This project will investigate the relationship between competitiveness in Indian state elections and the structure of the fiscal choices made by state governments. To do so, this project propose to: (i) construct a complete record of constituency level electoral data for major Indian states; (ii) measure political competitiveness in state elections using a variety of indexes; and (iii) use measures of competitiveness, along with other political and economic factors, as part of a dynamic empirical model of state fiscal policy choices. This work will contribute to the study of the relationship between governance and public policy in India.

Comprises of Budgetary information sourced from Finance Accounts of various states for historical data and from Budget Documents for the current period. Disaggregated information on State Finances is maintained at the Institute for time series starting from 1987-88.

This attempts to analyse the impact of high CAD and various rates of WPI inflation on growth and other macro variables in the 12th Plan period as well as in 2013-14.