This paper undertakes construction of state-specific, rural consumer price indices. The related all-India consumer price indices are a natural byproduct of this exercise. The all-India rural cost of living indices have been worked out for food, non- food and all consumer items taken together...

In the light of a brief historical review of the essential objectives of the planning process, the credibility and consequences of the Seventh Five Year Plan are examined. It is argued that recourse to badly predicted but alarmingly large dozes of deficit financing, expenditure on certain...

After reviewing the available data sets and price deflators used by the Planning Commission for estimation of poverty, this paper constructs some new consumer price indices which are considered more appropriate for updating the base year poverty lines. Three major factors, which crucially affect...