Book Review by P. Sesh Kumar : Accounting and Budgeting in Government: Spotlighting Completed, Ongoing, And Proposed Reforms, Gennext Publications (2021)

https://www.amazon.in/dp/935324627X?ref=myi_title_dp#customerReviews ‘Accounting and Budgeting in Government’ by Dr Subhash Chandra Pandey and Sri Mahendra Prakash Gupta, Gen Next Publication, 2021, is a welcome addition to the the…

Making Sense Of The Subsidy-Freebie Debate

Dr Subhash Chandra Pandey-Aug 11, 2022  A vendor processes the ration card of a woman at his fair price shop. (Representative image) (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) Snapshot …

Lessons from the economic crisis in Sri Lanka

Dr Subhash Chandra Pandey (11 July 2022) Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. It plunged into deep political crisis as protesters stormed Presidential palace after setting ablaze PM's private home. Months…

Defence Management reforms: AGNIVEERS on AGNIPATH

Dr. Subhash Chandra Pandey– 16th June 2022 Under the Agnipath scheme announced on Tuesday for restructuring the recruitment of soldiers/sailors/airmen into the 3 Defence Forces, about 50,000 persons in the age group of 17.5 to 21 years…

The CAG Report on the functioning of NOIDA

The Performance Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on Land Acquisition and Allotment of Properties in NOIDA laid on the floor of the Legislative Assembly of UP in December 2021 is the first Audit report of…

Inflation control: What can the RBI do and what it cannot do?

The inflation in wholesale prices measured by growth in Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was 13.68%, 13.11% and 14.55% and 15.08% in January, February, March and April this year, as per latest data released on 17th May. Since April last year,…

Institutional Change and Power Asymmetry in the Context of Rural India by Dr. Amar Patnaik, MP

Mr. Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, has been a member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service. His book Institutional Change and Power Asymmetry in the Context of Rural India is largely based on his doctoral thesis. The book addresses a…

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 2012 - Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 2012 - Abhijit Banerjee , Esther Duflo This book is a riveting read on poverty -  assessing its causes, extent and impact.. The authors bring out deficiencies in prevalent…

Making sense of the debate on electricity supply crisis

Dr. Subhash Chandra Pandey (1st May 2022) A barrage of news about rising electricity consumption, rising international price of coal and shortage of coal with power plants have raised fears of an impending power crisis. Hundreds of regular…