J Krishnamurty

K N Raj (1924-2010) was one of the most eminent Indian economists of the post-Independence generation. He was an outstanding teacher, builder of institutions and public intellectual par excellence. In this collection of tributes, students and colleagues over close to half a century write about various aspects of his life and work: Raj's contributions to building up the Delhi School of Economics in the 1950s and 1960s, the creation and growth of the Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvananthapuram in the 1970s and 1980s, his interaction with students and colleagues, the wide-ranging nature of his research and also his multifaceted personality.

The concept of health planning has become grossly distorted over successive five year plans; the Draft Five Year Plan, 1978-83, is no exception.

however, even the male figures look like gross understatements of the true size of the working force. This will be obvious if we look at the crude participation rates revealed by the 1961 and 1971 Censuses. While the crude participation rate for males and females together declined from 42,98 per cent to -13.54 per cent over the decade, for males the decline was slight