Amarendra Das

The ToR of 15th Finance Commission of India has drawn enormous flak from the southern states and Odisha for its reference to use the 2011 population for sharing taxes among states. The states, that have achieved replacement rate of population growth, are worried of losing huge amount of revenue from the Union. However, there is… Continue reading Should the Union Government Monitor the Performance of State Governments?

Odias always boast of their glorious past and the ruling political parties thump chest on the remarkable progress made during their reign and blame the preceding government’s misrule. However, the fact remains that Odisha perpetually gets a red card in all the economic and social indicators. In this article I examine the growth convergence of… Continue reading No Sign of Growth Convergence for Odisha

The President of India on November 27, 2017 constituted the 15th Finance Commission under the chairmanship of bureaucrat turned politician Nanda Kishore Singh. Mr Singh, a BJP leader, has been among the country's top bureaucrats and handled important portfolios such as India's Expenditure and Revenue Secretary, a Member of the Planning Commission as well as… Continue reading New Roles to 15th Finance Commission

Since the implementation of MGNREGS we have been hearing about a number of successful stories and irregularities too. In this article I am going to present the facts from a village of Odisha regarding the irregularities in the implementation of MGNREGA. The irregularities have, however, happened with the consent of the community. The objective of… Continue reading Irregularities in MGNREGS on Community’s Consent