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Revenue Potential of Himachal Pradesh: An Assessment and Suggestions for Reform
- Completion date दिसम्बर, 2013
- Sponsor Government of Himachal Pradesh
- Project leader R. Kavita Rao
- Other faculty Sacchidananda Mukherjee
- Consultants/Other authors D.P. Sengupta
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The study has addressed the issues related to the trends in revenue receipts -- major taxes and non-tax revenues of Himachal Pradesh, for identifying areas of relatively weak performance in comparison with some similar States and suggests measures for improving revenue performance.
Study on Pricing the Authentication and eKYC Services Offered by UIDAI
- Completion date अग., 2013
- Sponsor Unique Identification Authority of India, Planning Commission, Government of India
- Project leader Ajay Shah
- Consultants/Other authors Shubho Roy, Suyash Rai
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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has approached NIPFP to conduct a study to recommend a strategy for recovering the costs of Aadhaar-enabled services. UIDAI provides Aadhaar-enabled e-KYC and authentication services. The authentication services are based on biometric information (fingerprint and iris scan) and one time password (OTP). There are costs of providing these services, including the costs of establishing the infrastructure and the recurring costs of providing services. NIPFP is studying this issue based on theory and evidence from markets for similar services in various sectors.
A Vision Document for the State of Meghalaya 2030
- Completion date मई, 2013
- Sponsor Government of Meghalaya
- Project leader M. Govinda Rao
- Other faculty Anuradha Bhasin, Alokesh Barua, Mukesh Anand, Rita Pandey
- Consultants/Other authors R. Srinivasan
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This report was prepared at the behest of the Government of Meghalaya (GoMe). Consequent upon the preparation of the North-eastern Region (NER) Vision 2030, individual states in the region have also embarked upon devising a strategy to achieve this vision supplemented by their own respective initiatives.
Competitiveness of Zinc-Lead Mining in India: Role of Royalty Regime
- Completion date जनवरी., 2013
- Sponsor VEDANTA, STERLITE (INDUSTRIES) LTD
- Project leader Lekha Chakrabroty
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The impact of fiscal policy at the firm level is a rare area of research. This study examined the significance of fiscal policy –especially the royalty regime – in determining the competitiveness of the mining sector. The study is confined to the mining regime of non-ferrous non-atomic minerals, focusing on zinc and lead (Zn-Pb) mine firms. It is often emphasized that the only crucial factor which affect the competitiveness of the firm are the quality of mineral endowments and the firm level performance variables. The firm level variables include the cost of production and the financing modes of the firm, among many other factors. However, in recent years this conservative view has come increasingly under confrontation by the executives in the extractive industries and the economists, emphasizing the importance of the role of government policies – taxation regime, royalty regime and regulations—in enhancing and undermining the competitiveness. Against the backdrop of the Planning Commissions’ High-level Committee Report on National Mineral Policy (referred as Hoda Committee), MMDR 2011 and the 2011 Study Group on Royalty by Government of India, this study analyzed the mining royalty mechanism of Zn-Pb sector. The study incorporates the plausible conceptual and methodological revisions required for ad valorem rates of Zn-Pb linked to London Metal Prices and also examined the alternative mining royalty ad valorem regimes, including Net Smelter Returns (NSR) royalty.