Deceleration of Economic Growth in Punjab

overview of economic growth literature, both theoretical and empirical, is presented in Section I. In Section II, an assessment of the growth experience - structural change and deceleration in growth of Punjab economy - with the help of descriptive statistics is made. In Section III, public policy has been analysed to identify the snags in it. To remove the constraints on economic growth, alternative policy suggestions are presented in Section IV. Concluding remarks are made in the final section.