The present study attempts to assess the potential determinants of economic growth at the state-level for 27 Indian states for the period 2000-01 to 2021-22. We also incorporate a quantitative variable, unspent funds as a proportion of total budgeted expenditure, to control for the quality of governance, along with other macroeconomic and structural factors. The paper finds a negative and statistically significant impact of unspent funds on the per capita GSVA growth of the states under study at the aggregate level. In addition, we also evaluate the unique growth experiences of different states separately without assuming a homogeneous response of the explanatory variables on the growth processes of all states which might assist the 

policymakers in offering explanations for the better or worse performing states with respect to the same macroeconomic variable.  

 

JEL Classification: C23, O10, O11, O14, O40, L80   

 

Keywords: GSVA Growth, Unspent Funds, Feasible Generalised Least Squares, Industry, India