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The Conference was very well attended, and papers were presented in various technical sessions spread over three days. Prof. Madaan, who was entrusted with selecting and editing the Conference volume, has put in serious effort in finally choosing 128 papers, categorising them into themes, sequencing their order and editing the content before putting the covers. I am sure they will offer a kaleidoscopic panorama on several issues of interest to the economics fraternity in India and abroad.
Indian Economic Association (IEA)
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IEA is the oldest Association in Social Sciences and perhaps the second oldest in the country in any discipline, after the Indian Science Congress Association (founded in 1914). IEA organises annual conferences, special seminars, and lectures by eminent persons of the profession. The initiative taken by Charles Joseph Hamilton, then Minto Professor of Economics at Calcutta University, established IEA in December 1917. IEA stands for promoting the interest of the discipline in terms of extension, expansion and professional competence in teaching, training, research, and consultancy. It promotes the interests of its members but, more than that, the interest of the public. The IEA has so far organised 100 annual conferences in different parts of the country. The 100th Conference was held at J. N. Vyas University, Jodhpur. The present volume is in addition to some papers published in a book, entitled “Contemporary Economic Issues in India”, printed by Bharti Publications, New Delhi, which was released during the Inaugural Session of the Centenary Annual Conference of IEA at J. N. Vyas n University, Jodhpur on 27 December 2017. In compiling the present volume, we acknowledge the cooperation and support of a large number of IEA members. We are thankful to all those persons who have contributed towards the success of this effort. Special thanks and gratitude are due to Hon’bleDr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, New Delhi, who delivered an inaugural address of the conference; Prof. Dilip M. Nachane, IGIDR, Mumbai, for delivering P.R. Brahmananda memorial lecture; Prof. Sanjit Dhami, University of Leicester, UK; Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi; and Prof.Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Professor of Economics, CRRID, Chandigarh for their Keynote addresses on different themes. A sense of gratefulness is also due to Prof. P.K. Chaubey, President, IEA, for his Presidential Address. Thanks are also due to Prof. V. K. Malhotra, Member Secretary, ICSSR, Prof. R.P. Singh, Vice Chancellor, J N. Vyas University, Jodhpur, Dr S.P. Singh, Vice Chancellor, University of Lucknow, and Dr Arvind Dixit, Vice Chancellor, Dr. BhimraoAmbedkar University, Agra, for gracing the Inaugural Session of the Conference. Bombay; Prof. A. Ranga Reddy, Tirupati; Prof. Rohini Prasad, Vice Chancellor, Sarguja University, Chhattisgarh; Prof. A.P. Pandey, Vice Chancellor, Manipur University, Imphal: Prof. ADN Bajpai, former Vice Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University; Dr. Mahesh Chand Sharma, New Delhi; Prof. Jagdish Shettigar, BIMTECH, Delhi; Dr D.R. Agarwal, Director, IIT, Kolkata; Prof. Saurabh Agarwal, Dean, Indian Institute of Finance, Delhi; Prof. P. Prajapati, Ahmedabad; Prof.Anuradha Jain, Dean, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Delhi; and Prof. B.L. Vaishnaw, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur Though a huge number of papers were received for presentation in the Centenary Annual Conference of the IEA, only some papers have been selected for this volume. The papers were selected keeping in mind the importance of the area as well as the quality of contribution. The reviewers comprise Professors including P.K. Chaubey, NMP Verma, SatishVerma, Ashok Mittal, Shyam K Mishra, Prabir Biswas, Raj Kishore Panda, etc., who did their best in the shortest possible time allotted to them. We are indebted to the contributors and reviewers without whose valuable support the volume would not have been completed. We wish great success to the conference participants, paper presenters and the contributors of the article in this volume. The help and support of all in this endeavour are acknowledged without any liability for any error and omissions. Views expressed are the author’s own. D.K. Madaan Editor
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D.K. MADAAN
Secretary, Indian Economic Association (IEA)