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Introduction and Overview

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Public Budgeting in India

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Government budget is a statement of resource and spending proposals for a specified period of time. As per the Indian Constitution, the Central government (Article 112) and state governments (Article 202) are mandated to present their Annual Financial Statement (AFS) before the Parliament and State Legislatures, respectively. Budgets are instrumental in translating the socio-economic development goals of the governments into reality by way of resource provisioning for the professed development.

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Karnam, G. (2018). Introduction and Overview. In: Karnam, G. (eds) Public Budgeting in India. India Studies in Business and Economics. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3917-8_1

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