This paper analyzes the inter-state imbalances in three major sectors of the economy, namely, education, health and family welfare, and water supply and sanitation for fifteen major states. It uses two principal indicators namely the per capita GSDP (reflecting the disparity in fiscal capacity...

Book Review of Jalan, Bimal, India's Economic Crisis: The Way Ahead, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1991, pp. 251, Price: Rs. 250

Book Review of Acharya S. S. and N. L. Agarwal, Agricultural Prices- Analysis and Policy, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1994, pp.vii+370, Rs.120

The present study analyses annual outstanding bank credit under selective credit controls with a view to examine the effectiveness of controls on real bank credit. Further, it identifies other important determinants that influence outstanding bank credit. The analyses is in the framework of...

Book Review of Desai, B. M. and N. V. Namboodiri, Institutional Finance for Agriculture, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1991, pp.xii+100, Rs. 125

Book Review of Kothari, V.N. (ed.), Indian Economy During the Decade of Eighties, Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, 1995, pp.iv+ 169

Book Review of Singh, Surjeet, Rural Credit, New Delhi, Oxford & IBM, 1991, pp.202

This paper examines the dependence of states on central fiscal transfers. The pattern of dependence of states on central transfers is studied with respect to five groups of states, namely, high, middle and low income general category states and two groups of special category states categorized...

This article examines the dependence of states on central fiscal transfers. The pattern of dependence of states on central transfers is studied with respect to five groups of states, namely, high-, middle- and low-income general-category states and two groups of special-category states...