While development has been the foremost agenda before successive governments in India, it has been viewed narrowly from the perspective of economic development and particularly in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This book questions such an approach. It breaks from the conventional wisdom of GDP growth as being a definitive measure of success of a country s policies and offers an alternative development philosophy.

The author contends that people s economic and social welfare, life satisfaction, self-fulfilment and happiness should be treated as indicators of real...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of India's public services and bureaucratic systems, and explores why widespread corruption and inefficient delivery have slowed development. It:

• discusses the underlying reasons for the prevailing inefficiency in public services;
• examines the complex linkages between ethics-based public service, India's cultural and spiritual heritage, and its current economic development model; and
• outlines ways to create an ethics code and an environment that is conducive to better administration and...