Projects
Ongoing projects
An Assessment of Attitudes towards Tax Policy and Compliance
- Start date जनवरी., 2023
- Completion date दिसम्बर, 2024
- Sponsor Self-Initiated
- Project leader R. Kavita Rao
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Approaching the question of increasing tax to GDP ratios from the taxpayer’s perceptions, the study aims to explore whether people’s perceptions in India about tax compliance by citizens is related to their perceptions about fairness and ease of compliance on the one hand and on the perceived benefits from government spending on the other. The study proposes to survey about 150-200 individuals of different backgrounds to explore whether there are differences in perceptions. This study can be considered a pilot which could be expanded to a larger scale survey, if the initial results are found interesting.
Decomposition of Debt-GDP Ratio for United Kingdom: 1984-2009
- Start date जनवरी., 2023
- Sponsor Self-Initiated
- Project leader Piyali Das
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This paper can help in understanding how nominal interest rate and primary deficit played a role on affecting the debt position for United Kingdom. Also, this paper discusses sovereign debt in the context of historical events in UK. This country experience (from UK) can help inform India as it is headed towards a high sovereign debt regime.
Understanding the Role of Single Nodal Account (SNA) in improving Utilization of Funds under the National Health Mission
- Start date नवम्बर., 2022
- Completion date अग., 2024
- Sponsor Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
- Project leader Mita Choudhary
- Consultants/Other authors Pritam Datta and Nitya Chutani
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The study intends to examine the role of Single Nodal Account (SNA) in improving budget execution under the National Health Mission. The issue is being examined at various levels of implementation (State, district, block) in two States – Bihar and Odisha.
Why do Indian States differ in Economic and Social Performances?
- Start date जुलाई, 2022
- Sponsor Self-Initiated
- Project leader Rudrani Bhattacharya, Sudipto Mundle (CDS) and Dinesh Kumar Nayak
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There is considerable heterogeneity among Indian states in terms of economic growth and human development. This study attempts to identify the class of factors explaining this heterogeneity such as initial condition, capital stock, physical infrastructure, quality and level of social infrastructure and quality of governance.
Public Spending, Governance, and Regional Disparity in Sustainable Development: A District-level Analysis in Assam. Sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research
- Start date अप्रैल, 2022
- Completion date जून, 2024
- Sponsor ICSSR, New Delhi
- Project leader Bhabesh Hazarika and Ankit Singh
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The study attempts to analyse the role of public expenditure and quality of governance in explaining the divergence of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievement across districts, which has important implications for policy prescriptions.