Subject(s): India in Economic policy in 1991 -- Economic reforms and agriculture : Political economy of economic reforms, agricultural growth in east and south-east Asia, liberalization of agriculture in India, trade liberalization, WTO and viability of Indian agriculture -- Agricultural growth : Post reform trends and major issues for further reforms, agricultural research and technology, irrigation reforms, rural credit reforms -- Food security : declining per capita demand for food grains in rural India, food grain surpluses -- Rural poverty : Rural transformation in Asia-post-reform trends and perspectives, trade .liberalisation and rural poverty, poverty and deprivation - role of structural change and structural adjustment, economic reforms and rural poverty, poverty alleviation programmes and their integration with overall development -- Sustainable rural development : watershed development in India, sustainable use of water for irrigation