01324pab a2200181 454500 180718b2002 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Karnik, Ajit Fiscal responsibility and Budget Management Bill: offering credible commitments 2002 p.251-56 19 Jan India's fiscal scenario at the moment is about as bad as it was in 1991-92, the beginning of the economic reforms process. For a variety of reasons, many of them in the realm of political economy, the government has been unable to reduce its expenditures and increase revenues. A fiscal responsibility bill, of the kind being discussed currently, is meant to offer a credible commitment that the government is serious about fiscal consolidation. By trying its own hands the government signals that it is serious about reducing deficits. While one may disagree with the details of the bill, the broad overall thrust and the philosophy underlying it deserve to be welcomed. Unfortunately, as this note is being written, the government is seen to be completely diluting the provisions of the bil so as to render it completely ineffective. - Reproduced. Budget Public finance Fiscal policy Economic and Political Weekly 51107 51107 51107 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 37, Issue no: 3 AR51535 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR