurity And Supply-Side Bottlenecks In Orissa, Agricultural Stagnation In Bihar, Assam And Some Other States Are Examined. Along With The Sick Tea Industry Of Assam , The New Dimension Of Industrial Progress In Arunachal Pradesh And Tripura Are Certain Fields Of Upcoming Research Which Are Included In The Volume.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: locating northeast India in a globalising India -- 1 Globalisation and the Indian Himalayan states: mitigating or accentuating marginalisation? -- 2 Economically integrating northeast India with Southeast Asia -- 3 Economic performance of the north-eastern region in the post-liberalisation period -- 4 Employment challenges in the north-eastern region of India: post-reform trends and dimensions -- 5 Poverty and nutrition in the north-eastern region of India -- 6 Inclusive development, citizenship and globalisation: the case of Arunachal Pradesh -- 7 Emerging issues of human development in northeast India -- 8 Educational disparities in northeast India -- 9 Land laws, development and globalisation in northeast India -- 10 Agricultural credit in Assam: a review of recent trends -- 11 Agrarian transformation in mountain economies: field insights from Arunachal Pradesh -- 12 Understanding the sluggish industrialisation process in northeast India: how do the industrial policies help? -- 13 Performance and potential of the unorganised manufacturing sector: a brief study of the north-eastern states -- 14 Microfinance in the north-eastern region: growth and challenges -- 15 Fiscal issues for the north-eastern region -- 16 Governance and human security issues in northeast India -- 17 India's entry into the ASEAN: some implications for the northeast -- Index