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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...