Business Environment

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THE INDIAN ECONOMY

This chapter critically evaluates the chequered history of the Indian Economy, period-wise and sector-wise and helps a discerning student of the country's economy draw his/her own conclusions. After reading the chapter,, you will acquire adequate knowledge and understanding to critically analyse any aspect of the Indian economy relating to their business.

A survey of Indian economy covering the past six decades is both interesting and instructive to a student of economics. A large amount of literature is available on the subject, some of which chronicle the economic history of Independent India, how it was once denigrated as a basket case which lived a ship-to-mouth existence, but now considered one of the major economic ...