वित्त मंत्रालय के तहत एक स्वायत्त अनुसंधान संस्थान

 

GENDER KALEIDOSCOPE: Gender Budgeting and it's critical role in Rural Development

22/07/2024

NIPFP blog author image
Interview with Dr Lekha S. Chakraborty 
 
(Professor and Chair, NIPFP NET-Website Committee, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi & Research Faculty Associate, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York)
 
In the Gender Kaleidoscope segment in Pragati, we have the privilege of featuring an ...

DEMANDS FROM BIHAR & ANDHRA: Is special category status feasible?

22/07/2024

NIPFP blog author image
Since the 14th Finance Commission recommended that no new state should be accorded the SCS, the central government has repeatedly denied their demands.
 
With a coalition government at the Centre, the call for special category status (SCS) for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar has only got louder. Lekha Chakraborty looks ...

Special Category Status: Raising tax transfers to states a good alternative

22/07/2024

NIPFP blog author image
The Special Category states receive special financial assistance and other benefits from the central government due to their unique developmental needs and challenges.
 
The clamour for the ‘Special Category Status’ for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh came back into the spotlight after the Janata Dal (United) and Telugu Desam Party ...

DOING THE MATH: IT'S TAX BUOYANCY THAT SHRANK THE DEFICIT

06/05/2024

NIPFP blog author image
Against the backdrop of geopolitical uncertainties and war, the finance minister has strictly adhered to the macroeconomic stabilization function of the government in the interim budget 2024, with fiscal deficit-to-Gross Domestic Prod- uct (GDP) ratio pegged at 5.1% in FY25. She announced that the revised estimate of fiscal deficit-GDP ...

The uses of running a deficit

06/05/2024

NIPFP blog author image

GROWTH STRATEGY. An interplay of fiscal and monetary policy would be needed to serve developmental goals.

 

The predominant narrative of the Interim Budget 2024 is the macroeconomic stabilisation function of a government in times of poly-crisis. The Finance Minister has reiterated that the fiscal consolidation is the primary instrument ...