In India, tax to GDP ratio, at around 18 percent, is amongst the lowest in the world, probably because India, as mentioned in the Union Budget of 2017-18, is a tax non-compliant country. Tax evasion and corruption are deterrent to economic growth. Given that India is an emerging country, there...

Since times immemorial, India has been a leading consumer of gold in the world with an ever-increasing demand for the metal. However, due to a shortage of domestic gold, the country has largely been dependent on gold imports to meet this demand, resulting in large current account deficits. In...

Interest payments are significant component of expenditure, and are a part of the obligatory category of expenditures of the government. A substantial share of the tax collections of the government of India is taken away by interest costs. In 2014-15, interest payments were 3.3 per cent of the...

Inflation targeting (IT), since its inception, has been a topic of much debate for economists all around the world. In this paper, the suitability of inflation targeting for an emerging economy like India is explored, pitching it against the multi-variable approach currently being followed. One...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Public Debt Management: Reflections on Strategy & Structure -- Chapter 3. Cash Management System -- Chapter 4. Debt Management by Central Government -- Chapter 5. Financial Regulation and Public Debt Management -- Chapter 6. Cash and Debt Management in --...