Budget Transparency and Participation: Recommendations to the Fourteenth Finance Commission
Published By: Economic and Political Weekly | Published Date: August, 23 , 2014This paper explores the need for a Pre-Budget Statement, sub-national transparency and civil society participation to make the budgetary process in India more transparent, accountable and participatory. In a formal sense, the Government of India provides considerable transparency in the budget process, but in a substantive sense, public participation is very limited. The Fourteenth Finance Commission has the opportunity to recommend true budget transparency, accountability and participation.
Author(s): Ravi Duggal, Nilachala Acharya, Anjali Garg | Posted on: Feb 20, 2015 | Views(1248)