Progressive fiscal policy in India/
edited by Praveen Jha.
- New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011.
- iii, 461 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I : OVERALL MACROECONOMIC POLICY REGIME AND ITS LINKAGES WITH FISCAL POLICY Finance Capital, Fiscal Deficits and The Current Global Crisis - Prabhat Patnaik Liberalization as a Constraint on Fiscal Policy: Some Lessons from the Indian Experience - C P Chandrasekhar Inclusive Growth in Neoliberal India - A Mirage? - Nirmal Kumar Chandra Growing Inequality: A Serious Challenge to the Indian Society and Polity - S L Shetty Assessing Tax Policy and Tax Compliance in the Reform Era - Saumen Chattopadhyay
II: PRESSING CONCERNS RELATING TO FISCAL FEDERALISM IN INDIA Challenges to Fiscal Policy in India in the Era of Reforms - T M Thomas Isaac and R Ramakumar Fiscal Devolution in the Era of Liberalisation: The Indian Experience - Jayati Ghosh Thirteenth Finance Commission: Core Issues and New Challenges - D K Srivastava Horizontal Imbalances in Indian Federalism - Tapas K Sen Regaining the Constitutional Identity of the Finance Commission: A Daunting Task for the Thirteenth Commission - K K George and K K Krishnakumar Towards a Rational and Progressive Fiscal Policy: What Role for Local Governments? - M A Oommen
III: PUBLIC POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE DEVELOPMENT DEFICITS Unbalanced Growth, Tertiarization of the Indian Economy and Implications for Mass Living Standards - Utsa Patnaik From Outlays to Outcomes: Some Missing Links - N C Saxena Social Sector Expenditures: An Analysis for All India and States, 1980-81-2007-08 - Mahendra Dev and N Sreedevi Centrally Sponsored Schemes: Are They the Solution or the Problem? - Praveen Jha, Subrat Das and Nilachala Acharya Improving India's Health: The Significance of Public Financing - Mita Choudhury and A K Shiva Kumar