Food waste is currently acknowledged as a major societal challenge, including the food waste at the household level estimated to be responsible for the wastage of one third of the food produced for human consumption. Hence, tackling household food waste (HFW) is gaining a momentum in societal...

India is a federal state with constitutional demarcation of financial powers and responsibilities between the center and the states.. To perform its function effectively, state governments need sufficient amount of revenues which depend on the fiscal health of the states. Deterioration in the...

Using data for 16 major states in India from 2001 to 2015, this paper examines the patterns, distribution dynamics, and the drivers of telecommunications (telecom) services across different states. We apply both parametric and nonparametric econometric techniques to study the distribution...