In this study an attempt has been made to examine how child mortality risk changes with different stages of maternal education and quantify the impact of maternal education and female labour force participation rate (FLPR) on child mortality. The study is based on the 1981 census data.

This study analyses the size, and structure of resource flows into the health care sector. It estimates the health care expenditures of the Central and State Governments and Union Territories from 1974-75 to 1990-91, analyses the inter-State variations, and recommends reprioritization of health care expenditures.

In the first part of this study, an attempt has been made to analyze the trends in regional disparities through the use of both per capita State income and per capita household consumer expenditure. The study covers a period of two decades from 1966-67 to 1986-87. At the next stage of the study, trends in several socio-economic indicators will be studied to identify the possible factors leading to differential growth and development between States.

This study was taken up at the request of the Government of Punjab. After making an overview of the State finances in Punjab, its critical areas are identified to improve the fiscal performance of the State. An attempt is made to identify items of unproductive Government expenditures. Recommendations are made to compress unproductive expenditures. The study also analyses in detail the working of public enterprises in the State and suggests appropriate measures to phase out the losses of these undertakings and improve the buoyancy of non-tax revenues in order to restore fiscal balance in the State.

The study updated the information gathered by the First Municipal Finance Commission and analyzed the changes that had taken place in the revenue structure of property tax during the post 1980 period.

This study analyses the trends in non-tax revenue of local bodies and examine5 the scope for further improvement in non-tax revenue of local bodies in West Bengal. User charges, rents and fee are identified as underused potential revenue sources. The study suggests ways and means of augmenting non-tax revenue in West Bengal.

This study attempts to analyze the effect of two important policy instruments which are used extensively for achieving government expenditure targets, namely, indirect taxation and deficit financing on aggregate output, domestic absorption, exchange rate and exports. The analysis is based on an aggregative open general equilibrium model in which the exchange rate is market determined.

This study has analyzed the impact of different fiscal policy instruments on inflation, growth, investment, money supply, Central government expenditure and the trade deficit during 1992 to 1994 under alternative scenarios. The macro econometric model developed for this purpose incorporates several novel features in order to capture certain structural specificities of India's highly regulated economy. The fiscal instruments analyzed include tax policy, administered price policy, fiscal deficit and revenue expenditure control. Other policies such as variation in term lending by financial institutions have also been analyzed.

The study analyses the deteriorating financial situation in the State in detail to identify the problem areas. It makes several recommendations to improve revenue productivity of the tax system by rationalizing the structure and operation of sales and excise taxes in the State. The analysis of non-tax revenues and subsidies (defined as unrecovered cost of social and economic services) highlights the need for rationalization of user charges and revamping of public enterprises. The study makes recommendations to improve the working of public enterprises, particularly the State Electricity Board and the State Road Transport Corporation. .