Documented and analyzed in this comprehensive account are the cross-country
evidences in India that establish a relationship between capital and growth as
well as between growth and poverty. The accelerated growth of the service
sector, the almost stagnant growth of the industrial sector, and the decelerated
growth of the agricultural sector have all been registered as patterns of growth
in India during the last few decades. As a result, among other things, the
rural-urban development divide has broadened and deepened, moving the
agricultural sector to the top of the development agenda. The book analyzes
macro evidences on investment behavior in Indian agriculture, shifting
composition of public and private