Thrust
Areas of Current Research
- Tax policy and administration, especially in
reference to reform in the structure and administration
of personal and corporate income tax, customs,
excise, sales tax, and state-level and local-level
taxes, as well as the impact of tax incentives
on particular sectors.
- State fiscal studies and vision documents.
- Public expenditure and subsidies with particular
reference to the analysis of trends and structural
shifts and its management and control.
- Government debt both at the centre and states.
- Fiscal federalism, relating to the division
of fiscal powers between the centre and states,
and state and local governments, problems of
inter-jurisdictional spillovers and issues of
tax harmonisation.
- Rural and urban economics and finance including
reform of the finances of urban and rural local
bodies and institutions.
- Environmental and resource economics, examining
the use of fiscal instruments for environmental
management and improvement.
- Financing social sector expenditure particularly,
health and education.
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