Analyzing India's Fiscal Trends with Pinaki Chakraborty

Apr 16, 2021

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Pinaki Chakraborty, Director NIPFP, joins Carnegie India's Suyash Rai to analyze India’s fiscal responses to the pandemic. Together, they assess how India’s fiscal policy to tackle the pandemic has fared so far. What fiscal measures may be taken to boost economic output? What are some of the prominent obstacles likely to hinder these efforts?

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS

Pinaki Chakraborty is the Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy New Delhi. Prior to this, he was the Chief-Social Policy-UNICEF, and the Chief of Field Office-UNICEF Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Since 2008, he has been Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.

Suyash Rai is a deputy director and fellow at Carnegie India. His research focuses on the political economy of economic reforms, and the performance of public institutions in India.

Additional Reading:

1. GST in India: Simple Tax in a Complex Federal System by Pinaki Chakraborty

2. State Finance Commissions: How successful have they been in Empowering Local Governments? by Pinaki Chakraborty

3. Many good things in Budget 2021. But wait for Modi govt to show its will, capability by Suyash Rai

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