Contents

List of Tables, Figures and Charts
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
T. Haque and D. Narasimha Reddy

Section – I

Inequality and Economic Development
1. Inequality and Economic Development – Pulin B. Nayak
2. Wealth and Income Inequality in the Age of Finance – C.P. Chandrasekhar
3. Inequalities in Well-being in India: A Multidimensional Analysis – B.P. Vani and S. Madheswaran
4. Role of Urban Inequality in the Phenomenon of Rising Wealth Inequality in India, 2002-2012 – Vamsi Vakulabharanam & Sripad Motiram

Section – II
Inter-regional and Rural-Urban Inequality
5. Inter-state Inequality in India: Why have some states done better than others? –N.C.Saxena
6. Challenges of Agricultural Transformation for Farmers’ Wellbeing in India: Region wise Analysis – T.Haque
7. Income Inequalities among Agricultural Households in India: State Level Assessment and Contributing Factors – Seema Bathla and Anjani Kumar
8. Migration,Urbanisation and Interstate Inequality in India – Amitabh Kundu and K Varghese
9. Inequality in Rural India: Insights from Village Studies – Himanshu

Section – III
Inequality in Factor Markets
10. Inequality and the labour market in India and Brazil – Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa, Maria Cristina Cacciamali, Gerry Rodgers, Janine Rodgers, Vidhya Soundararajan and Fabio Tatei
11. Wage Inequalities in India – K.P.Kannan

Section – IV
Gender Inequality
12. Gender equality in India: New Challenges confronting progress – Nitya Rao and Ayesha Pervez
13. Promises Unfulfilled: Women’s Access to Land in India – Hema Swaminathan and Suchitra J.Y.

Section – V
Inequality in the Access to Education and Health Care
14. Inequality in Access to Higher Education in India between the Poor and the Rich – Jandhyala B G Tilak and Pradeep Kumar Choudhury
15. Unequal Access to Elementary Education in India Government Vs Private Schools – Ashok Pankaj and Poornima M
16. Exclusion and Inequality in Indian Education – Rangachar Govinda and Madhumita Bandyopadhyay
17. Universalising Quality School Education in India: Perspectives and Prospect – Muchkund Dubey
18. Equity in Healthcare Utilization And Financial Risk Protection: Financial Implications Of Illness Among Casual Labour Households – Anup K Karan and Sakthivel Selvaraj
19. Can India’s New National Health Policy Bridge the Disconnect with Development? –
K. Srinath Reddy

Section – VI
Exclusion of Dalits, Adivasis and other Marginalised Groups: Role of Affirmative Action
20. Persistent Inequalities in India: Challenges in Overcoming Inequalities of Opportunities as Envisaged in the Constitution of India – D. Narasimha Reddy
21. Do not change the Goal Post from Equality to Inclusiveness: A modest agenda for elimination of marginalization of Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims – K.B. Saxena

Section – VII
22. Social Development Index – Surajit Deb