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(Co-authored with Lekha Chakraborty)
Ex-gratia payments to women account holders PMJDY, poor widows, senior citizens and physically challenged persons are welcome steps, including free gas cylinders for Ujjwala beneficiaries.
The world is shut down to avoid a catastrophe. This has caused enormous damage …
Why India is attracting FDI
04/02/2020
(Coauthored with Lekha Chakraborty)
India gained by 16% in terms of FDI inflows, from $42 billion to $49 billion, holding its position amongst top 10 FDI inflow-host countries. This is when the global FDI remained almost flat in 2019, at $1.39 trillion
In …
(Coauthored with Lekha Chakraboty)
Estimating the buoyancy of own tax revenue and its important components for Himachal Pradesh for the period 1980 to 2017.
Himachal Pradesh was ranked second amongst all the states and Union territories of India, with a score of 69, …
(Coauthored with Lekha Chakraborty & MD Azharuddin Khan)
Given aspirational development agenda of the state, it is a challenge to maintain the stipulated growth path at 14-15% while adhering to fiscal rules by containing debt-GSDP ratio at 20%
The newest state of India, …
Paying Attention to Tax Buoyancy
15/10/2019
(Coauthored with Lekha Chakraborty)
Often, fiscal stimulus is launched through the tax side than expenditure side, assuming that the buoyancy of the former will ensure minimum fiscal slippage, while shoving the economy out of a glut. The general idea is that a reduction in rates will …