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Projects

Longitudinal studies, administrative capacity observatories, and diagnostic field research examining ground implementation friction across India.

Fiscal Governance2025 – 2026
Status: RESEARCH INITIATIVE

Fiscal Federalism and the Dynamics of Centrally Sponsored Scheme Rationalisation

Investigating the political economy of scheme rationalisation committees (from B.K. Chaturvedi to NITI Aayog Sub-Groups) and why national scheme proliferation persists despite formal consensus on consolidation.

Objective

Identify the political and administrative incentives that drive central line ministries and states to maintain fragmented scheme categories.

Methodology

Fiscal analysis of Union Budget Demands for Grants (1998–2025), content analysis of state memoranda to Finance Commissions, and political economy modeling.

Anticipated Outputs

Comprehensive policy brief for state finance departments and academic working paper on federal budget allocation games.

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Public Administration & Field Systems2026 – Ongoing
Status: CURRENT

District Administrative Capacity Observatory

Granular field studies tracking how administrative workload, reporting mandates, and contractual staffing affect the delivery of core public programmes at the district and block tier.

Objective

Provide rigorous empirical diagnostics on frontline bureaucratic bandwidth, quantifying time spent on real delivery versus compliance paperwork.

Methodology

Time-use surveys with block development officers and scheme coordinators, administrative telemetry analysis, and process tracing across diverse district profiles.

Anticipated Outputs

Bi-annual District Administrative Bandwidth Index, open-source field measurement protocols, institutional dialogue roundtables.

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Administrative Architecture2025 – 2028 (Phase 1: Social Sectors)
Status: CURRENT

The Policy Transition Archive: Mapping 30 Years of Central Scheme Changes

A multi-year research initiative systematically documenting the lifecycle of discontinued, replaced, merged, and restructured public policies in post-1991 India.

Objective

Construct an authoritative, non-partisan institutional database detailing why major national policies were changed, what evidence guided transitions, and what institutional lessons remain for modern governance.

Methodology

Triangulation of Parliamentary standing committee reports, CAG performance audits, executive gazette notifications, expenditure budget documents, and retrospective oral histories with retired civil servants.

Anticipated Outputs

Comprehensive online open-access archive, analytical transition monographs, state-level comparative implementation briefs.

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