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Issues Related To Black Money
Pooja Rangaprasad
The article gives an overview of some of the issues related to Black Money in India. It also contextualises these issues in relation to global debates on illicit money currently being discussed. The...
Issues and Challenges for the 14th Finance Commission
Sona Mitra
The 14th Finance Commission announced in 2013 has already embarked upon its task for formulating recommendations for the transfer of resources to states and local bodies for the period 2015-16 to...
Policy Debates on Subsidy
Debraj Bagchi
Subsidy refers to a transfer of resources by the government to the buyer or seller of a good or service that has the effect of reducing the price paid by the buyers, increasing the price received by...
Goods and Services Tax: Challenges and Opportunities
Sankhanath Bandyopadhyay
India has witnessed a number of reforms in indirect taxes over the last two decades with the replacement of State Sales Taxes by Value Added Tax (VAT) in 2005 marking a watershed in this regard. A...
Misogyny and Bollywood
Sona Mitra
Sexism comes naturally to Bollywood and blatantly so within the ‘item numbers’ which it has so easily and unashamedly adopted and institutionalized in its mainstream commercial films. Almost all...
Provisioning of Electricity
Sridhar Kundu
India as a developing economy has made considerable progress in provisioning of electricity over the last few decades. India's total installed capacity stands at 2,29,251 MW (megawatt) as on 31st...
Rural Infrastructure
Sridhar Kundu
Infrastructure plays a crucial role for not just the country's economic growth but also its progress in human development. Rural areas account for a larger part of the geographical area in India....
Foreign Direct Investment
Sankhanath Bandyopadhyay
Foreign investment in India has two components, viz., Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment. According to the notion referred to globally, FDI relates to a long-term...
Fiscal Deficit
Sridhar Kundu
Fiscal Deficit refers to a gap in government's budget; a gap that arises in any financial year when the government's total expenditure exceeds its total income in that year and consequently it...
The Debate on Poverty Measures
Sona Mitra
There has been an intense debate within the academia and the policy circles on the estimates of poverty in India as provided by the government sources. The consistent decline in the poverty figures...
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