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Development Challenges of India After Twenty Five Years of Economic Reforms Inequality, Labour, Employment and Migration

India Studies in Business and Economics

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Development Challenges of India After Twenty Five Years of Economic Reforms Inequality, Labour, Employment and Migration

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Editor Nripendra Kishore Mishra Department of Economics Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Preface

India embarked on the path of economic liberalization since 1991 and witnessed fast ec