Environment and Fiscal Reforms in India

Dr. D.K. Srivastava is presently Director, Madras School of Economics, Chennai. He was a Member of the Twelfth Finance Commission, Principal Consultant to the Eleventh Finance Commission, and Economic Advisor to the Tenth Finance Commission. He has had a long association with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi where he worked as Senior Banaras Hindu University during 1984-1996. He has also taught at the University of Allahabad and at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He was a Stanley Smith Fellow at the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom during 1978-80. Dr. Srivastava studied at Allahabad University, and later at the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom for M.Litt, and Ph.D. He was a National Merit Scholar and a Commonwealth Scholar in the United Kingdom. He was honoured by the award of the Tassie Medallion of Adam Smith at the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom. Dr. Srivastava's teaching and research interests are in the fields of Public Finance and Macroeconomics. He is the author of a number of books, reports, and articles. Dr. Srivastava has written extensively on Budgetary Subsidies and edited a volume on Fiscal Federalism in India. Contemporary Challenges.