, presents national participation rates for fiscal year 2003. Of the 37 million individuals eligible for food stamps in an … average month in 2003, 21 million (56 percent) chose to participate. Although the FSP serves just over half of all those … between 2002 and 2003, the second annual increase, after declining for seven years. …

, considers India’s experience with fiscal (responsibility) rules during the past decade. After reviewing the basic facts … concerning public debt and deficits in India, the background and basic arithmetic of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget … Management Act, 2003 (FRBMA) are presented and commented upon. With the very small number of data points at our disposal, no …