Challenges to Punjab Economy

Baldev Singh Shergill is Assistant Professor at Guru Kashi Department of Social Sciences, Punjabi University Guru Kashi Campus, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab. He completed his PhD in Economics at Punjabi University, Patiala. Prior to his current position, he taught at the University of Delhi. He has published widely in journals of repute like Economic and Political Weekly, Journal of Development Policy and Practice and International Journal of Economics and Development, amongst others. He is a referee to many journals including Millennial Asia, Agrarian South and other reputed journals. Swati Mehta is Assistant Professor at the Punjab School of Economics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. She is an Associate Editor, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. She is a Member, Board of Management, The International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) (2022–24). With a PhD from the Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, She was Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea with the award of International Scholar Exchange Fellowship (ISEF) of Korea/Chey Foundation for Advanced Study during March–August 2019. Her area of research includes Economics of Innovation, Innovation Systems Approach, Global Value Chains, Development Economics, and Manufacturing Industries in developing countries. She is a Member of “The Global Network of Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems” (Globelics). She is a founding member of earlier career Innovation Researchers, CRIS, https://www.cris-is.org. She has published articles in journals such as Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, Seoul Journal of Economics, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development and Innovation and Development. She is a referee to journals of repute including Economic Modelling, Millennial Asia, Innovation and Development, Asian Journal of Technology Innovation and African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development.

1. Understanding Dynamics of Punjab Model of Development: A Regional Perspective- Baldev Singh Shergill and Swati Mehta Part I: Agrarian Structure and Development: Markets, R&D and Income 2. Agrarian Structure, Nonviable Farming and Marketing of Agricultural Produce in India- Sucha Singh Gill 3. Farmers’ Income and Food Security under Contemporary Policy Regime in India: Insights from Punjab-Gurpreet Singh and Rajeev Sharma 4. A Comparative Analysis of Agriculture R&D Expenditure of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh SAUs - Rakesh Sharma 5. Formal vs. informal milk marketing channels in Punjab: A comparative economic analysis of dairy cooperative member vis-à-vis non-member milk producers - Manpreet Kaur and Naresh Singla Part II: Manufacturing Sector: Opportunities and Possibilities 6. Determinants of Industrial Growth: Punjab Vs Other major states of India- Niharika Sharma 7. Non-Farm Enterprises in Rural Punjab: An Exploratory Analysis- Manjit Sharma, Jatinder Singh, Raminder Singh 8. Micro foundations of Cluster development: Evidence from Two Clusters in Punjab- Kamaldeep Kaur, Baldev Singh Shergill and Swati Mehta Part III: Labour, Caste and Gender Trajectories: Question of freedom and livelihood 9. Gender-Caste Overlap and Employment Participation of Women in Rural Punjab- Ashapurna Baruah and Indervir Singh 10. Endangered Freedom to Decent Life amidst Economic Insecurity: Plight of Worker Households in Jalandhar’s Sports Goods Industry-Varinder Jain 11. Poorest of the Poor: A Case Study of Female Domestic Workers in Punjab- Surinder Kumar Singla Part IV: Labour, Caste and Gender Trajectories: Question of freedom and livelihood 12. An Investigation into the Nexus between Economic Growth and Income Inequalities in Punjab: Empirical Evidence from District level Analysis- Pooja Sikka and Deepika Chawla 13. Social Capital, Local Level Groups and Household Participation: The Case of Rural Punjab- Shiv Kumar 14. Determinants of Human capital investment in Indian Punjab: An empirical investigation of elementary education- Angrej Singh Gill, Kamlesh Narwana and Harvinder Singh 15. Punjab’s Fiscal Performance since FRBM Enactment: An Analysis of its Imbalances, Consolidation- Kulwinder Singh, Nirvair Singh and Simran Kaur Part V: Labour, Caste and Gender Trajectories: Question of freedom and livelihood 16. Understanding Hunger in Indian Bread Basket- Harpreet Kaur Narang 17. Diet, Nutrition Deprivation and Health Status: Empirical Evidence from Punjab- Baldev Singh Shergill, Swati Mehta and Jasvir Singh 18. Financial Burden of Cancer Disease in Rural Punjab: A Study of Cancer Patients in Malwa Belt- Sukhwinder Singh and Mohan Lal