"Containing a comprehensive analytical description of budgetary policies, procedures and reforms in India including gender budgeting and India's fiscal/monetary response to current global economic crisis; analysis of trends and policies pertaining to taxation, public expenditure, subsidies, and debt liabilities of the government; current state of centre-state and state-local financial relations in India; highlights and summary of each central government budget from 1947-48 to 2009-10; 12 appendices containing material on central/state taxation and finances; glossary of budgetary terms; time-series budgetary date of India."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [575]-579) and index.