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National Population Policy 2000 is now out for implementation by the governments at union, states and local levels hopefully through involvement of other enlightened fora of the society. There was felt a need for a well rounded book which covers all aspects of population policy, particularly from the angle of a developing country like India. Divided in five parts, the book tries to provide a philosophical discussion-touching upon sociology, politics and economics ...
This volume contains twenty papers, including introductory one, presented in the technical sessions on Fiscal Federalism in India in the eighty-fourth annual conference of the Indian economic association held at Vellore. These papers present the considered views and exercises on federal fiscal matters of the members of the Indian Economic Association, who come from different parts of the country. The volume therefore presents a cross-section of the opinions and ...
Inequality has always evoked interest among a variety of scholars. It will continue to do so as its existence challenges our notion of equity, justice and fairness. Even those who find it infeasible to do anything about inequalities feel that they should have the idea about the level of inequality across units/groups/aggregates/societies/communities as also over time. That requires measurement, which is not all that easy. There are a good number of measures and ...
Tax reforms and administration is an indepth study of Union Government's efforts at tax restructuring and reforms, covering all important direct and indirect taxes--personal income tax, corporation income tax, excise duties and custom duties--in detail. Tax administration which has assumed much more importance in the present context has also been adequately dealt with. Estimation of overall tax--GDP ratio, growth rates, tax buoyancy, determinants of tax-ratio and ...