Fiscal and Debt Management in Andhra Pradesh (India) : An Update on the Reform Program

Fiscal and Debt Management in Andhra Pradesh (India) : An Update on the Reform Program

The main objective of this fiscal note is to assist the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) in meeting the challenges mentioned above. To this end, it provides input into the state's rolling medium-term fiscal framework exercise. The new Fisca...

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Main Authors:	Swaroop, Vinaya, Dasgupta, Shatanjaya
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE BASE YEAR BENEFICIARIES BONDS BORROWING REQUIREMENTS BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUDGETARY SUPPORT CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL OUTLAY CASH BALANCE CASH MANAGEMENT CENTRAL TAXES CHECKS COMMERCIAL TAXES COMMODITY COST REDUCTION CREDIT FACILITIES CREDIT RATING DEBT DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT OUTSTANDING DEBT RELIEF DEBT REPAYMENT DEBT STOCK DEBT STOCKS DEBT SWAP DEBT SWAPS DEBTORS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS DISCOUNT RATE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DOMESTIC MARKET EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH EQUIPMENT EXCISE TAXES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FARMERS FINANCES FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCING REQUIREMENT FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL POLICY FISCAL REFORM FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY GOVERNMENT BONDS GROWTH RATE GUARANTEE SCHEME HOLDING HOUSING IMMOVABLE PROPERTY INCOME TAX INDEBTEDNESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENT INTEREST EXPENDITURE INTEREST PAYMENT INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INVESTING LAND HOLDINGS LIABILITY LIFE EXPECTANCIES LOAN LOANS FROM BANKS LONG-RUN DEBT MARKET BORROWINGS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPEN MARKET OUTSTANDING DEBT PENSION PENSION LIABILITY PENSIONS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROVIDENT FUND PROVIDENT FUNDS PUBLIC BORROWING PUBLIC DEBT RATES OF INTEREST RECEIPTS REFORM PROGRAM REGISTRATION FEES REPAYMENTS RESERVE RESERVE BANK RETURNS REVENUE COLLECTION REVENUE PERFORMANCE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SAVINGS SOURCE OF FUNDS SOURCE OF INCOME STAMP DUTY SUBSIDIZATION SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS TAX TAX CREDIT TAX RATES TAX REVENUES TAX STRUCTURE TAXATION TOTAL REVENUE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS TRANSPARENCY TURNOVER UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT VALUE ADDED WAGES WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/16505322/fiscal-debt-management-andhra-pradesh-india-update-reform-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12646

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Summary:	The main objective of this fiscal note is to assist the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) in meeting the challenges mentioned above. To this end, it provides input into the state's rolling medium-term fiscal framework exercise. The new Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) act requires that the government will lay out in each financial year a medium-term fiscal policy statement (together with three-year rolling targets for key fiscal indicators) before the state legislature. In addition, this fiscal note provides the needed analytical underpinning for the Bank's ongoing development policy lending program in the state. The remainder of this note is organized as follows. The next section looks at the state's performance in improving its fiscal balance. Section three looks at the revenue performance of the state with a particular emphasis on the newly implemented Value Added Tax (VAT). The size and composition of expenditures is analyzed next (section four) with a close examination of the government's new priority expenditure on adding new irrigation schemes. Section five briefly looks at the debt and examines issues related to debt sustainability. Section six concludes.