Single-minded pursuit of zero revenue deficit can hurt the poor in particular.

 

 

In the post pandemic fiscal strategy, the "golden rule" of targeting zero revenue deficit is gaining attention as a powerful mantra of fiscal discipline. The 'golden rule' translates that the revenue …

A real technical and practical tour de force on gender budgeting. 

 

A real technical and practical tour de force and a sophisticated take on gender budgeting. It combines into useful fusion from her deep knowledge of two key fields for India: fiscal and budget policy …

India’s recent economic growth with a 7.2 per cent increase in GDP in the Financial Year 2022-23 has created enthusiastic optimism. The GDP growth trajectory has touched $3.75 trillion. In IMF's economic growth estimations, India is the fastest-growing economy in the world. In the post-pandemic growth strategy, this estimate …

Rethinking fiscal rules has often been a central theme in the debate over cooperative federalismin India. The Centre has recently determined that contingent liabilities or off-budget borrowings will be included in estimating the Net Borrowing Ceiling (NBC)of the states.This has considerably reduced the fiscal space of thestate governments and …

In the post pandemic fiscal strategy, the Indian States are instructed to maintain a fiscal deficit GDP ratio to 3.5 per cent of GSDP, with 0.5 percent extra borrowing powers tied to mandatory power sector reforms. To meet the challenges related to maintaining a robust growth path through capital …