Tagged: Bihar

“BiMaRUnomics” Examined

Readers may remember a series of posts (links below) I had published last year (against the backdrop of violence against North Indians in Maharashtra) examining state-wise GDP and contributions to the central exchequer in...

W’end Links – Politics Special

Start the weekend with this provocative piece by Atany Dey. A brief excerpt from Whistling in the Dark about the Future: Gurcharan Das writes in the Times of India (10th May) that “The Future...

I am Bihar

Stumbled on this last week… I AM BIHAR I am the history of India I gave the world its first Republic I nourished Buddha to enlightenment I gave world its best ancient university My...

“Maharashtranomics” and Bihar – Part II

Following up on my earlier post, here is a neat table titled “Index of Fiscal Self Reliance”. It comes from Annexure 7 (Annex 7.10, Para 7.33) to the 12th Finance Commission Report [pdf file]....

“Biharnomics” Examined

In Alaskonomics and Bihar – Part I, I raised the point about distribution of taxes and income amongst various states in India. This matter is at the heart of several controversies – the most...