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पैसा: छत्तीसगढ़ की सामाजिक क्षेत्र योिनाओं का जिश्लेषण

हम इस अध्ययन हेतु तमाम सुजिधाएं उपिब्ध कराने के जिए छत्तीसगढ़ सरकार के अजधकाररयों के अत्यंत आभारी हैं। यह अध्ययन श्री अजमत अग्रिाि )सजचि, जित्त और िाजणस्ज्यक कर, छत्तीसगढ़ सरकार( और श्री डी.एस. जमश्रा )पूिण अपर सजचि, जित्त और जनयोिन, छत्तीसगढ़ सरकार( के प्रोत्साहन और मागणदिणन के जिना संभि ही नहीं था। अपने-अपने कायाणियों से … Continue reading "पैसा: छत्तीसगढ़ की सामाजिक क्षेत्र योिनाओं का जिश्लेषण"

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Making the case for expanding Social Security Pensions: States show the way

  Pension Parishad rally in Delhi The country has seen one of the most impressive mobilisations in recent times not by the urban middle class against corruption or farmers on the land acquisition legislation, but of a group that are perhaps most invisible- the elderly and widowed poor who have been organising under the banner … Continue reading "Making the case for expanding Social Security Pensions: States show the way"

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Taxes: Price of Civilization or Tribute to Leviathan?

There are two dominant narratives about taxation. One is taxes are the “price we pay for a civilized society” (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.). In this view taxes are not a necessary evil (as in the pairing of “death and taxes” as inevitable) but a positive good: more taxes buy more “civilization.” The other view is … Continue reading "Taxes: Price of Civilization or Tribute to Leviathan?"

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Education Reforms and the Puzzles of Implementation

Education reforms, bureaucracy and the puzzles of implementation: A case study from Bihar It is a widely accepted truth that the Indian state suffers from a serious crisis of implementation capability. Despite widespread recognition of this crisis, there is remarkably little analytical work on how the Indian state works, particularly at the level of implementation. … Continue reading "Education Reforms and the Puzzles of Implementation"

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Power to the States: Making Fiscal Transfers Work

India embodies many perplexing contradictions in development. A middle-income country with a powerful diplomatic and economic presence at the global level, and citizens in business, science, and the arts with world-class contributions, India is also home to more desperately poor people than all the nations of Sub-Saharan Africa combined. India also matters for global health, … Continue reading "Power to the States: Making Fiscal Transfers Work"