India - The Emerging Giant offers an analytic account of various aspects of India's economy. It traces how the economic policies had a decisive impact on growth, poverty, and inequality outcomes during the past 60 years. It discusses macroeconomic policies and their implications, including fiscal and monetary policies, public debt, fiscal deficits, macroeconomic crises, banking, insurance, and equity markets. Also included are detailed discussions of trade and tax policy reforms, reforms in agriculture, industry, and services; government subsidies, civil service reforms, telecoms and electricity, progress and bottlenecks in infrastructure including roads, ports and airports, and social sector policies including those relating to education, health, water supply and sanitation..