Book Details

Publication Year: 2017

Table of Contents: CONTENTS:- Author's Preface v Introduction-Definition and Outline of the Subject xi Part - I Provincial Finance: Its Origin I. The Imperial System: Its Growth and its Breakdown 1 II. Imperialism v. Federalism 29 III. The Compromise-imperial Finance without Imperial Management 41 Part - II Provincial Finance: Its Development IV. Budge by Assignments 54 V. Budget by Assigned Revenues 77 VI. Budget by shared revenues 96 Part - III Provincial Finance: Its Mechanism VII. The Limitations of Provincial Finance 137 VIII. The Nature of Provincial Finance 152 IX. The Enlargement of the Scope of Provincial Finance 172 Part - IV Provincial Finance under the Government of India Act of 1919 X. The Necessity for a Change in the System 186 XI. The Nature of the Change 209 XII. A Critique of the Change 250 Index 281

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Author Info: ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Bhimrao Ambedkar was born to Bhimabai Sakpal and Ramji on 14 April 1891 in Madhya Pradesh. He was the architects of the Indian Constitution. He was a well-known politician and an eminent jurist. Ambedkar’s efforts to eradicate the social evils like untouchablity and caste restrictions were remarkable. The leader, throughout his life, fought for the rights of the dalits and other socially backward classes. Ambedkar was appointed as the nation’s first Law Minister in the Cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor in 1990. Since 1954-55 Ambedkar was suffering from serious health problems including diabetes and weak eyesight. On 6 December, 1956 he died at his home in Delhi.