The need for fiscal consolidation and sustainability is one of the key macroeconomic issues confronting Indian economy. This paper attempts to understand India's current fiscal situation, its likely future development, and its impact on the economy in the context of a weak global recovery from...

India's real GDP growth slipped substantially after the North Atlantic financial crisis. Return to a sustained high growth trajectory is feasible but it will need much more focused attention to the revival of manufacturing and to the acceleration of investment in transport and infrastructure....

This paper employs the DSGE model with rich fiscal block to examine the asymmetries in the transmission and effectiveness of the government expenditure shock across the active fiscal and passive monetary policy (AFPM) regime and the active monetary and passive fiscal policy (AMPF) regime in the...

Public expenditure is a catalyst of economic growth, especially in a federal economy like India. When the magnitude and growth of GDP, Exports and Imports define the strength of a fast growing economy, the role of public expenditure in influencing them emerges as a vital area of research. Given...

This study investigates the causal nexus between public expenditure and economic growth in India using cointegration approach and error correction model. The analysis was carried out over the period 1973 to 2012. The Cointegration test result confirms the existence of long-run equilibrium...

The development literature of the post-war period justified governmental intervention in economic development on a number of grounds such as market failure, trade pessimism and further impoverishment of poor countries through trade. In line with the prevalent mainstream thinking, the Indian...

The implementation of economic reforms under new economic policies in India was associated with a paradigmatic shift in monetary and fiscal policy. While monetary policies were solely aimed at "price stability" in the neoliberal regime, fiscal policies were characterized by the objective of...

Globally, there is a clamour for creating a more inclusive world and India is also a frontrunner. Government of India is fully committed to its resolve towards achieving inclusive growth. To achieve this goal, efforts are being made to harmonise the national development priorities with...

Empirical studies uphold GDP growth rate as one of the determinant factors of FDI inflows. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its World Investment Report 2002 and 2012 identified Real GDP growth and GDP per capita of the host country as crucial factors that attract...

The impact assessment of macroeconomic policies on public health expenditure is very relevant in Indian economy because of tax reform, fiscal consoli- dation, and expenditure policy reform. These have been undertaken after economic liberalization in order to sustain a high economic growth....