The economic slow-down of several States in India including Gujarat during the later half of 90s has caused considerable disturbance in the State's fiscal equilibrium. The fiscal deficit has more than doubled during last five years and government's debt has jumped up from 17 percent of GSDP to...

Overview of the theme covered in the India Infrastructure Report - Highlights the issues involved in promoting commercialisation of infrastructure and especially public private partnerships. Also reviews and presents the various articles in the book India Infrastructure Report 2004 - Ensuring...

The study is based on data collected under the project entitled "Tracking change in rural poverty in household and village economies in Eastern India". Data were collected from sample households through panel interview method in four villages namely; Arap, Baghakole, Inai and Susari. The study...

The horror of India's urban spaces cannot be understood without recognizing the core errors in planning and in the approach of infrastructural development. These stem mainly from the low FSI's that are used, the lack of any recognition of central place needs of different economic activities, the...

India has used export processing zones as a development strategy since the mid 1960s. The performance of these zones did not meet expectations and, in 2001, the government changed the rules and the name, and recast them as special economic zones. Indian special economic zone policy was...

Recent decision of the Government of Delhi to introduce odd-even formula entailing restrictive mobility for curbing vehicular pollution in the city has attracted phenomenal public outcry. From day one of 2016, citizens can drive their cars of odd or even numbers only three times a week. Such an...