Taxing Powers and Developmental Role of the Indian States: A Study with Reference to Kerala
Published By: CDS on eSS | Published Date: August, 08 , 2005The study analyses whether the growing State Domestic Product
(SDP) of Kerala since the latter half of the 1980s, has acted as a larger
resource base for the State and finds that it has not. While the inability
to fully tap the existing resource potential could be cited as a reason, the
paper argues that the main constraint is the limited taxing powers of the
States. The Study concludes that the power to tax the services should be
devolved from the Centre to the States, lest the fiscal dispossession should
affect the sustainability of achievements, which made the development
experience of Kerala unique. [Working Paper No. 375]
Author(s): R. Mohan | Posted on: Oct 08, 2010 | Views(807) | Download (672)