LAHAUL-SPITI : A LAND OF PARADOXES
Lahaul-Spiti district located in the north-east of Himachal Pradesh is not so well known in the context of Himachal Pradesh in general, and in the context [...]
Author DK Sharma
District-wise population and literacy in Himachal
POPULATION AND LITERACY : DISTRICT-WISE SCENARIO IN HIMACHAL PRADESH AND EARLY POLICY DIAGNOSIS FOR TWELFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN In the earlier paper, I had attempted to [...]
A Brief Outline and Macro-dimensions of Population in Himachal Pradesh vis-Ã -vis other States in the Region
The history of human settlement in Himachal Pradesh goes back to the Palaeolithic period of which stone tools and flakes have been discovered in the valleys [...]
Inter-State Cooperation : Problems and Imperatives
COOPERATION AMONG THE NORTH INDIAN STATES: LESSONS SO FAR AND ROAD AHEAD ABSTRACT The paper attempts to address the question of cooperation among the Indian States [...]
Overall Financial Position of Himachal Pradesh – Comment
News about the difficult financial position of the State of Himachal Pradesh over the last few years has been doing rounds before and after presentation of [...]
Finance Commissions and Himachal Pradesh
RESOURCE TRANSFERS TO HIMACHAL PRADESH THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMISSIONS The question of central support to Himachal Pradesh keeps coming up time and again and the lack [...]
Finance Commissions and Special Category States
FINANCE COMMISSIONS, SPECIAL CATEGORY STATES AND HIMACHAL PRADESH – A SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS The Constitution of India envisages setting up of a Finance Commission every five years [...]
Eleventh Plan Performance for Himachal Pradesh
The Eleventh Five Year Plan enters the last year of its tenure on the 1st April, 2011. With the finalisation of the Annual Plan for 2011-12, [...]
Planning Commission Transfers To Himachal
The States in India receive central fiscal transfers through the mechanisms of Finance Commission, Planning Commission and the Central Ministries. The transfers through the Finance Commission [...]
13th Finance Commission’s allocation to Himachal not discriminatory
The question of central support to Himachal Pradesh keeps coming up time and again and the lack of appreciation on the part of various interest groups [...]
Development of Hilly and Mountainous areas: A New Dimension Explored And Its Implications
ABSTRACT It is known that the geographical area calculations by the Surveyor General of India are based on the plane table assumptions. In the case of [...]
Cooperation Among The North Indian States: Lessons So Far And Road Ahead
ABSTRACT The paper attempts to address the question of cooperation among the Indian States with particular focus on the north Indian States. It briefly deals with [...]
Social Security Schemes: Coverage, Regional Dimension And Related Issues in Himachal Pradesh
Social security at large and that of the underprivileged sections of the society is one of the prime responsibilities of the State in the Indian context. [...]
Agricultural Scenerio in Himachal Pradesh – A Macro View
With 91 per cent population living in the rural areas of the State and about 70 per cent of the total work force depending upon agriculture, [...]
Issues Before 13th Finance Commission Regarding Himachal Pradesh As A Special Category State
Although the Finance Commissions have historically not made any distinction between the Special category States and the other States or for that matter between the revenue [...]
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