Covid-19 pandemic and economic development: emerging public policy lessons for Indian Punjab

Table of contents

Chapter 1 Covid-19 Pandemic and Sustainability of Punjab Economy -
Chapter 2 Agriculture Sustainability in Punjab: A Way Forward -
Chapter 3 Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Punjab Agriculture -
Chapter 4 Need for Innovations in Crop Residue Management in Punjab: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic -
Chapter 5 Farm Gardens: A Promising Approach to Enhance Food Security and Sustainability -
Chapter 6 Reforming Agricultural Markets in Punjab in the Context of Union Farm Acts for the Post-Covid-19 Recovery -
Chapter 7 Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Dairy Industry in Punjab: Major Concerns and Policy Options -
Chapter 8 Making Punjab's Urban Informal Sector More Resilient While Securing Livelihoods during Post-Covid-19 Times -
Chapter 9 Covid-19 and MSMEs in Punjab: Challenges Ahead -
Chapter 10 Implementation of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) in Punjab: An Assessment of Performance of Scheduled Commercial Banks -
Chapter 11 Employment Participation of Rural Women in Punjab: A Need for Policy Retrospect -
Chapter 12 Covid-19 Pandemic and the Scheduled Caste Workers in Rural Punjab: A Need for Structural Transformation -
Chapter 13 Livelihood of Agricultural Labourers in Punjab: Emerging Policy Issues -
Chapter 14 Covid-19 and Health Care Services in Punjab: Consequences and Challenges -
Chapter 15 Making Quality Education Accessible to All: Policy Perspective on School Education in Punjab -
Chapter 16 Covid-19 Pandemic and the Service Sector of Punjab: An Assessment of Impact and Policies for Revival -
Chapter 17 Basic Human Needs and Non-State Actors in Punjab: Understanding the Lives of Poor Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic -
Chapter 18 Punjab's Migration Crisis under Lockdown and Beyond: Some Suggestions for Public Policy -
Chapter 19 Diaspora Well-Being and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Some Reflections on Public Discourses on Impacts in the USA and UK -
Chapter 20 Governance Structure and Punjab Economy Under and Post-Covid-19 Lockdown -
Chapter 21 Punjab's Post-Covid-19 Economic Policy under Indian Federalism -
Chapter 22 Implications of Covid-19 on the Revenue of Punjab under GST Regime -
Chapter 23 Public Policy and Governance Reforms for Post-Covid-19 Recovery and Sustainable Growth and Development in Punjab -
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This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the pre-Covid-19 and post-Covid-19 situation and public policy measures needed to revive the economy in the light of the recent initiatives by the state government, including a committee to suggest post-Covid-19 revival strategy. This collection of essays by specialized author/s in her/his/their area of research examines the impact of Covid-19 in the larger context of economic and developmental context of Punjab, ranging from basic developmental transformation analysis to the specific policy issues in each sector and policy domain, including the larger developmental crisis in the context of the regional economy and society of Punjab. The sectors analysed include: agriculture including dairy sector and agricultural markets, industry, services, education, health, besides fiscal, banking, diaspora, gender, governance, and sustainability challenges the state economy faces. It dwells on sector specific issues as well as ways forward for betterment of livelihoods of those engaged, especially farmers and industrial and service sector informal workers.

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