Macroeconomic stability is an indispensable precondition for growth. Like most of the states of India the fiscal situation of Orissa deteriorated in the early 1980s and 1990s. The enactment of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act in 2005 helped the Government of Orissa to...

Government along with non-government organisations initiates various development programmes for the different strata of the society. The extent of those programmes is known after the evaluation only. Impact evaluation provides the causal effect of a programme on the outcome. Measurement of...

Macroeconomic stability is an indispensable precondition for economic growth. Fiscal situations of the low income states deteriorated during the early 1980s and 1990s. With enactment of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act many of the states reduce their deficits and...

India's fiscal problem has deep roots in its federal fiscal system where multiple players face the problem of co-ordination. The root causes of the endemic fiscal crisis by both centre and states are to be found in the simultaneous pursuit of fiscal objectives and policies which are in...

Social safety nets are transfers targeted to the poor or vulnerable. They facilitate access to health and education services to build human capital. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (earlier known as Millennium Development Goals), national and state governments as well as...

This study aims at evaluating the risk involved in agricultural business in India from farmer's perspective. This study is carried out in Bargarh district of the state called Orissa located in eastern part of India. Agricultural diversification in the state of Orissa in general and Bargarh...

The goal of development is to improve human well-being in a sustainable way, with a particular emphasis on less well-off. India’s economic growth has received potential attention in the recent years. While the economy of India has been growing rapidly with broadly based gains in absolute...

Orissa is the first State in the Country to have undertaken restructuring and reform in power sector. This was made to make power supply more efficient and to be able to meet the investment needs of the sector. Disinvestment in power sector is a major step in the power sector reform initiative...

Macroeconomic stability is an indispensable precondition for growth. Like most of the states of India, the fiscal situation of Orissa deteriorated in the late 1980s and the 1990s. The enactment of the FRBM Act in 2005 helped the Government of Orissa to reduce deficits and generate surplus. The...

Policies to encourage increased access for the previously unbanked must be taken into consideration in the objectives of financial stability. The progress towards inclusiveness is more difficult to assess, because inclusiveness is a multidimensional concept. To achieve inclusiveness in all these...