ECONOMIC-GROWTH AND INCOME-DISTRIBUTION - THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE OF DEVELOPMENT

Income distribution, as reflected in the distribution of household con sumption expenditure, has shown remarkable stability over four-and-a-h alf decades in India. India, and south Asia as a whole, have a more eg alitarian distribution of income relative to other countries. Nor does income distribution appear to be related to levels of income or the p ace of growth. What are the factors that have helped in maintaining a relatively more egalitarian income distribution in India?.