Industrialisation and Territorial Development A Case Study of Gujarat

by Shankar Jha, Dinkar Nayak

Overview

There is a general thinking that the benefits of industrial development have not spread uniformly across the length and breadth of the country. It is in this context that industrialization and territorial development has acquired a significant topic of discussion. It has also influenced various policies decisions of the Government. In India both central and state government have devised policies for territorial development through industrialization with the objective of reducing regional imbalances. However, a significant feature of industrial development in India is that it has concentrated in few states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, where industrial growth rate is high. Further, even within the advanced states, some districts are industrially backward districts. As a consequence there has been an intra-state disparities. It is against this backdrop that the present study focuses on territorial disparity in industrial development in the state of Gujarat, particularly in the post reforms period. The study attempts to examine the effects of reforms on industrial development in the state of Gujarat, in terms of growth of industries, employment, output, value added and investment in manufacturing sector. The study has been sub divided into eight chapters. It is evident from the study that the reform process have to some extent reduce territorial industrial imbalance in the state of Gujarat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789383793563
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	214
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Dr. Shankar Jha is faculty member in the Department of Business Economics at the Faculty of Commerce, The M.S. University of Baroda. He has more than fifteen years of teaching experience. He has obtained his Ph.D. in 2013. He is a visiting faculty to various Professional Institutes. He has also authored number of articles and presented papers in national and international conference.

Dr. Dinkar Nayak is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Economics at the Faculty of Commerce, The M.S. University of Baroda. He has obtained his Ph.D. in 1998 in Business Economics from the M.S. University of Baroda. He has a teaching experience of more than 30 years. He has taught different papers of economics both at undergraduate as well as at post graduate level. He has also been a member of board of studies for more than 20 years. His academic interest lies in Foreign Investment, International Trade, Canadian Studies and Regional Economics. He has guided number of research scholars and also has a large number of publications to his credit. He has offered his services as a resource person to number of universities in India. He has also presented papers in both national and international conferences. Currently he is also SEBI appointed Public Interest Director of VSSL Ltd Baroda.