Big Business, Influence-Generation, and Decision-Making in India

This paper attempts to summarise the findings of our research as regard the patterns of interaction between big business and the ruling elite of India, the form that such interaction takes, the determinants of the attitudes and behaviour of the two towards each other, and the impact that this interaction has on decision-making in the Indian political system. In the process, we have tested the prevailing notions about the political process in India as well as the conceptual frameworks provided by the dominant theories, in the light of the peculiar features of the Indian political system.