India's Twelfth Finance Commission:A View from Kerala

Published By: CDS on eSS | Published Date: December, 18 , 2003

The focus of the paper is to review the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Twelfth Finance Commission with special reference to Kerala. It also critically examines the emphasis on fiscal deficit reduction without paying attention to its quality and finds that this has led to the Centre and the States resorting to a softer option of cutting productive capital and necessary maintenance and social sector expenditure. [Working Paper No. 354]

Author(s): R. Mohan, K. P. Kannan | Posted on: Nov 18, 2010 | Views(1113) | Download (631)


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