Indian Public Finance and Policy Report 2016 : fiscal issues and macro economy
edited by:Jalan, JyotsnaMarjit, SugataSantra, Sattwik
- New Delhi Oxford University Press 2016
- xxxii, 135p.
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.