The first half of 2006 has seen NIPFPmaking significant accomplishmentsin research, advocacy, and training.The completion of important statefiscal studies on Rajasthan,Chhattisgarh, and Sikkim would helpthese states in implementing theirfiscal restructuring plan. TheInstitute’s faculty also contributed tostudies on state finances, state level

debt sustainability, and expenditure reviews. The StateDevelopment Reports commissioned by the Planning Commissionhave also been completed for Andaman and Nicobar Islandsand Sikkim. The report on Andaman and Nicobar Islands hasfaced severe problems as it had to be entirely redrafted in theaftermath of the tsunami. The studies on central and state taxsystems and the problems arising from wide ranging taxpreferences have also attracted considerable attention. Anotherimportant study completed is on local level gender responsivebudgeting sponsored by the UNIFEM. The study was carried outfor five countries – Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, and SouthAfrica, besides India.

NIPFP has embarked on a number of research studies ofcritical importance to policy reform. The two major studies fundedby the UNDP - one on financing human development and anotheron rural fiscal decentralisation will make significant contributionto policy analysis and reform. Both human development anddecentralisation are significant for inclusive growth emphasisedin the 11th Plan. The NIPFP has also taken up a study on pricingof petroleum products, the impact of increase in prices, and thesubsidy element, at the request of Ministry of Petroleum. Besidesthese, studies on central and state taxes, urban infrastructureand finance, and state finances have continued.

The faculty of NIPFP continue to make significant contributionto policy reform. Indira Rajaraman chaired the Public ExpenditureReview committee of the Kerala government. The NIPFP has alsocontributed to the Expert Group Report on DecentralisedPlanning. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has taken a lead rolein implementing the recommendations contained in the reportand NIPFP will have to continue its role as one of the leadinstitutions in this advocacy. The Institute is playing an important

role in two groups of the Oversight Committee appointed toimplement the 27 percent reservation in higher education withoutreducing the number of seats for the unreserved categories.Faculty members of the Institute have also been inducted asmembers of a Working Group on Financing the 11th Plan.Financing the 11th Plan will be really challenging particularly inthe wake of targets specified under the Fiscal Responsibility andBudget Management (FRBM) Act for the Centre, and FiscalResponsibility Acts (FRA) passed by a number of States.Enhancing the savings ratio to 31 percent of GDP required forthe 11th Plan from 29.1 percent in 2004-05 would requiresubstantial increase in budgetary savings. The approach paperfor the 11th Plan also envisages that in order to achieve 8.5percent growth, gross budgetary support during the plan willhave to be higher at 5.08 percent of GDP than the 4.33 percentduring the 10th Plan. Thus, financing of the plan will bring outthe incongruence of increasing the budget support and the needto adhere to the fiscal restructuring targets.

With the completion of “Peer group dialogue in publiceconomics for university and college teachers from South Asia”in June, NIPFP has accomplished the task of completing refreshertraining for academics from South Asian countries. Theprogramme was attended by participants from Afghanistan,Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan,besides those from India. This programme has helped theparticipants to improve their understanding of theory andpractice of public finance and will go a long way in improvingthe teaching standards in these countries. NIPFP has alsoprovided training in fiscal policy to the officials of Bhutan. Thetraining programme on tax policy and reform for Sri Lankanofficials is continuing.

This newsletter brings out the manifold activities of the facultyof NIPFP during the last six months. With excessive demandsplaced on resources for financing the 11th Plan, particularly inthe era of coalition politics and with constraints placed by thefiscal responsibility acts, the tight rope walking on the fiscalfront will continue and NIPFP will have enough in its hands todeal with in the coming months.

Director’s Column

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M. Govinda Rao

NEWSLETTER

FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION

Vol 3 No.2 JUNE 2006

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

should be to empower localgovernments adequately to take careof these concerns. This implies thatthere should be no unfundedmandates and there has to beadequate feminization of localgovernance with effective voice inpublic expenditure decisions. Whileall the countries surveyed attemptedto move in the direction of genderbudgeting, progress in fiscaldecentralisation and women’sempowerment has been unevenacross countries.

• Costs of Urban Infrastructure:Evidence from India’s Cities, May,2006.Kala S. Sridhar, O.P. Mathur andA.Nandy

In this research study, funded bythe South Asia Network ofEconomic Research Institutes(SANEI), the costs of the provisionof infrastructure in India’s urbanareas, are examined.We estimate the marginal cost ofproviding water supply. The findingsare that the supply of everyadditional kilo litre of water imposesextra burden on India’s cities rangingfrom Rs.2.62 to Rs.5.05, as marginaloperating costs. Even based on theseshort-run marginal cost estimates,the study finds some Indian citiessuch as Jaipur and Pune, under-charging their water. As far as theother urban services are concerned,the study finds cities’ per capitaexpenditures on basic services suchas, street lights and toilets, areabysmally low, let alone adequate inany sense to meet the demands of anincreasing population. So the studyfinds weak municipal finances mightstill be the core of the issue.

• Electricity Sector Governance, June,2006.Navroz K. Dubash

This project, in collaboration withthe World Resources Institute (USA)and Prayas-Pune, developedindicators of good governance forthe electricity sector that spanlegislative, executive and regulatoryprocesses. The indicators were testedin four Asian countries – India,Indonesia, Philippines, andThailand. Elements of the indicatorswill be used in a training programmefor Indian electricity regulators.

• Fiscal Decentralisation and LocalLevel Gender Responsive Budgeting,May, 2006.M Govinda Rao, Lekha SChakraborty, and Amaresh Bagchi

The study examines the fiscaldecentralisation process through agender lens in five selected countries;viz., Mexico, Morocco, Philippines,South Africa, and India. The projectdevelops a conceptual framework foranalysing the local level genderresponsive budgeting taking intoaccount decentralisation and gendersensitivity in budget formulation andimplementation, using thisframework. The study finds that ifthe budgetary process is to yieldsignificant benefits for women,gender budgeting in the narrowsense of earmarking a minimumfraction of expenditure of everygovernment department, is nothelpful.

Most of the public services thatconcern women or address theirneeds are delivered at the local level.So the first requirement for genderorientation of a government budget

• Ex-post Gender Sensitive Analysis ofUnion Budget 2006-07, April, 2006Lekha S Chakraborty

This project critically examinesthe approach and methodology ofsensitising gender budgetinginitiatives through financialallocations. The analysis revealedthat visible gender allocations inIndia’s recent budget – bothspecifically targeted programmes forwomen and pro-women allocations– constituted only 5 percent of thetotal budget. The sectoral analysisfurther revealed that higherbudgetary allocations per se does notmean higher spending; there existssignificant deviation between budgetestimates and actual spending. Thepolicy implications arising from theanalysis is that transparency ofgender sensitive budgetaryallocations needs to be ensured foraccountability; but earmarkingpublic expenditure for women isonly a second best principle of genderbudgeting.

• Andaman & Nicobar Islands StateDevelopment Report (SDR), March,2006.Rita Pandey and Mukesh Anand

The study commissioned by thePlanning Commission involved fiveother agencies looking into variousaspects of the SDR. The NIPFPcontributed chapters onDevelopment of Scheduled Tribesand Tourism in Andaman andNicobar Islands. The NIPFP teamprepared 9 out of a total of 14chapters in the report.

PROJECTS COMPLETED

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governments and ground levelactivists participated in a workshoprelated to this project. C. Rangarajandelivered the inaugural lecture at thisworkshop. A report titled,Implementation Issues of NationalRural Employment Guarantee Actwas subsequently submitted to theAdministrative ReformsCommission.

Books/Monographs

• Rao, Govinda M. 2006, Mid-YearReview of the Indian Economy –2005-2006. New Delhi: ShipraPublications.

Chapters in Edited Books, Volumes

• Chakraborty, Lekha. “FiscalDeficit and Selected Rates ofInterest Link in India: An Analysisof Period Between 1970-71 and1999-2000,” in (eds.) Srivastava,D.K. and M. Narasimhulu, StateLevel Fiscal Reforms in the IndianEconomy, New Delhi: Deep andDeep Publishers, 2006.

• Chidambaram, Siva. “ImprovedAccess to Indian SocioeconomicData for Understanding theRegional Economy through WorldWide Web (WWW),” in (eds.)Dasgupta, Arjun and AmitabhChatterjee, et.al., XXV All IndiaConference of IASLIC, Kolkata:Indian Association of SpecialLibraries and Information Centre,2006.

• Dubash, Navroz K. “The LocalPolitics of GroundwaterDevelopment and GroundwaterMarkets in North Gujarat,” in(ed.) Amita Baviskar, Waterscapes:The Cultural Politics of a NaturalResource, New Delhi: Permanent

• Performance Indicators for SelectedDepartments in Chhattisgarh, March,2006.Tapas Kumar Sen

This study suggests performanceindicators that can be utilised at theintroduction of performanceevaluation for four departments ofGovernment of Chhattisgarh –school education, health, publicworks (roads), and irrigation. Theindicators are developed taking intoaccount the present administrativestructure and the current availabilityof information on physical indicatorsof progress.

• A Study of State Finances (1990-91to 2002-03), March, 2006.

Subhash Garg and C. Bhujanga Rao

The study conducted for thePlanning Commission for the period1991-2003, beginning with theeconomic reforms period, analysesstates’ finances. The study highlightsthe changes taking place in states’revenue expenditure on public goods,merit goods, and non-merit goods. Atrend analysis of states’ revenuesconcluded that states’ aggregate ownrevenues fluctuated with rising taxrevenues, but there was secular andall pervasive decline in non-taxrevenues. The analysis of fiscalbalance concluded that states’ fiscalbalance deteriorated sharply frommid nineties which led to states’aggregate debt ballooning to overnine lakh crore by 2003-04 andseveral states’ debt exceeding 300percent of their total revenues. Thestudy also presents a comprehensiveanalysis of central transfers to statesthrough various modes. The studymakes several recommendations forbringing about improvement instates’ finances.

• Policy Advice to ChattisgarhGovernment, February, 2006.

Subhash Garg and Tapas K. Sen

This policy advisory reportcontains advice tendered to theGovernment of Chhattisgarh on sixpolicy issues. Policy notes on FRBMrules suggested draft rules compliantwith the debt consolidation andwaiver guidelines of Government ofIndia. Policy note on implications ofplan loans advised the state to watchits interests when administration ofGadgil formula undergoes revisionand additional open marketborrowings are allowed for the gapcaused. The notes on cashmanagement frameworkrecommended the state to build acomprehensive financial informationsystem to manage cash and debt. Thepolicy notes on borrowing and debtmanagement recommended thesetting up of a Debt ManagementOffice. Policy notes on managingforeign exchange risk associated withtransfer of externally aided loansadvised the creation of a fund in thepublic account to accumulatereserves. The report also suggestedhow to account for and risk assesscontingent liabilities.

• Strengthening of FinancialManagement for Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme, January, 2006.

M. Govinda Rao and PinakiChakraborty

The objective of this project wasto identify and arrive at policyrecommendations to overcomeconstraints to implementation of therecently enacted National RuralEmployment Guarantee Act. A groupconsisting of academicians, policymakers, and executive authoritiesfrom the central and state

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PUBLICATIONS

Black, 2006.

• ______________. (co-authored),“The Political Economy ofElectricity Liberalization,” in(eds.) Byrne John, Leigh Glover,and Noah Toly, TransformingPower: Energy as a Social Project.New Brunswick, NJ: TransactionPublishers, 2006.

• Mathur, O.P. “Urban Finance,” in(ed.) 3i Network, IndiaInfrastructure Report 2006: UrbanInfrastructure, New Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press, 2006.

• ___________. (co-authored),“Central Asia: India, the Centre ofan Emerging Region,” in (ed.)H.S. Geyer, GlobalRegionalization: Core – PeripheryTrends, Cheltenham, U.K.:Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006.

• Rajaraman, Indira. “Coins: SomePersistence Issues,” in (ed.)Himanshu Ray, Power andCommunication: Coins as Politicaland Cultural Documents, Mumbai:Marg Publications, 2006.

• Sridhar, Kala S. “InstitutionalArrangements for Land Use inLudhiana, Punjab,” in (ed.) 3iNetwork, India InfrastructureReport 2006: Urban Infrastructure,New Delhi: Oxford UniversityPress, 2006.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Amarnath, H.K. (co-authored),(2006), “Economic Reforms andFinances of Andhra Pradesh,”ICFAI Journal of Public Finance, 4(1).

• Rajaraman, Indira. (2006), “FiscalPerspective on Irrigation WaterPricing: A Case Study ofKarnataka, India,” Water Policy, 8(2): 171-181.

• _____________. (co-authored),(2006), “Tax Buoyancy Estimatesfor Indian States,” Economic andPolitical Weekly, 41 (16), April 22:1570-73.

• Rao, Bhujanga C. (2006),“Irrigation Subsidies in India:Some Observations,” IndianJournal of Economics, 342, January.

• Sridhar, Kala S. (co-authored),(2006), “Telecommunications andGrowth: Causal Model,Quantitative and QualitativeEvidence,” Economic and PoliticalWeekly, 41 (25), June 24: 2611-2619.

WORKING PAPERS

• Bagchi, Amaresh, Kavita Rao andBulbul Sen. “Tax Breaks for theSmall Sector: An Appraisal,” TaxResearch Unit NIPFP WorkingPaper No. 3, May, 2006.

Organised by NIPFP

• Second 4-Week TrainingProgramme on Promoting PeerGroup Dialogue & Monitoring onEconomic Management: PublicFinance in South Asia (for Collegeand University Teachers), NewDelhi, May 29 - June 23, 2006.

Consequent upon the NIPFPDirector’snegotiationswith theWorldBank, this4-weektrainingprogrammewas held.Theparticipants

were college or university teachers,and faculty in research institutionsin South Asian Countriesincluding India, Pakistan,Afghanistan, and Bhutan. GovindaRao gave the welcome address,C.Rangarajan inaugurated theprogramme and gave the inaugurallecture, and Michael Carter,Country Director, World Bank,addressed the participants. IndraniRoy Chowdhury was the courseco-ordinator.

• Courses on Public Economy Policyfor Bhutan Government Officials,NIPFP, New Delhi, June 5-9,2006 and May 22-26, 2006.

Simanti Bandopadhyay was theco-ordinator of the programmes.

• Workshop on Planning at theGrassroots Level, New Delhi, May8-9, 2006.

Subrata Mandal co-ordinated theworkshop.

• Training Programmes on PracticalIssues in Tax Policy and TaxAdministration, for Sri LankanRevenue Officers (ADBProgramme), NIPFP, New Delhi.

This comprised of a series oftraining programmes on majoraspects of tax policy andadministration. The first two

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TRAINING PROGRAMMES • WORKSHOPS

Workshop on Planning at the Grassroots Level, May 8-9, 2006

programmes of the series wereheld between March 20-23, 2006and April 3-6, 2006.

The programme is being co-ordinated by Kavita Rao andBulbul Sen.

• Half-a-day Workshop onGlobalization and Federalism,NIPFP and Forum of Federations,Canada, March 27, 2006.

• First Annual Conference onFinancing Human Development,March 9-10, 2006.

As a part of the project on“Financing HumanDevelopment”, the aboveconference was organised by theNIPFP. Tapas Sen was theconference co-ordinator. As partof this programme, the NIPFP’sDirector organised a publiclecture by renowned cardiacsurgeon Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty(Chairman, NarayanaHrudayalaya, Bangalore and AsiaHeart Foundation, Kolkata) on‘Reforming the Health CareSector in India’ on March 10,2006.

• Training Programme on PublicFinance for Indian Audit andAccounts Service probationers,

New Delhi, January 30 - February17, 2006.

Lekha Chakraborty co-ordinatedthe programme.

• National Level StakeholdersConsultations on GenderBudgeting in India, NIPFP andIFES, USAID, New Delhi,February 2, 2006.

Lekha Chakraborty co-ordinatedthe consultations.

• Workshop on Geography andGrowth of Poverty in India:Implications for the 11th Plan,NIPFP, New Delhi, January 20,2006.

Somik Lall co-ordinated theworkshop. Lekha Chakraborty wasthe rapporteur.

• Training Programme on PracticalIssues in Fiscal Policy, Officials ofthe Government of Assam, ADB,New Delhi, January 9-13, 2006.

The programme was part of theAssam Governance and PublicResource Management Projectsponsored by the ADB. MukeshAnand was the course co-ordinator.

• Workshop on Fiscal Managementin Disadvantaged States, World

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Bank Institute and World Bank,New Delhi, January 4-6, 2006.Mukesh Anand co-ordinated theworkshop.

• Dubash, Navroz K. ElectricityGovernance Initiatives. Forum onElectricity Governance, WorldResources Institute, NIPFP, andPrayas Energy Group, Bangkok,Thailand, March 29-31, 2006.

• _____________. ImportingInstitutions? The Mixed Blessingof Electricity Regulators in India.Seminar on ImportingInstitutions, Centre for GlobalDevelopment, Washington D.C.,USA, March 10, 2006.

• ____________. The Relevanceof Governance to ElectricityReform. World Bank Group’sEnergy Week, 2006, The WorldBank, Washington D.C., USA,March 6-8, 2006.

• Gupta, Manish. Costs ofReducing Greenhouse GasEmissions: A Case Study ofIndia’s Power Generation Sector.42nd Annual Conference of theIndian Econometric Society, GuruNanak Dev University, Amritsar,January 5-8, 2006.

• Mathur, O.P. (Discussant),Wealth of Cities, World UrbanForum, Vancouver, Canada, June19 - 23, 2006.

• Pandey, Rita. EnvironmentalImpacts of Subsidies: The Caseof Agriculture. Seminar onStatistical Accounting of Landand Forestry Resources, IIFM,Bhopal, April 28-29, 2006.

• Rajaraman, Indira. (Discussant),

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PRESENTATIONS BY NIPFPFACULTY/STAFF AT NATIONAL/

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Annual Conference on Financing Human Development, New Delhi, March 10, 2006

• ____________. Critical Issues inState Finances in India. SeventhAnnual NBER-NCAERNeemrana Conference, NeemranaFort Palace Resort, Rajasthan,January 15-17, 2006.

• _____________. ChallengesFacing Fiscally DisadvantagedStates: An Overview. Workshopon Fiscal Management inDisadvantaged States, WorldBank, and NIPFP, New Delhi,January 4, 2006.

• Rao, Govinda M. and PinakiChakraborty. MultilateralAdjustment Lending to States inIndia: Hastening FiscalCorrection or Softening theBudget Constraint? UNU-WIDER Conference on AID:Principles, Policies andPerformance, Helsinki, Finland,June 16-17, 2006.

• Rao, Govinda M. and PinakiChakraborty. Adjustment Lendingto States: Hastening FiscalCorrection or Softening theBudget Constraint. JNUConference on Governance,School of International Studies,JNU, New Delhi, February 10,2006.

• Rao, Kavita. Corporate Taxationand Foreign Direct Investment inIndia. International Symposiumon FDI and Corporate Taxation,Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo,February 17-18, 2006.

• Sridhar, Kala S. Location Choiceof Firms: Recent Evidence fromIndia and China. Conference onThe Rapid Development of Chinaand India: Domestic andInternational Consequences,University of Antwerp, Belgium,March 31 - April 1, 2006.

Seminar on War, Peace and WorldHegemony in the Twenty-firstCentury, New Delhi, January 14,2006.

• _____________. LiquorTaxation and its Impact on RuralConsumption. World Bank, NewDelhi, April 26, 2006.

• Rao, Govinda M. India:Continued Reform andModernisation of theGovernment AdministrationSystem in the Next 5-Years. Two-day International Seminar onGovernment AdministrativeSystem Reform, NationalDevelopment and ReformCommission (NDRC), People’sRepublic of China, World Bank,Beijing, China, May 17, 2006.

• ____________. FiscalDevolution in India.International Conference onFiscal Decentralisation, NationalReconstruction Bureau, PrimeMinister’s Secretariat,Government of Pakistan, WorldBank, Islamabad, May 3-4, 2006.

• ___________. EconomicLiberalisation, Globalisation andChallenges to Indian FiscalFederalism. Workshop onFederalism in a GlobalisingEnvironment, NIPFP, New Delhi,March 27, 2006.

• ___________. VAT and ServiceTax from the Macro PolicyPerspective. Meeting of theNational Committee on LogisticsServices, Confederation of IndianIndustry, New Delhi, February 6,2006.

• ____________. IdentifyingIssues for Gender Budgeting.Gender Budgeting in India –Stakeholders’ Consultation,NIPFP and IFES, USAID, NewDelhi, February 2, 2006.

SEMINARS BY GUESTS ATNIPFP

• March 28, 2006: Robust MonetaryPolicies in Small Open Economies,Abhijit Sen Gupta, GraduateStudent, University of California-Santa Cruz.

• February 14, 2006: Agriculture:Who Protects, Who Benefits andHow to Liberalize it, ArvindPanagariya, Columbia University,New York.

GUEST LECTURES BY NIPFPFACULTY

• Anand, Mukesh Kumar. “SocialSecurity and Pension Reforms,”TERI School of Advanced Studies,New Delhi, May 2, 2006.

• Chakraborty, Pinaki. “OutcomeBudgeting: An Overview andMethodological Issues,” TrainingWorkshop, Government ofMaharashtra and Tata Institute ofSocial Sciences, Mantralaya, June23, 2006.

• __________. “Issues Relating toPublic Debt Sustainability – I &II,” National Academy of Auditand Accounts InternationalTraining Centre, New Delhi, June12, 2006.

• ___________. “CanadianEconomy,” Shastri Indo CanadianInstitute’s Orientation Programmefor Indian Scholars, New Delhi,May 9, 2006.

• ___________. Module on PublicFinance, M.Phil Course inApplied Economics, JNU-Affiliated Centre for DevelopmentStudies, New Delhi, March 22-31,2006.

• Dubash, Navroz K. “GovernanceIssues in Regulation of PowerDistribution, ” TrainingProgramme on Regulation of

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Distribution Business, The EnergyResources Institute (TERI) andPower Finance Corporation(PFC), New Delhi, May 15-19,2006.

• Garg, Subhash Chandra. “States’Cash Balances – Does it SignalFiscal Turnaround?” ThursdaySeminars, Invest India, NewDelhi, March 9, 2006.

• ____________. “States andHuman Development andRecommendations of TwelfthFinance Commission,” UNDPCourse on Human Development,College of Agriculture Banking,Pune, January 20, 2006.

• ____________. “States andInfrastructure Finance,” AnnualResearch Conference, Institute ofFinancial Management andResearch, Chennai, January 11,2006.

• Nagar, A.L., “Index Numbers – ALatent Variable Approach,” CDE-DSE Refresher Training Course onRecent Developments in IndexNumbers, Delhi, February 15,2006.

• ____________. Lectures onStatistics and Econometrics,School of International Studies,JNU, New Delhi, January – April2006.

• Rajaraman, Indira. “The IndianEconomy,” Visiting SeniorOfficials of Electricite de France,Delhi, March 9, 2006.

• _________. Twentieth VedaThakurdas Memorial Talk,Miranda House, Delhi University,February 15, 2006.

• _________. “Public DebtSustainability,” Thirty-fourthRefresher Course in Economics,JNU Staff College, New Delhi,January 18, 2006.

• Rangarajan, C. ConvocationAddress, University of Rohtak,March 25, 2006.

• ____________. FourthRamanbhai Patel Memorial Lecture“Responding to Globalisation –India’s Answer,” AhmedabadManagement Association,Ahmedabad, February 25, 2006.

• ___________. ConvocationAddress, Mangalore University,February 11, 2006.

• ___________. ConvocationAddress, Utkal University,Bhubaneshwar, January 28, 2006.

• ___________. ConvocationAddress, Dr. AmbedkarUniversity, Hyderabad, January24, 2006.

• Rao, Govinda M. “Tax Policy andReform: Equity and EfficiencyImplications,” ; “Symposium onBudget,” Distinguished GuestLectures, Central University,Hyderabad, March 6-7, 2006.

• ____________. “Governance andExecution of Policies andInitiatives for Inclusive Society,”International HR Confluence,Indian Institute of Science andNational Institute of PersonnelManagement, Indian Institute ofScience, Bangalore, February 16,2006.

• ___________. “AcceleratingGrowth in Indian Economy:Challenges and Constraints,”Extension Lecture Programme,Aligarh Muslim University,Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, February13, 2006.

• Sen, Tapas Kumar. “GovernmentSubsidies in India,” and “FiscalFederalism in India,” M.A.Programme on Public Policy andSustainable Development, TERISchool of Advanced Studies, New

Delhi, April 13 and May 3, 2006.

• Sridhar, Kala S. “Urban Reformsin the Urban InfrastructureDevelopment Scheme for Smalland Medium Towns,” Centre forResearch in Rural and IndustrialDevelopment (CRRID),Chandigarh, April 7, 2006.

• Dubash, Navroz K., Recipient,Dr. S. R. Sen Fourth BiennialPrize, for Best Book onAgricultural Economics and RuralDevelopment, “TubewellCapitalism GroundwaterDevelopment and AgrarianChange in Gujarat,” The IndianSociety of Agricultural Economics,Mumbai.

• ____________, Member, ProjectSteering Committee, “IndiaCompetition and RegulationReport (ICRR)” CUTSInternational, Jaipur.

• ____________, Member,Working Group on Power forFormulation of 11th Five YearPlan, Planning Commission.

• ___________, Member,Executive Committee of TheIndian Society for EcologicalEconomics, Delhi.

• Mathur, O.P., Member, PrimeMinister’s National ReviewCommittee on Jawaharlal NehruNational Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM). First meeting withthe Prime Minister, April 3, 2006.

• _____________, Member,Technical Advisory Group onJNNURM.

• ___________, Member, WorkingGroup on (1) UrbanDevelopment; and (2) UrbanTransport, Planning Commission.

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APPOINTMENT ON COMMITTEES/AWARDS/ HONOURS

Consolidation and Relief Facility,MOF, GOI.

• __________, Member, PlanningCommission Working Group onCentre’s Financial Resources forthe Eleventh Five Year Plan.

• __________, External Examiner,M. Phil. Dissertation, JNUSchool of Social Sciences.

• __________, Expert Reviewer,Sage Publications.

• Sridhar, Kala S., Medal Finalist,Medals for Research onDevelopment Competition,Seventh Annual Conference of theGlobal Development Network,for “Growth Centres, EconomicDevelopment and Governance:Evidence from India,” St.Petersburg, Russia, January 2006.

• _____________, Member, IndiaInfrastructure Report, 2007Writers’ Workshop, 3i Network,Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur, April 12, 2006.

• Rajaraman, Indira., BhujangaRao, Pratap Ranjan Jena, O.P.Bohra and Manish Gupta. RuralDecentralization ParticipatoryPlanning for Poverty Reduction.UNDP India, January 2006 –June 2007.

STAFF NEWS

• Navroz Dubash, IDFC ChairProfessor, left the Institute to joinJawaharlal Nehru University.

• Subhash Garg, PrincipalConsultant, left the Institute onMarch 31, 2006.

New Delhi.

• ____________, Member,Working Group, DemocraticDecentralisation and PanchayatiRaj Institutions for theFormulation of the Eleventh FiveYear Plan, Ministry of PanchayatiRaj, Government of India, NewDelhi.

• ___________, Member, HighLevel Committee to ExamineConceptual and MethodologicalIssues of Preparing the OutcomeBudget, Institute of CharteredAccountants of India, AccountingResearch Foundation, New Delhi.

• ____________, Member, Boardof Governors, Institute ofEconomic Growth, Delhi.

• ___________, Member, SteeringCommittee, North EasternRegion, 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012), Planning Commission,Government of India.

• ___________, Member, PlanningCommission Working Group onCentre’s Financial Resources forthe Eleventh Five Year Plan.

• ___________, Member, Groupfor Central Universities, OversightCommittee, Ministry of HumanResources Development,Government of India.

• Sen, Bulbul, Advice on Role ofthe Settlement Commission inIndia, Additional Secretary(Revenue), Ministry of Finance,Government of India.

• Sen, Tapas Kumar, Member,Punjab Finance Commission.

• __________, Member,Monitoring Committee for Debt

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• ___________, Delegate, WorldUrban Forum, Vancouver,Canada, June 19-23, 2006.

• ____________, Member,Delegation from India to Sweden,Government of Sweden,Stockholm, June 7-9, 2006.

• Pandey, Rita, Reviewer, Journal ofEnvironmental Management.

• ___________, Member, Panel ofExperts in Economics, NorthEastern Hill University, Shillong.

• Rajaraman, Indira, Member,HRD Ministry Group on OBCQuotas in Technological/Engineering Institutions, June2006.

• ______________, Member,Planning Commission WorkingGroup on Centre’s FinancialResources for the Eleventh FiveYear Plan.

• ____________, Member, India-EU Roundtable, Meeting, Vienna,June 7-8, 2006.

• ___________, Member, SelectionCommittee, Indian Institute ofForeign Trade, New Delhi, andExternal Expert, Gokhale Instituteof Economics and Politics, Pune.

• Rao, Govinda M., Member,Expert Group to Study Planningat Grassroots Level, PlanningCommission, Government ofIndia, New Delhi.

• ____________, Member,Committee of Experts forAnalysing Acceptance of Loansfrom the World Bank and itsConditionalities, Power GridCorporation, Central ElectricityAuthority, Government of India,

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