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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter - I The International Monetary Fund -- Chapter - II Major Financial Crisis: From Great Depression to The Great Recession -- Chapter - III India's IMF Programmes-1966 and 1981: An Analytical Review -- Chapter - IV India Circa 1991 - Origins of the Crisis -- Chapter - V The Union Budgets 1991-96 -- Chapter - VI The IMF View - India's Stand-By Arrangement -- Chapter - VII Evolutionary Changes in India-IMF Relations -- Chapter - VIII The IMF's Article IV Consultations 1997 - 2016 -- Chapter - IX Finance Secretaries, Governors of RBI, Chief Economic Advisors and Executive Directors -- Chapter - X My Years With The IMF -- Chapter - XI G20 - A Decade in Multilateralism -- Chapter - XII The Rise of China in the International Monetary System -- Chapter - XIII Conclusion -- Index.

Sanjiv Chopra, We, the People of the States of Bharat: The Making and Remaking of India's Internal Boundaries. HarperCollins, 2022, 397 pp., ₹799.00.

M. Ramachandran, Bringing Governments and People Closer: A Development Practitioner's Prescriptions. Ghaziabad: Copal Publishing, 2021, 126 pp. ISBN: 978-9383419975.

Rumki Basu, Democracy and Public Policy in the Post-Covid-19 World: Choices and Outcomes. Routledge, 2021, 217 pp., ₹3,029.69 (eBook).

Ram Sewak Sharma, The Making of Aadhar: The World's Largest Identity Platform. New Delhi, India: Rupa Publishers, 2020, 240 pp., ₹595.00.

India was one of the most closed economies in the world during the period of 1947–1991. India's fiscal deficits were high, and foreign exchange reserves were precipitously low and the exports were non-competitive. On three occasions, India had to avail external assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to overcome the balance of payments (BOP) crisis. India negotiated IMF programmes in 1966, 1981 and 1991. This article examines the events of 1966 and 1981. While India sought significant IMF assistance, gradualism reigned in the reforms programme. This article appraises the macro-economic conditions of 1966 and 1981 programmes, the choices that governments of the day faced and the reasons for the decisions taken.

Duvvuri Subbarao, Who Moved My Interest Rate? Leading the Reserve Bank of India through Five Turbulent Years. Gurgaon: Penguin Publications, 2016, 323 pp., ₹699.

AbstractStudies exploring associations between children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and depression in parents are limited. This study compares healthcare utilization, depression treatment costs, and risk factors, in parents of children with and without ASD. Using a matched case-control, individuals aged 27 to 64 with continuous enrollment from 2017–2019 and a child diagnosed with ASD were selected from nationally representative administrative claims data. Individuals were randomly matched 1:3 to a non-ASD group based on the child's age, gender, and family characteristics. Statistical models were used to evaluate the association between ASD in children, depression in their respective parents, and resulting healthcare utilization and costs incurred by parents. The study consisted of 23,316 families, out of which 5,779 had children with ASD, and 17,337 had children without ASD. Having a child with ASD was a predictor of depression in parents (OR 1.91, 95% CI 1.73 – 2.10). Mothers of children with ASD had a higher risk of having depression (OR 4.0, 95% CI 2.62 – 6.12). Parents having multiple ASD children were also at higher risk of depression (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.18 – 2.13). The sex and age of the child were not associated with parental depression. While family-level income and education attainment were not associated, urbanicity (rural) had an association with depression. Parents with ASD children are at a higher risk of depression. Findings suggest that parents of children with ASD may benefit from depression screening at the onset of ASD diagnosis in their children.