Table of Contents

1. Pre- and Post-COVID World Economy; 2. Pre- and Post-COVID Indian Economy ; 3. Indias US$ 5 Trillion Economy Dream Shattered; 4. Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (Self-reliant India Initiative); 5. Favourable Factors for Indian Economy to Rebound; 6. Robust and Resilient Agricultural Sector; 7. Crude Oil Prices and India; 8. Ease of Doing Business in India: Recent Improved Rankings; 9. Infrastructure and Logistics Development; 10. Skill Development, Innovations and Entrepreneurship; 11. Digitization of the Indian Economy; 12. Indias Social Security Net ; 13. Role of Government in the Changed Scenario; 14. Challenges Ahead; 15. Economic Impact of Lockdowns; Appendix: Reforms Introduced in India as per Doing Business Reports of World Bank: 2008 to 2020; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Dr. Niranjan Sahoo is Professor of Disaster Management, at Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi. He is also Advisor, National Productivity Council, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Government of India. Born in Odisha, he is academically specialized in rural management domain in general and disaster management in particular. In his 20-years of job experience, he initially got a campus placement offer while studying at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan by a Germany-based funding agency (EZE, Bonn) located in Calcutta. He was felicitated with Visva-Bharati Snatakattor Upadhi in 1997 at Santiniketan by the then Prime Minister of India Shri I.K. Gujral. He got his Ph.D. degree from Magadh University, Bodhgaya, India. Professor Sahoo received International Intellectual Award 2010 in an International Conference on Indo-Thai Friendship Summit and Economic Growth held in Bangkok, Thailand on December 30, 2010 for outstanding rural development teachings.. He has to his credit 15 research publications in national and international journals. Besides, he has authored three books, the recent one being annotated by Journal of Economic Literature of Economic Association of America and reviewed by the Prime Minister of India. Being a community member to the UNSDRR, he was part of the United Nations delegation to its global platform held in Mexico (2017), Ulaan Baatar (2018) and in Geneva (2019) along with the Home Minister of India.