Subject(s): structural adjustment -- Economic conditions. -- Social conditions. -- Social Policy -- Social sector, economic reforms, economic growth and human development, social sectors during economic reforms, social impact of reforms, empirical evidance -- Structural dimensions of social policy - pre reforms period : in India, structural dimensions- maharashtr and Tamil Nadu, social and political movements, social infrastructure, utilisation of social sector services, social sector expenditure, social sector attainment and deprivation -- Economic reforms period-macro dimensions : Macro performance and social policy- union government-macro indicators, fiscal performance, expenditure on social sectors, implications for social policy -- Economic and fiscal indicators- Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, state level expenditure on social sectors- levels and patterns, district level expenditure on social sectors , trends in district level plan outlays and expenditure -- Economic reforms period- village level delivery system : Public provision of social services- study of selected villages - Primary schools, primary health centres, balwadis and public distribution system, social security and employment -- Utilisation of social sector services and household perceptions : Distribution of households according to income and occupation, utilisation and expenditure - primary schools, primary health services, public distribution system, policy implication