An autonomous research institute under the Ministry of Finance

 

Financing Cities

09/03/2023

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(Co-authored with Balamuraly B.)
 
Against the backdrop of 73rd and 74th Amendment, in 1992, India has institutionalised the structure of local governance with the devolution of functions and finances to the third tier of government. The Urban Local governments (ULB) include municipal corporations, municipal councils and …

Why Kerala’s tax rate hikes appear compelling

09/03/2023

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Given constraints in the fiscal space, resorting to revenue mobilisation is vital.

 

Kerala’s Budget 2023 presented by Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal on February 3, 2023 focused on revenue mobilisation. The narrative of the Kerala State finances has taken a relative transit from focusing on debt …

Regional variation in complaints and resolution

09/03/2023

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(Co-authored with Vimal Balasubramanium, Aishwarya Gawali, Nancy Gupta and Srishti Sharma)
 
In previous articles, we examined the extent of grievances and redress for various financial products in the financial market landscape, specifically for banking and pensions. We also evaluated whether grievance redress mechanisms worked and what …

Gender and the financial grievance redress system

09/03/2023

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(Co-authored with Vimal Balasubramanium, Aishwarya Gawali, Nancy Gupta and Srishti Sharma)
 
Background
 
India already suffers from the problem of low financial literacy. This problem, however, is compounded for women who have even lower financial literacy compared to men.
 
Additionally, …

Decisions by RBI Monetary Policy Committee

10/02/2023

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Against the backdrop of geopolitical risks and uncertainties, RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to increase the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility by 25 basis points to 6.50 per cent with immediate effect. However, it is no clear that RBI will take a break from …