India Public Finance and Policy Report 2016
Fiscal Issues and Macro Economy
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9780199472055
Publication date:
03/08/2016
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168 pages
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ISBN:
9780199472055
Publication date:
03/08/2016
Paperback
168 pages
Jyotsna Jalan, Sugata Marjit, Sattwik Santra
The India Public Finance and Policy Report 2016 debates contemporaneous issues in public finance and public policy from a national and a global perspective. This inaugural volume on ‘Fiscal Issues and Macro Economy’ presents a comprehensive survey of India’s fiscal policy, offering new insights on the state of public finance in the country from a contemporary, historical, and futuristic perspective.
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Jyotsna Jalan, Sugata Marjit, Sattwik Santra
Description
The India Public Finance and Policy Report 2016, a flagship endeavour of the Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy (CTRPFP), debates contemporaneous issues in public finance and public policy from a national and a global perspective. This inaugural volume on ‘Fiscal Issues and Macro Economy’ presents a comprehensive survey of India’s fiscal policy, offering new insights on the state of public finance in the country from a contemporary, historical, and futuristic perspective.
Among other areas, the report addresses the
• dynamic interlinkages between different macroeconomic variables
• importance of intergovernmental transfers in states’ fiscal performance
• effect of fiscal policies of global leaders on South Asian economies
• connections between the demographic patterns and economic growth
• role of imports in economic development
• interdependencies of fiscal policies within South Asian countries
• impact of external factors on domestic fiscal policy
• comparative fiscal performance of Indian states, using latest statistics
Written in lucid and non-technical language, this is an authoritative and in-depth commentary on the essential policy debates of present-day India.
About the Editors
Jyotsna Jalan is Professor of Economics, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), India.
Sugata Marjit is Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India and the Reserve Bank Chair of Industrial Economics, CSSSC.
Sattwik Santra teaches economics at the Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy (CTRPFP), CSSSC.
Jyotsna Jalan, Sugata Marjit, Sattwik Santra
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
India’s Fiscal Policy: Past, Present, and the Way Forward Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy
1. Intergovernmental Transfers and Fiscal Performance of Indian States
Jayanta Kumar Dwibedi
2. Deficit Management and Its Implications for Inflation
M. Ramachandran and Hersch Sahay
3. Demographic Changes and Economic Growth: Observations from India
Pranab Kumar Das and Saibal Kar
4. India: Importing Growth from Abroad?
Sugata Marjit and Sattwik Santra
5. Fiscal Policy Interdependencies and Contagion Effects in South Asia
Fabrizio Carmignani
6. Assessing Fiscal Performance of Indian States: A Composite Fiscal Index
Sugata Marjit, Jayanta Kumar Dwibedi, and Koushik Kumar Hati
Statistical Appendix
About the Editors and Contributors
Jyotsna Jalan, Sugata Marjit, Sattwik Santra
Review
‘… combines the necessary historical perspective with a close focus on the current outlook and the predicaments of the post-financial-crisis period.’—Michele Boldrin, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
‘[T]he chapters provide a competent portrayal of some of the contemporary issues pertaining to the Indian economy.’—Abhirup Sarkar, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
‘… represents yet another important contribution of CTRPFP to the development of sound public policy in India.’—Flavio M. Menezes, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Jyotsna Jalan, Sugata Marjit, Sattwik Santra
Description
The India Public Finance and Policy Report 2016, a flagship endeavour of the Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy (CTRPFP), debates contemporaneous issues in public finance and public policy from a national and a global perspective. This inaugural volume on ‘Fiscal Issues and Macro Economy’ presents a comprehensive survey of India’s fiscal policy, offering new insights on the state of public finance in the country from a contemporary, historical, and futuristic perspective.
Among other areas, the report addresses the
• dynamic interlinkages between different macroeconomic variables
• importance of intergovernmental transfers in states’ fiscal performance
• effect of fiscal policies of global leaders on South Asian economies
• connections between the demographic patterns and economic growth
• role of imports in economic development
• interdependencies of fiscal policies within South Asian countries
• impact of external factors on domestic fiscal policy
• comparative fiscal performance of Indian states, using latest statistics
Written in lucid and non-technical language, this is an authoritative and in-depth commentary on the essential policy debates of present-day India.
About the Editors
Jyotsna Jalan is Professor of Economics, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), India.
Sugata Marjit is Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India and the Reserve Bank Chair of Industrial Economics, CSSSC.
Sattwik Santra teaches economics at the Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy (CTRPFP), CSSSC.
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
India’s Fiscal Policy: Past, Present, and the Way Forward Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy
1. Intergovernmental Transfers and Fiscal Performance of Indian States
Jayanta Kumar Dwibedi
2. Deficit Management and Its Implications for Inflation
M. Ramachandran and Hersch Sahay
3. Demographic Changes and Economic Growth: Observations from India
Pranab Kumar Das and Saibal Kar
4. India: Importing Growth from Abroad?
Sugata Marjit and Sattwik Santra
5. Fiscal Policy Interdependencies and Contagion Effects in South Asia
Fabrizio Carmignani
6. Assessing Fiscal Performance of Indian States: A Composite Fiscal Index
Sugata Marjit, Jayanta Kumar Dwibedi, and Koushik Kumar Hati
Statistical Appendix
About the Editors and Contributors
Y. V. Reddy, Partha Ray, Pinaki Chakraborty
Capital Flows and Exchange Rate Management
Soumyen Sikdar
Public Financial Management, State Capacity, and Public Services in India
Santhosh Mathew, Bhumi Purohit, and Devesh Sharma
Fiscal Policy and Public Financial Management
Pinaki Chakraborty and K R Shanmugam
वाई.वी. रेड्डी
Federalism and Fiscal Transfers in India
C. Rangarajan, D.K. Srivastava
Political Economy of Federalism in India
Nirvikar Singh, Govinda Rao
