The Union Budget 2008-09: Reform and Development Perspectives

12 March 2008, ASSOCHAM House, New Delhi

In March 2007 four leading Indian economic policy research institutes came together for the first time to present their assessment of the reform and development implications of the Union Budget 2007-08.  The four institutes, ICRIER, IDF, NCAER, and NIPFP joined hands to provide a more reflective view of the Budget, stepping back from the feverish commentary that follows in the days after the Budget speech. For the Union Budget 2008-09, in another first, ICRIER, IDF, NCAER, and NIPFP had joined by the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) to add an explicit political dimension to the assessment of the Budget.

Session details, presentation and papers are available in downloadable format.

Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President & Chief Executive
Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi

Dr. M. Govinda Rao, Director
National Institute for Public Finance & Policy, New Delhi
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Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Director & CE
ICRIER, New Delhi
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Dr. Amir Ullah Khan, Director
India Development Foundation, Gurgaon, Haryana
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Mr. Suman K. Bery, Director General
NCAER, New Delhi
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Mr. Vivian Fernandes, Editor - Economic Policy, Television Eighteen India Ltd., Noida had moderated the session.