The study aims to estimate the economic and social benefits of the services provided by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) as well as benefits realised by beneficiaries and their perception about the reliability and utility of such services. The services chosen for this study were agro-meteorological advisory, fishery, tsunami warning, severe weather warning and public weather forecasting.
The sixth India Policy Forum (IPF) conference was held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, during July 14-15, 2009. Prof. Guillemaro A. Calvo, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, delivered the sixth annual IPF lecture titled “Lessons from Systemic Financial Crisis(with Special Reference to Emerging Markets)”. A joint publication of NCAER and the Brookings Institution, IPF serves as a forum for a global network of scholars interested in India’s economic transformation. This Volume has been edited by Suman Berry, Barry Bosworth and Arvind Panagariya.
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The differential multiple tax regime across sectors of production leads to distortions in allocation of resources thus introducing inefficiencies in the sectors of domestic production. With regard to India’s exports, this leads to lack of international competitiveness of the sectors which would have been relatively efficient under distortion- free indirect tax regime.
The second issue of Gramsurajya is in three parts. The first section is an opinion piece titled “Impact of Women’s Reservation on Panchayati Raj in bringing about Inclusive Growth”. The second section contains insights from the ARIS/REDS 2006 data and is titled “Trends in the delivery of public goods/services in rural India: Evidence from the ARIS/REDS data”. The final section highlights the latest news and findings in the area of rural governance.
This publication is based on the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure 2004-05 (NSHIE), covering over 63,000 households out of a preliminary listed sample of 440,000 in rural and urban India spread over 24 states.