Projects
Ongoing projects
Preparing India’s BUR (Biennial Update Report), BTR (Biennial Transparency Report) and 4NC (Fourth National Communication)
- Start date जनवरी., 2023
- Sponsor Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, GoI
- Project leader Suranjali Tandon
- Consultants/Other authors Aarti Bansal
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Measure international climate flows and draft finance chapter of the Report.
An Assessment of Attitudes towards Tax Policy and Compliance
- Start date जनवरी., 2023
- Sponsor Self-Initiated
- Project leader R. Kavita Rao
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Approaching the question of increasing tax to GDP ratios from the taxpayers’ perceptions, the study aims to explore whether people’s perceptions in India about tax compliance by citizens are related to their perceptions on fairness and ease of compliance on the one hand and on the perceived benefits from Government spending on the other. The study proposes to survey 150-200 individuals from different backgrounds to explore whether there are differences in perceptions. This study can be considered a pilot which could be expanded into a survey on a larger scale if the initial results are found interesting.
Fiscal dominance and Sovereign debt management
- Start date जनवरी., 2023
- Sponsor Self-Initiated
- Project leader Piyali Das, Chetan Ghate and Subhadeep Halder
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This paper helps highlight the effect of a sovereign debt and portfolio management.
Understanding the Role of Single Nodal Account (SNA) in improving Utilization of Funds under the National Health Mission
- Start date नवम्बर., 2022
- Completion date अग., 2024
- Sponsor Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
- Project leader Mita Choudhary
- Consultants/Other authors Pritam Datta and Nitya Chutani
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The study intends to examine the role of Single Nodal Account (SNA) in improving budget execution under the National Health Mission. The issue is being examined at various levels of implementation (State, district, block) in two States – Bihar and Odisha.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs-NIPFP Research Programme (for a period of three years)
- Start date नवम्बर., 2022
- Sponsor Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), GoI
- Project leader Manish Gupta
- Other faculty Aakash Gupta, Attrayee Choudhury,
- Consultants/Other authors Rashmi Kundu, Neeti Gupta, Divya Rudra and Ankit Singh
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The programme involves setting up a Centre for Research in Urban Public Finance (CeRUPF) to carry out research and create a repository of innovations in urban financing and service delivery in India. As part of the programme, the work that is currently being carried out is: 1) Analysis of accounts: A base study to provide a snapshot of the trends in revenues and expenditures of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).Currently, preparation of a database of the finances of more than 4,000 ULBs is under way. 2) Status paper on bond issuances by ULBs: Working on a paper on the status of Municipal Bond issuance by ULBs. The paper documents the legislative and regulatory framework for bond issuances and the financial status of ULBs that have issued municipal bonds. 3) Fiscal implications of GST on ULBs: A paper is being prepared on the fiscal impact of the introduction of GST on ULBs. In the backdrop of local-body related taxes subsuming into GST, the paper presents issues related to the taxation powers of ULBs, GST compensation and the overall revenues of ULBs.