R. Kavita Rao
Director
- Email director@nipfp.org.in
- Phone Phone 26569303, 26963421, Fax: 91-11-26512703, Extn.110
Research areas
Her areas of research interest are:
a) Emerging ideas on role of State in Developing Countries,
b) Understanding Taxpayers perceptions regarding tax compliance and,
c) GST, Compensation for Revenue Loss and State Finances
Recent publications
- (2024), "How much Debt is Optimal for the Major Indian States? Economic Growth vs. Debt Sustainability", NIPFP Working Paper No. 411
- (2022), "GST, End of Compensation Regime and Stress on State Finances", In Uma Kapila (ed.), Economic Development in India. Volume 258, Academic Foundation.
- (2022), "Income Tax data and Facets of transparency", NIPFP Working Paper No. 384, May, 2022
- (2022), "India - The Economy as Reflected in Income Tax Data", In IBFD: Asia-Pacific Tax Bulletin April 2022 (Volume 28), No. 1.
- (2021), "The Economy as Reflected in Income Tax Data", NIPFP Working Paper No. 330
Membership in committees and commissions
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Member, Committee for 10th Integrated Rating Exercise of Power Distribution Utilities – constituted by Ministry of Power, Government, 2022.
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Member, Study Group on Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Directorate General of Export Promotion, GoI.
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Member, Committee on Revenue Neutral Rates for State GST & Central GST and place of supply rates, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministries.