Centre-State Relations in Indian Fiscal Context
Essays in honour of B.P.R. Vithal
C.H. HANUMANTHA Rao (Ed.)‚ R. Radhakrishna (Ed.)‚ S. Galab (Ed.)‚ N. Sreedevi (Ed.)
Essays in honour of B.P.R. Vithal
About the Book
There is a growing realisation that long-term business success can only be achieved by companies that recognise Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
as part of the process of wealth creation and as providing a competitive advantage. This volume is a compilation of the CSR initiatives of various organisations. It presents the 21st century best practices and the dynamics of CSR for practitioners, academicians and researchers. This book is a sincere
attempt to guide decision-makers in the area of CSR and help them to rethink their CSR practices.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
C.H. Hanumantha Rao, Founder-Member, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS),Hyderabad, is presently, Chancellor, Hyderabad Central University; Chancellor, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad; Hon. Professor, CESS and Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi.
He was Chairman,CESS, from 1995 to 2007 and a member of the National Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the president of India in 2004, for contributions in the field of Literature and Education.
R. Radhakrishna, Chairman, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, has held several important administrative positions and served as an expert consultant to several international organisations. A prolific writer, he has authored/co-authored many books and contributed to major national and international journals.
Earlier, he was Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, from 2001 to 2007.
S. Galab is currently, Director, CESS, Hyderabad. His research encompasses the broad fields of rural development and agriculture. He is presently leading the Young Lives project— an International Longitudinal Project in Andhra Pradesh on childhood poverty.
N. Sreedevi is presently Associate Professor at CESS, Hyderabad. She has been working on state finances, central finances, local finances, and centre-state and state-local financial relations.
Besides public finance, her other areas of interest include interface of monetary policy and fiscal policy and macroeconomics.
Contributors
A. Vaidyanathan
V. Bhaskar
M. Govinda Rao
D.K. Srivastava
Partha Mukhopadhyay
Haseeb A. Drabu
C.H. Hanumantha Rao
R. Radhakrishna
S. Galab
Y.V. Reddy
A. Premchand
Atul Sarma
J.V.M. Sarma
Rekha Saxena
T.A. Bhavani
N.R. Bhanumurthy
C.S. Rao
G.R. Reddy
N. Sreedevi
M.L.K. Vaagdevi
Pradeep Kamble
R. Sudarsana Rao
G. Pavan Kumar
Tapas K. Sen
Santosh K. Dash
N. Srinivasa Rao
Divya Parmar
B. Shiva Reddy
K. Anji Reddy
Biswa Swarup Misra
K.S. Babu
P. Padmanabha Rao
J.B. Rajan
M. Gopinath Reddy
Contents in Detail
List of Tables and Figures
About the Editors/Contributors
Preface
Introduction and Overview
Section I: Macro Issues
1.Global Financial Crisis and Sub-Central
Government Finances
Y.V. REDDY
2.Federal Finance: Operational Systems and Issues
A. Premchand
3.Role of Finance Commission in Macroeconomic
and Fiscal Stability in India
Atul Sarma
4.Indian Finance Commission: Need for
Revamping and Restructuring
J.V.M. Sarma and V. Bhaskar
5.Institutional Mechanisms of Fiscal Federalism:A Case
Study of National Development Council in India
Rekha Saxena
6.Measuring Financial Access in India: A
Macroeconomic Growth Approach
T.A. Bhavani and N.R. Bhanumurthy
Section II: Federal Fiscal Sharing
7.Central Tax Reforms: Implications for States
C.S. Rao and G.R. Reddy
8.The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
(FRBM) Act: Impact on Central Finances and its
Transfers
N. Sreedevi and M.L.K. Vaagdevi
9.Federal Fiscal Sharing and Fiscal Accountability in
India: An Integrated Approach
J.V.M. Sarma and Pradeep Kamble
Section III: State Finances: Specific Issues
10.Fiscal Transfers to Andhra Pradesh in the
Post-Fiscal Reform Period of the State
R. Sudarsana Rao and G. Pavan Kumar
11.Plan Financing in Andhra Pradesh: Trends
and Concerns
G.R. Reddy
12.Fiscal Imbalances and Indebtedness across
Indian States: Recent Trends
Tapas K. Sen and Santosh K. Dash
13.Debt Sustainability in Indian States
N. Srinivasa Rao and Divya Parmar
Section IV : Sector Specific Issues
14.Financing of Elementary Education in India by Central
Government through Centrally Sponsored Schemes: A
Study of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
B. Shiva Reddy and K. Anji Reddy
15.Why Government Should Prioritise Spending on
Health?: Exploring the Health Expenditure, Health
Outcome and Output Relationship in Indian States
Biswa Swarup Misra
16.Role of Central Government Finances in Improving
Health Services in India: Special Focus on
Andhra Pradesh
K.S. Babu
17.Financing of Flagship Programmes in Andhra Pradesh
P. Padmanabha Rao
Section V: Local Finances
18.Towards New Agenda for Fiscal Decentralisation
J.B. Rajan
19.Fiscal Transfers to Local Bodies: Andhra
Pradesh Experience
M. Gopinath Reddy
Section VI: Panel Discussion
20.Issues Before Fourteenth Finance
Commission: A Panel Discussion
A. Vaidyanathan
V. Bhaskar
M. Govinda Rao
D.K. Srivastava
Partha Mukhopadhyay
Haseeb A. Drabu
Section VII: Personal Tributes to B.P.R. Vithal
B.P.R. Vithal: Grip on State Finances
and Founding of the CESS
C.H. Hanumatha Rao
Vithal Garu: A Scholar Administrator
R. Radhakrishna
Sri Vithal: A Mentor
C.S. Rao
What I Learnt fromVithal Garu
Y.V. Reddy
Appendix: Bio-Sketch of B.P.R. Vithal
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2015 |
| Number of Pages | 554 |
| ISBN |
9789332701588 |
Academic Foundation (AF), based in New Delhi, is India’s leading independent publisher of academic/scholarly books in Social Sciences, specialising in Economics—Development Economics and Indian Economy in particular, and allied subjects.
About the Book
There is a growing realisation that long-term business success can only be achieved by companies that recognise Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
as part of the process of wealth creation and as providing a competitive advantage. This volume is a compilation of the CSR initiatives of various organisations. It presents the 21st century best practices and the dynamics of CSR for practitioners, academicians and researchers. This book is a sincere
attempt to guide decision-makers in the area of CSR and help them to rethink their CSR practices.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
C.H. Hanumantha Rao, Founder-Member, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS),Hyderabad, is presently, Chancellor, Hyderabad Central University; Chancellor, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad; Hon. Professor, CESS and Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi.
He was Chairman,CESS, from 1995 to 2007 and a member of the National Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the president of India in 2004, for contributions in the field of Literature and Education.
R. Radhakrishna, Chairman, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, has held several important administrative positions and served as an expert consultant to several international organisations. A prolific writer, he has authored/co-authored many books and contributed to major national and international journals.
Earlier, he was Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, from 2001 to 2007.
S. Galab is currently, Director, CESS, Hyderabad. His research encompasses the broad fields of rural development and agriculture. He is presently leading the Young Lives project— an International Longitudinal Project in Andhra Pradesh on childhood poverty.
N. Sreedevi is presently Associate Professor at CESS, Hyderabad. She has been working on state finances, central finances, local finances, and centre-state and state-local financial relations.
Besides public finance, her other areas of interest include interface of monetary policy and fiscal policy and macroeconomics.
Contributors
A. Vaidyanathan
V. Bhaskar
M. Govinda Rao
D.K. Srivastava
Partha Mukhopadhyay
Haseeb A. Drabu
C.H. Hanumantha Rao
R. Radhakrishna
S. Galab
Y.V. Reddy
A. Premchand
Atul Sarma
J.V.M. Sarma
Rekha Saxena
T.A. Bhavani
N.R. Bhanumurthy
C.S. Rao
G.R. Reddy
N. Sreedevi
M.L.K. Vaagdevi
Pradeep Kamble
R. Sudarsana Rao
G. Pavan Kumar
Tapas K. Sen
Santosh K. Dash
N. Srinivasa Rao
Divya Parmar
B. Shiva Reddy
K. Anji Reddy
Biswa Swarup Misra
K.S. Babu
P. Padmanabha Rao
J.B. Rajan
M. Gopinath Reddy
Contents in Detail
List of Tables and Figures
About the Editors/Contributors
Preface
Introduction and Overview
Section I: Macro Issues
1.Global Financial Crisis and Sub-Central
Government Finances
Y.V. REDDY
2.Federal Finance: Operational Systems and Issues
A. Premchand
3.Role of Finance Commission in Macroeconomic
and Fiscal Stability in India
Atul Sarma
4.Indian Finance Commission: Need for
Revamping and Restructuring
J.V.M. Sarma and V. Bhaskar
5.Institutional Mechanisms of Fiscal Federalism:A Case
Study of National Development Council in India
Rekha Saxena
6.Measuring Financial Access in India: A
Macroeconomic Growth Approach
T.A. Bhavani and N.R. Bhanumurthy
Section II: Federal Fiscal Sharing
7.Central Tax Reforms: Implications for States
C.S. Rao and G.R. Reddy
8.The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
(FRBM) Act: Impact on Central Finances and its
Transfers
N. Sreedevi and M.L.K. Vaagdevi
9.Federal Fiscal Sharing and Fiscal Accountability in
India: An Integrated Approach
J.V.M. Sarma and Pradeep Kamble
Section III: State Finances: Specific Issues
10.Fiscal Transfers to Andhra Pradesh in the
Post-Fiscal Reform Period of the State
R. Sudarsana Rao and G. Pavan Kumar
11.Plan Financing in Andhra Pradesh: Trends
and Concerns
G.R. Reddy
12.Fiscal Imbalances and Indebtedness across
Indian States: Recent Trends
Tapas K. Sen and Santosh K. Dash
13.Debt Sustainability in Indian States
N. Srinivasa Rao and Divya Parmar
Section IV : Sector Specific Issues
14.Financing of Elementary Education in India by Central
Government through Centrally Sponsored Schemes: A
Study of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
B. Shiva Reddy and K. Anji Reddy
15.Why Government Should Prioritise Spending on
Health?: Exploring the Health Expenditure, Health
Outcome and Output Relationship in Indian States
Biswa Swarup Misra
16.Role of Central Government Finances in Improving
Health Services in India: Special Focus on
Andhra Pradesh
K.S. Babu
17.Financing of Flagship Programmes in Andhra Pradesh
P. Padmanabha Rao
Section V: Local Finances
18.Towards New Agenda for Fiscal Decentralisation
J.B. Rajan
19.Fiscal Transfers to Local Bodies: Andhra
Pradesh Experience
M. Gopinath Reddy
Section VI: Panel Discussion
20.Issues Before Fourteenth Finance
Commission: A Panel Discussion
A. Vaidyanathan
V. Bhaskar
M. Govinda Rao
D.K. Srivastava
Partha Mukhopadhyay
Haseeb A. Drabu
Section VII: Personal Tributes to B.P.R. Vithal
B.P.R. Vithal: Grip on State Finances
and Founding of the CESS
C.H. Hanumatha Rao
Vithal Garu: A Scholar Administrator
R. Radhakrishna
Sri Vithal: A Mentor
C.S. Rao
What I Learnt fromVithal Garu
Y.V. Reddy
Appendix: Bio-Sketch of B.P.R. Vithal
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2015 |
| Number of Pages | 554 |
| ISBN |
9789332701588 |
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