Overview
The demonetisation of November 2016 goes down in history as the day of an intensely debated economic policy intervention of the Indian state. With abolition of the legal tender status of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, about 86 per cent of the currency in circulation stood withdrawn from the economy. The purpose, according to the government, was to stamp out counterfeit currency, unearth black money, and usher in a less-cash economy.One of the most detailed analysis of demonetisation so far, the book takes on board a large gamut of issues into consideration taking into account data for a larger period of time i.e. till September 2017. The book reviews impact of the demonetisation policy intervention on different spheres of the economy and critically examines each of the major claims of put forth by the government vis-à-vis demonetisation. Through selections from the Economic and Political Weekly, it presents a journey through the Indian black money debate, placing the two demonetisations of 1978 and 2016 within the framework of black money and tax evasion in India over the last six decades
Full Product Details
Author: R. Ramakumar (Professor and Dean, Professor and Dean, Tata Institute of Social Sciences)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 3.70cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.488kg
ISBN: 9780199486793
ISBN 10: 0199486794
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 28 June 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This is an extremely topical work and is a broadly well-rounded analysis with strong empirics. The work looks very well-organised. I recommend its publication. This unusual ms is a substantial and worthwhile contribution. EPW has been India's premier journal and has been a forum for scholarly debates and discussions on important policy matters; hence selections from its pages over a half a century connected with the theme of black money, bring much valuable historical and contemporary material together and helps readers in engaging with the current demonetisation experience in a better light. The book is likely to attract a large readership; it will interest students, researchers, policy makers and others in diverse fields from economics to governance.
This is an extremely topical work and is a broadly well-rounded analysis with strong empirics. The work looks very well-organised. I recommend its publication. This unusual ms is a substantial and worthwhile contribution. EPW has been India's premier journal and has been a forum for scholarly debates and discussions on important policy matters; hence selections from its pages over a half a century connected with the theme of black money, bring much valuable historical and contemporary material together and helps readers in engaging with the current demonetisation experience in a better light. The book is likely to attract a large readership; it will interest students, researchers, policy makers and others in diverse fields from economics to governance. Note-Bandi presents a set of insightful and scholarly articles bringing out major aspects of demonetisation and critiquing its supposedly foundational arguments. Its recommended as a reading article for the range of academic to the political economist and the governance professionals. * Ganadeva Bandyopadhyay, Blogcritics *
This unusual ms is a substantial and worthwhile contribution. EPW has been India's premier journal and has been a forum for scholarly debates and discussions on important policy matters; hence selections from its pages over a half a century connected with the theme of black money, bring much valuable historical and contemporary material together and helps readers in engaging with the current demonetisation experience in a better light. The book is likely to attract a large readership; it will interest students, researchers, policy makers and others in diverse fields from economics to governance. This is an extremely topical work and is a broadly well-rounded analysis with strong empirics. The work looks very well-organised. I recommend its publication.
Author Information
R. Ramakumar is the Dean at the Centre for Study of Developing Economies, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He holds an M.Sc. degree in agricultural economics from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. He has done his Ph.D. in quantitative economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Fiscal Policy in India, Development Economics, National Identity Schemes, Agricultural Economics, and Agrarian Studies are some of his areas of research. His current research focuses are on topics like The Aadhar Project in India, Agricultural Credit in India etc.
