Of the many different ways in which economists have tried to analyse public expenditure, the most relevant to Indian economic development is that which links the level of public expenditure with the rate at which the state can accumulate capital. The abst

Table of Contents:
• List of tables • Preface • List of abbreviations • Introduction 1. Part I. General: 1. Public expenditure and state accumulation in theory 2. Indian nationalism and the state accumulation policy 3. The interpretation of Indian public expenditure statis