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M. Govinda Rao

Fourteenth Finance Commission
membergr-ffc@nic.in

M. Govinda Rao was a member of the Fourteenth Finance Commission, and former Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) at New Delhi.

Posts by M. Govinda Rao

States’ loss of fiscal autonomy in a centralised federal system

The Indian states bear the larger responsibility in dealing with Covid-19, but they have few resources to do so. In this post, M. Govinda Rao argues that the ongoing process of centralisation has weak...

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Goods and Services Tax in India: Challenges and prospects

The Finance Ministry recently announced that the Goods and Services Tax will soon be a reality. In this article, M. Govinda Rao – member of the 14th Finance Commission – discusses the challenges ...

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