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Fiscal space with states and pay commission
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2008-11-10)
This article estimates the fiscal
space available with the state
governments, in case they
implement the Sixth Central Pay
Commission recommendations. It
prepares base case estimates for
the fiscal space based on ...
Whether or not to disinvest: the case of Gujarat state fertilizers and chemicals limited
(2006-10-29)
After acquiring independence in 1947, the Government
of India (GoI) adopted central planning as a strategy for
economic development in 1951. The governments, both at
the centre and in various states of India, played an ...
Preliminary estimates of regional accounts for Gujarat State
(2006-10-29)
The paper begins by discussing need for developing a regional accounting
framework and estimating relevant variables to formulate realistic growth targets
and appropriate development strategy in the reform era for the ...
Regional imbalance under federal structure: a comparison of Canada and India
(2006-10-29)
The problem of regional disparity in economic development in geographically large democratic
countries gets inseparably linked with macro public policies and the economic philosophies
behind them. Two such countries, ...
Sources of economics growth and acceleration in Gujarat
(2007-10-29)
This article examines the growth experience of Gujarat in 17 sectors during the
pre-reform period of 1980-92 and the reform period of 1991-2004, identifying strengths
and weaknesses. It identifies episodes of high economic ...
Feasibility of implementation of right to education act
(2009-05-03)
This article argues that even an
allocation of 6% of the gross
domestic product to the education
budget would not be sufficient to
fund universal school education
until the very distant future if the
government school ...
Right to education act and public private partnership (PPP)
(2010-02-20)
Two comments on our article (“Feasibility
of Implementation of Right
to Education Act”, EPW, 20 June
2009) by Padma M Sarangapani (EPW, 24
October 2009) and Vimala Ramachandran
(11 July 2009) make similar points.
Some ...
Trends in regional disparity in human and social development in India
(2011-04-29)
Trends in regional disparity in numerous social and human development indicators, other than
state income, are examined with a statistical significance test. No support was found for the
impression about increasing ...
Regional sources of growth acceleration in India
(2011-04-29)
Gujarat, West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
and Tamil Nadu were the major contributors to the
growth acceleration in India after 1991-92. Although
regional disparity may increase temporarily, the causality
test ...
Speed of adjustment and inflation-output trade off in India
(Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2012)
This paper estimates the short-run aggregate supply curve for the Indian
economy over the period 1950-51 to 2008-09. Methodological improvements in
this paper include the technique of estimating adaptive expectations, ...