Globalisation, Development and Indian Reform Package

Globalisation, Development and Indian Reform Package Bhanoji Rao IN the abstract at the top of his essay and in the introductory (second) paragraph, Kalyan K Sanyal ('Paradox of Competi- tivenessand Globalisation of Underdevelopment', EPW, June 19, 1993) notes that it is essential that the idea of competitiveness be grasped in its full complexity before the appropriate reform package is presented, and that "there are reasons for one to suspect that in the Indian context, this awareness is particularly absent". The rather negative view flashed in the forefront does net do justice to the very impor- tant implications and suggestions for the Indian reform contained in the most comprehensive and well written essay. The aim of this note is to highlight them.