The Indian economy has progressed steadily since independence, and especially
since economic liberalisation began in 1991. The economy has proven its
resilience to shocks—both internal and external. There are major strengths but
significant roadblocks still persist. The road ahead is difficult and the speed
of change envisaged fast. Can India realise its potential? The book discusses
this prospect in terms of economic, particularly industrial, development. It
presents the thoughts — in the form of a collection of essays—of an applied
development practitioner, trained as an economist who has been deeply involved
in this process right from the formulation, financing, start-up, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of various industrial development