R.Kavita Rao

Director

• Email director@nipfp.org.in
• Phone Phone 26569303, 26963421, Fax: 91-11-26512703, Extn.110

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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

• Member, Committee for 10th Integrated Rating Exercise of Power Distribution Utilities – constituted by Ministry of Power, Government, 2022. 
• Member, Study Group on Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Directorate General of Export Promotion, GoI.
• Member, Committee on Revenue Neutral Rates for State GST & Central GST and place of supply rates, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministries.      

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