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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…