Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

T. Divakara Rao

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An attempt is made in this paper to derive the size distribution of Personal Income for rural, urban and All India (rural plus urban) for the years 1964-65, 1968-69 and 1975-76. Unlike the developed countries, adequate data on size distribution of income and expenditure in India are not available inspite of several attempts made from time to time on this subject.

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T. Divakara Rao

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Union Excise Duties are the most important indirect taxes imposed by the Central Government on goods which are domestically produced for sale and consumption within the country.

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T. Divakara Rao

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Since the advent of planning in our country, more so from the second five year plan onwards, Government of India has been seriously thinking to reduce the inequalities of wealth and income so that the fruits of economic development do reach the bottom fractiles of our population. The setting up of Mahalonobis Committee for studying the concentration of economic power, the industrial policy resolution of 1956 fOllowed by quite a good number of amendments on Industrial LicenSing Act from time to time, the introduction of agrarian reforms (such as the Tenancy Reforms, Agricultural Land Ceilings, etc.) the enacting of M.R.T.P.

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