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Reading What to Read?

1. Lecture Note titled The Indian Economy: Past, Unfinished Agendas and Emerging Challenges

Pages 2-46 (up to Section 8) (Volume 1)

2. Lecture Note titled Growth Crisis in Indian Agriculture: Is Contract Farming a Solution? & Video link: Various Farming Practices in Andhra Pradesh This video provides an excellent account of the various problems faced by farmers in India, various kinds of farm practices (including contract farming) followed in India and the lessons offered by each of these models. All these aspects are shown by taking Andhra Pradesh as a case study. The link is as follows: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4819154985247125025# Note: The videos are available in the instructors public folder srn

Pages 2-37 (Volume 1)

3. Lecture Note titled Organised Retailing in India A Blessing or a Curse?

& Video link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/ This video is about Wal-Marts operations in America and how it has changed the US and Chinese economy Note: This video is available in the instructors public folder srn

Pages 2-44 (Appendix on Wal-Marts operation in India excluded) (Volume 1)

4. Lecture Note titled Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: The Missing Link in Indias Manufacturing Growth Story? & Video Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03zsWdXlVEg&feature=related (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXEfZAr6sTQ&feature=related (Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFO6Pshq4qw (Part 3) This video provides an excellent account of a business model developed by FabIndia to source fabrics from rural artisans and empower the artisans to control their means of livelihood. Note: The videos are available in the instructors public folder srn

Pages 2-34 (Volume 1)

5 Lecture Note titled Can India Match China in Manufacturing Sector Performance?

Pages 1-41(Volume 2) (Appendix on WTO and Indian Textiles and Clothing Sector excluded)