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The data fundamentalism relates to the suppression of data over ‘adverse’ inferences or inferior data.
Thomas Piketty’s magnum opus ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ and his later works popularised the notion of ‘top 1% income quintile’ and estimated income inequality in the context of India. He used a combination of …
“15th Finance Commission’s decision to give 12.5 per cent weightage to “demographic performance” is laudable.
India has made history as the first country ever to integrate gender in the intergovernmental fiscal transfers (IGFT) formula. The 15th Finance Commission has taken this bold decision — during …
IT remains a genuine confusion as to whether invoking “escape clause” to deviate from the fiscal consolidation path is in response to the unanticipated outcome of structural policy announcements or whether it is for increasing capital spending.
Economists often push the idea that strict adherence …
From fiscal goals and meaningful allocations to boosting growth and being accountable, Budget 2020 provides the opportunity for a new narrative.
Unlike earlier years, the ‘economics of the government’ is no longer exclusively revealed on Union budget day, where the finance minister would announce new economic …
State finances: Why is Kerala different?
23/12/2019
Identifying innovative sources of financing the deficit is significant to maintain the high human development achievements of the state and also the growth-inducing capital infrastructure formation in Kerala.
Recent reports from RBI and Niti Aayog highlight the remarkable achievements of Kerala in education, health and nutrition; …