ABOUT THE BOOK
This book is the first reprint edition of great reformist, farsighted and the father of Indian Constitution Dr. B R Ambedkar. He had treasure of knowledge which he used to frame the Constitution of the largest democracy of the world, India.
One of his book “The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India”, which was originally published in the year 1924 is again in front of the readers in the same format and style in which it was published originally. This book deals with the Following Chapters: Provincial Finance: Its Origin, Development, Mechanism and Under the Government of India Act of 1919.
This book is a unique source of information for the Institutions, Libraries, Universities, Scholars and Researchers of Political Science, Modern History, Social Work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bhimrao Ambedkar was born to Bhimabai Sakpal and Ramji on 14 April 1891 in Madhya Pradesh. He was the architects of the Indian Constitution. He was a well-known politician and an eminent jurist. Ambedkar’s efforts to eradicate the social evils like untouchablity and caste restrictions were remarkable. The leader, throughout his life, fought for the rights of the dalits and other socially backward classes. Ambedkar was appointed as the nation’s first Law Minister in the Cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor in 1990. Since 1954-55 Ambedkar was suffering from serious
health problems including diabetes and weak eyesight. On 6 December, 1956 he died at his home in Delhi.
CONTENTS
Author's Preface v
Introduction-Definition and Outline of the Subject xi
Part - I
Provincial Finance: Its Origin
I. The Imperial System: Its Growth and its Breakdown 1
II. Imperialism v. Federalism 29
III. The Compromise-imperial Finance without Imperial Management 41
Part - II
Provincial Finance: Its Development
IV. Budge by Assignments 54
V. Budget by Assigned Revenues 77
VI. Budget by shared revenues 96
Part - III
Provincial Finance: Its Mechanism
VII. The Limitations of Provincial Finance 137
VIII. The Nature of Provincial Finance 152
IX. The Enlargement of the Scope of Provincial Finance 172
Part - IV
Provincial Finance under the Government of India Act of 1919
X. The Necessity for a Change in the System 186
XI. The Nature of the Change 209
XII. A Critique of the Change 250
Index 281
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