What have been the effects of neoliberal reforms in India? It's a broad question and there's no simple answer. However, if we are concerned about fairness and justice, we should be looking at the impact on the agricultural sector, which employs 600 million people and not just at the glossy BPO and IT sectors which are miniscule by comparison.
I'm still studying the impact, but the following report sheds some light on this:
http://nceus.gov.in/Executive_Summary_08082007.pdf
"In the last several years, the growth rate of agricultural wages has declined and there are evident signs of agrarian distress in many areas which specially affect marginal and small farmers. There is now a clear need to address this sector (i.e. agricultural labourers, marginal and small farmers) in a focused way. "
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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