: 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...

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...

Convergence refers to the process by which poorer countries or regions grow faster than their rich counterparts. Regional wage rate per capita converged across Indian states between 1956-57 to 1992-93. The rate of convergence can be ex plained by a direct measurement of convergence, an indirect...

: An effective institutional framework is essential to sustain growth in output, efficiency and capacity of the utility service sectors. The regulatory agency is intended to provide the high quality institution , which permits and fosters sustained growth in capacity and efficiency in utility...

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...