Subject(s): Agricultural Industries -- Rural Industries -- Investments -- trade liberalization -- Socio-political Issues -- Physical and Social infrastructire -- Macroeconomic performance and policies : Promoting equitable development, economic growth and social development, growth, inequality and financial liberalization in India, trade liberalization and macroeconomic performance with special focus on labour markets in Asia and pacific, poverty reduction and macroeconomic developments in India - growth and equity consideration -- Employment, food security and poverty : Flexibility, employment and labour market reforms in India, poverty and food insecurity in India, safety net programs in India -- Physical and social infrastructure : Public investment and infrastructure - political economy tale, India's energy crisis, health care and governance, trends in public expenditure on education - contrast between two educationally backward states -- Agriculture and rural industrialization : Agriculture and rural industrialization in India, agriculture sector in liberalization period- comparative study of India and China -- Foreign direct investment in Manufacturing and services : Impact of trade liberalization on foreign direct investment in Indian industries, liberalisation, foreign direct investment flows and development- Indian experience in 1990s -- Socio political issues in reform process : Political institutions, governance crisis and economic reforms, political economy of agrarian distress in India