Challenges and Issues in Indian Fiscal Federalism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Khan, Naseer Ahmed (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: India Studies in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Finance, Public.; Economic development projects-Finance.; Economic growth.; Public Finance.; Development Finance.; Economic Growth.

This book discusses various dimensions of Indian fiscal federalism, focusing on the current fiscal imbalances - both vertical and horizontal - and their correction. Throwing light on different angles of this subject, it presents well-researched papers, which are divided into three sections. The firs...

Table of Contents:

• Section A. Fiscal Federalism and Resolving the Fiscal Imbalances
• Chapter 1. Making feudalism work for India's development
• Chapter 2. Cooperative federalism in India: Incentive for more public expenditure on social sector
• Chapter 3. A Comparison of fiscal capacity of state in India
• Chapter 4. Impact of fiscal transfer on gross domestic product of Indian federal state
• Chapter 5. Fiscal transfers and Karnataka finance.- Section B. Fiscal Decentralization for High Growth
• Chapter 6. Fiscal decentralization -A case study of Kerala
• Chapter 7. Fiscal deficit and economic growth nexus
• Chapter 8. Fiscal decentralization and economic growth: Evidence from Indian state
• Section C. Emerging issues
• Chapter 9. Fiscal federalism in India: Emerging issues
• Chapter 10. Role of governance and public expenditure in achieving development goals
• Chapter 11. Public debt and economic growth in India
• Chapter 12. Efficiency and adequacy of public health system in improving health outcomes
• Chapter 13. An empirical analysis of fiscal deficit and stock prices in India
• Chapter 14. Impact of FRBM on state finances.