Amidst a huge number of articles that for poured infor presentation in the
Centenary Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association being
held in Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur towards the end of year 2017,
a few have been selected for this volume. A system of peer review was
adopted. The list of reviewers includes Professors NMP Verma, Satish K
Verma, Ashok Mittal, Shyam K Mishra, Prabir Biswas and Raj Kishore
Panda who did their best in shortest possible time allotted to them. Professor
DK Madaan arranged for all exchanges between authors, reviewers and
editors. The editors are indebted to the contributors, the peer reviewers,
and the liaison without whose valuable support the volume would not
have been ready for release in the Conference
The papers were selected keeping in mind importance of the area as well as
the quality of contribution. They range from admiration of state launched
schemeslike PMJDYon the one hand to the international subjects of concern
like, BREXIT and Cross border LOC trade. An attempt has been made to
study industrial disparities within a state. Another attempt has dwelled
upon gender issues relating to their participation in work. Another one
makes for investment behaviour across age and class. Still another goes to
analyse perception of patients suffering from non-communicable diseases