Crime and Corruption in Indian Economy

Crime and Corruption in Indian Economy is and edited volume published at a time when the process of development faces the widespread menace of corruption and crime throughout the length and breadth of the country. It is expected that this volume on such important themes will extend the frontier of the growing literature in this emerging area of political economy. Altogether 28 articles are included in this book, distributed over three sections, viz. (1) Crime and Economic Development (the authors are Uday Kumar Lal Das, Odeyar D. Heggade, Ravi Kumar Srivastava, R.P. Sarma & Sandhya Rani Das, & N. Namasivayan & S.P. Kanaga Anbuselvan), (2) Corruption and Economic Development (the authors are Sukumar Basu, A. Meenakshi Sundara Rajan, M.K. Ghadoliya, A. Ranga Reddy & K. Harinadha Reddy, G. Chandrasekhar Rao & B. Nayaraja, V. Ambumani & S. Ganesan & M. Saraswati, Abdul Azim Islahi, S. Shyamala & M. Kumaran, Sridhar Pandey & M.N. Singh, Subhash Biswas, M.M. Goel & Sharmila Ahlawat, Subhash Dhawan, Amrita Singh & Shalini Kumari, S.L. Tulsyan & Dilip Kumar Ghosh), and (3) Crime, Corruption and Economic Development (its authors are Narendra Prasad, V. Ambumani & Shyamala Murti, S.B. Mehta, M.M. Goel & Ashok Kumar Chauhan & Jai Kishen Parasher, Ananth Bandhu Mukherjee, V.S. Despande and M.M. Goel & K.K. Sinha).While each paper has a brief and abstract, the editorial introduction provides an exhaustive overview of these articles. All these articles were contributed/presented at one of the technical sessions of Jammu Conference of the Indian Economic Association. This volume is expected to be of immense help for the researchers in this area and also for the interested and conscious general readers.