Articles Review by Ceft

Article Review By CEFT

YEAR 2025-26:

  1. Quick observations on Union Budget FY 2026-27
  2. Effects of Education and Employment on UPI Activity
  3. Emerging Reversals in State Health and Nutrition Indicators between NFHS-5 and NFHS-6′
  4. Effects of Poverty and Income Levels on UPI Activity 
  5. An Overview of Central Government Finances October 2025
  6. The Urban-Rural Differences in School Expenditure in Government Schools for the Academic Year 2025-26 across States of India
  7. Snapshot of Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) – April 2026. 
  8. Snapshot of PMI Report – May 2026
  9. State-wise Disparities in UPI Adoption and Usage in India
  10. Odisha’s Credit-to-Deposit Ratio: A Descriptive Analysis (State and Bank Group-Wise CDR of Scheduled Commercial Banks as at end of March 2025)
  11. Indian Economic snapshot – April 2026
  12. Occupation-wise Credit Deployment in Odisha (2022–2025) with comparative analysis against national credit allocation trends’
  13. Analysing Urban-Rural Disparities in Clean Cooking Fuel Adoption Across Indian States (2014–2020) 
  14. A micro‑study on The Financial Analysis of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) using Altman Z-Score model” for your kind reading. The Z-score formula for predicting bankruptcy was published in 1968 by Edward I. Altman to predict the default probability of corporations through a composite financial indicator.
  15. RBI DPI and UPI as standards for measuring Digital payment performance and Infrastructure across India
  16. A Comparison of Incremental Credit-Deposit Ratio of Odisha vis-à-vis All India as at the end of Q1, Q2, and Q3 of FY2025-26’
  17. Overview of Central Government Finances is attached for your kind reading
  18. Trends in Digital Payments in India and the Increasing Importance of UPI
  19. The ‘Incremental Credit–Deposit (C-D) Ratio: Odisha vs All India (as on end of Q3 of FY 2025-26)
  20. Understanding the Penetration and Intensity of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Odisha 
  21. Micro‑study on “The West Asia War & India’s Balance of Payment” for your kind reading.
  22. Financial Enablers: Bank Credit Flows Supporting the Vision Odisha 2036-47 Roadmap
  23. Fiscal Performance Index of the States in India for FY 2024-25 – A Comparative Analysis
  24. Banks’ Performance Index in the State in India FY 2025-26- A Comparative Analysis
  25. Odisha’s Performance in GST Revenue Growth as of March 2025
  26. Study on “Evaluating IGST Settlement Patterns Across Major Indian States: 2021-22 to 2024-25
  27. Evaluating the Tax Buoyancy of Odisha’s SOTR & its Component during FY2015-16 to FY2024- 25
  28. Evaluating State-wise Composite GST Performance Index (CGPI) for 21 Indian States: 2023-24 to 2024-25
  29. Odisha’s Leading Performance in Revenue Growth Among Major States: 2012-13 to 2022-23
  30. An Analysis of the Reassuring Rise in Consumer Sentiments of India
  31. GST Revenue Augmentation Measures
  32. Brownfield Investments: An Instrument of Modern Infrastructure Development
  33. Municipal Bonds as a Source of Financing of Urban Infrastructures in Odisha
  34. Governance and Public Debt: A Cross-country Analysis
  35. Contributing Factors towards Improvement in GNPA in recent years in India
  36. Policy Briefs on Social Security Schemes
  37. Governance Index and Tax Revenue: A Cross-country Analysis
  38. Financial Ratio Analysis of Aluminum Sector: A Case Study of M/s NALCO
  39. Convergence in Bank Credit to Deposit Ratio: Evidence from the Indian States
  40. Scheme of Sharing Resources with Local Bodies, 6th State Finance Commission.
  41. Technology Intervention, Capacity Building, and Good Practices in Local Bodies of Odisha
  42. Services Delivery: Availability, Access, and Quality in Local Bodies in Odisha
  43. Estimating the flight of the Scheduled Commercial Bank Deposits in Odisha as on 31st March 2025.
  44. Assessment of State Finances since 2015-16 to 2024-25
  45. Status of Decentralized Governance and Devolution in Odisha
  46. Assessing the Financial Strength of Urban Local Bodies in Odisha
  47. Revenue Projection of the Government of Odisha from FY 2026-27 to 2030-31
  48. Scheme of Sharing Resources with Local Bodies
  49. Patterns in the Urbanization and Income – Insights from Indian States in 2025
  50. The Impact of DISCOM Subsidies on the Revenue Deficit of States
  51. State-wise Analysis of Mining Royalty Collection & its contribution towards Total Expenditure
  52. Why does India have a Low Female Labor Force as compared to other Countries?
  53. Tax Revenues and Urbanization: Mapping India’s Uneven Tax Landscape.
  54. A State-wise Revenue Analysis of Minor Minerals
  55. An inter-state analysis of Best Practices in Local Bodies in India
  56. An inter-state analysis of incentive mechanisms employed by various State Finance Commissions over the years
  57. Odisha’s Performance in GST Revenue Growth
  58. Composite GST Performance Index for FY 2024-25
  59. Additional Resource Mobilisation (ARM) Measures in Rural Local Bodies (RLBs)
  60. Additional Resource Mobilisation (ARM) Measures for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)
  61. Dynamics of Peri-urban Development in Odisha
  62. Municipal Bonds as a Source of Financing of Urban Infrastructures in Odisha
  63. Contributing Factors towards Improvement in GNPA in recent years in India
  64. Incremental Credit-Deposit Ratio for the States in India (Year Ending FY25)
  65. Credit-to-GSDP Ratio: Inter-State Benchmarking with Odisha (FY 2023-24)
  66. State-wise Comparison of Composite GST Performance Index during the Compensation Period
  67. VB-G RAM G: Reimagining Rural Employment for a Viksit Bharat
  68. Incremental Credit-Deposit Ratio for States in India as of Q2 of FY 2025-26.
  69. Policy brief on the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of state-wise FDI inflow growth.
  70. Analysis of budgetary performance of Indian states based on GSDP-to-Budget Size
  71. Inter-state comparison of Fiscal Performance Index
  72. Social Sector Spending across Indian States
  73. Scheme of Sharing Resources with Local Bodies
  74. Analysing the Impact of Change in Tax Rate on Petroleum Products Tax Revenue
  75. Analysis of Cost of Borrowing by State Government: By Issuance of State Government Bonds
  76. Department-wise Budget Utilisation Ratios of Odisha (2014-15 to 2023-24)
  77. Expenditure Classification-wise Budget Utilisation Ratios of Odisha (2014-15 to 2023-24)

YEAR 2024-25:

  1. Quick observations on Union Budget FY 2025-26
  2. Budget Reliability and Budget Management of ULBs in Odisha.
  3. Healthcare in Odisha: A Decade of Progress and Initiatives.
  4. An assessment of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY): State-wise Insights with a Special Emphasis on Odisha.
  5. A Comparative Analysis of the Number of Active Taxpayers in the GST Regime of Odisha with all of India.
  6. Financial Management of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation
  7. Relationship between Billing Efficiency and Per-Capita GSDP in the States of India.
  8. Challenges in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
  9. A note on the Clean Energy Cess
  10. Analysis of Expenditures of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
  11. Analysis of Revenue Expenditures of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
  12. Financial Autonomy of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
  13. Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj
  14. Trends and Patterns in Financial Grants to Local Governments
  15. A Comparative Analysis of the Trends and Patterns of GST Revenue Collection in Odisha and India since its Implementation: A Graphical Representation
  16. Tryst with Gender Goals- How Odisha fares in SDG-5
  17. Changes in Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure Patterns: Odisha vs Other Indian States
  18. Assessing the Impact of BSKY on Ever-Pregnant Women
  19. Trends and Progress in Distribution Utilities of the Power Sector in India
  20. Annual requirement of non-agriculture job creation for Odisha until 2036
  21. Synchronisation of Business Cycles at the National and Sub-national Levels
  22. Manufacturing Performance during 10 Years of Make in India
  23. Capital Formation in Odisha – An Enabler for Growth
  24. The Dynamics of Monetary Policy: The Fed, RBI, and Worldwide Effects
  25. Development of the tourism sector in India
  26. India’s Fiscal Transfers Dynamics
  27. Analysis of the higher consumption expenditure in rural India
  28. A note on India Emerges as a ‘Transparent’ Property Market: A New Era for Real Estate
  29. Analysis of the consumption expenditure of rural and urban households in India
  30. Investment behaviors in India over the decade
  31. Impact of Farm Trade Policy on Indian Agriculture
  32. The Surge in Private Consumption Due to an Increase in Rural Demand
  33. Pension Expenditure and the Introduction of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)
  34. The Steady Growth in car Sales Before the Festive Season
  35. A Brief Note on the Savings Profile of SHGs
  36. Move towards greater transparency in the Union Budget: FY 2024-25
  37. Indian Credit Landscape and Unified Lending Interface
  38. NER at Secondary level (in %) (SAARC and Regional Areas (as per development status)
  39. The Digitisation of the Payment Revolution in India
  40. Robust Growth in Private Corporate Investment in FY2023-24
  41. Breaking Barriers in Healthcare: Increasing Public Investment, Promoting Affordable Insurance, and Managing Rising Costs
  42. Adani Group’s Debt Profile: Strategic Diversification and Improved Leverage Amid Rising Liabilities
  43. Robust GST Growth in July 2024: A Comprehensive Overview
  44. Comparison study of Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) of Odisha and Neighbouring States
  45. Financial Z-score Analysis of Aluminium Sector NALCO- during the Pre-and Post-disinvestment period
  46. How far is the Fiscal Deficit of 3% justified?
  47. Understanding Odisha’s Inflation Gap
  48. Spending Efficiency of the United Fund provided to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in all States
  49. Relationship between United Grant and Human Development Index (HDI) to the Urban Local Bodies (Category II – ULBs) in all States
  50. Is Fiscal Policy in India Truly Countercyclical?
  51. Analysis of the Cost of Borrowing of State Development Loans
  52. A Brief Examination of the World Development Report 2024 -The Middle-Income Trap
  53. The Impact of the Budget on Accelerating EV Sales in India
  54. India’s Digital-Driven Tax Collection
  55. Debt Management of the Central Government of India
  56. Budget Subsidies of the 18 major Indian States

YEAR 2023-24:

  1. Does good governance predict government revenue? Insights from the novel Panel Granger Non-causality test (Journal of Government and Economics, Elsevier).
  2. Do Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses in the power sector converge across Indian states? (Second Revision submitted to Energy Research Letters)
  3. Does development expenditure converge? Evidence from the Indian States (Policy Studies, Routledge Publication)
  4. Fostering the Nutrition Basket for Human Development: Some Reflections from Odisha Nutrition Budgets (Submitted to UNICEF)
  5. Does unemployment affect crime? Evidence from Indian districts (Journal of South Asian Development, Sage Publication).
  6. Analysis of Fiscal Autonomy and Public Expenditure Performance in Indian States.
  7. Impact of government expenditure on household consumption in Ethiopia (The Indian Economic Journal).
  8. What is the role of the quality of economic institutions in the relationship between external debt and growth? Evidence from the African franc zone. Economics Bulletin.
  9. Impact of Public Debt and Foreign Aid on Economic Growth in Sri Lanka. The Indian Economic Journal (Sage).
  10. Correlated shocks and the sacrifice ratio: evidence from India. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (Taylor & Francis).
  11. Assessing Bank Productivity Using the Malmquist Approach: A Case of Rajasthan and Un-divided A.P RRBs. PRAJNAN-The Journal of Social & Management Sciences.
  12. Fiscal Autonomy and Stabilization: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. State Governments (Journal of Financial Economic Policy).
  13. Does Financial Inclusion enhance Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from the IDB Members Country (International Journal of Finance and Economics).
  14. Does Bank Competition Affect Financial Stability in Banking Sector: Some Empirical Evidences from India (PRAJNAN-The Journal of Social & Management Sciences).
  15. Efficiency, Productivity Dynamics and Determinants of Productivity Growth in Indian Telecommunication Industries: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley Online Library).
  16. Economic Growth and Relative Economic Position: Empirical Insight from State Odisha. Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley Online Library).
  17. Trends and Developments of Financial Inclusion in Emerging Economies. Sage Open (Sage).
  18. Private Investment, Employment and Social Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Social Economics (Emerald).
  19. Determinants and motives for agritourism activities: A German case study. PLOS ONE.
  20. Fiscal Autonomy and Tax efficiency: Evidence from Indian states
  21. Market efficiency of virtual currencies: Evidence from Cryptocurrencies market
  22. Post FRBM India’s Debt Index and Economic Growth: Evidence from the system GMM approach
  23. Public Debt and Economic Growth Dynamics in Indian States: Estimating a Threshold level of Public Debt