The Finances And Public Works of India (1869-1881) - Couverture rigide

John Strachey, Richard Strachey

9788121200189: The Finances And Public Works of India (1869-1881)

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ISBN 10 : 8121200180 ISBN 13 : 9788121200189

Editeur : Gyan Publishing House, 1986

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An intimate firsthand analysis of the economic history of India. The subjects of the work are revenue, expenditure, debt, trade, taxation, currency and exchange, and various public works including the extension of railways and irrigation works. It also goes deep into the causes of the repeated famines., Sir John s hardly a great office of state in India which Sir John Strachey or his brother Sir Richard Strachey had not held. Their combind (abours had a strong and lasting influence over the policy and the constitution of the Indian Government in every department of affairs. This Book is a joint product of their minds. It describes the economic policies and public works of a Government which they had helped to Fashion its policy and administration. It narrates the facts with intimate firsthand knowledge. The subjects of the work are revenue, expenditure, debt, trade, taxation, currency and exchange and various public works including the extension of railways and irrigation works during the period under review. It also goes deep into the causes of the repeated famines which borke out in defferent parts of India and suggests preventive measures. The work furnishes valuable figures which will help the present research scholars to reconstruct the economic History of India since the last century, which will, in turn, help the progress of the country in various fields., Contents:- I. Introductory II. Progress and Present Condition of the Revenuess and Expenditure : Preliminary Explanations III. Progress andpresent Condition of the Revenues and Expenditure : The Revenues from 1869 to 1881 IV. Progress and Present Condition of the Revenue and Expenditure : The Expenditure from 1869 to 1881 V. Progress and Present Condition of the Revenue and Expenditure : General Results VI. The Home Charges VII. Productive Public Works VIII. The Public Debt of India IX. Decentralisation of Financial Administration and Extension of the Powers and Responsibilities of Local Governments X. Fina

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