Dr. Govinda Bhattacharjee

List of Publications by Dr. Govinda Bhattacharjee, Professor of Practice, AJNIFM

Books

1. Public Sector Enterprises in India: Evolution, Privatisation & Reforms, Sage Publications, 2020
2. GST and Aftermath: Is Consumer the King, Sage Publications, 2018 (With Co-author: Dr. D Bhattacharya)
3. Special Category States of India, Oxford University Press, 2016
4. India in A Changing World, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, 2019
5. India: Resurgent and Resilient, Ane Books, New Delhi, 2019
6. Public Finances in Bihar, Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 1996
7. Story of Consciousness, Vigyan Prasar, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2018
8. Story of the Universe, Vigyan Prasar, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2017
9. Story of Evolution, Vigyan Prasar, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2015
10. Origin and Evolution, Minerva Press, London and New Delhi, 1999

Articles Published in Journals and Edited Volumes

1. “Exposing Chinks in Federal Fiscal Relations”, Economic and Political Weekly, May 25, 2024.
2. “Nature’s Rights: Alternatives to the Conventional Frame” in: Bhattacharya, Rakhee, Sharma, G. Amarjit, Capital and Ecology: Developmentalism, Subjectivity and the Alternative Life-Worlds, Routledge, New Delhi, 2023.
3. “The Growth Conundrum”, Mainstream Weekly, VOL 61 No 30-31, July 22 & July 29 2023
4. “Public Account -A Continuing Conundrum”, Chartered Accountant, May 2023
5. “Public Policy in Modern Times vis-à-vis in Ancient India”, Aitihya The Heritage, (UGC approved Research Journal: ISSN 2229-5399), Vol XIV, Issue-1, April 2023
6. “Art and Photography in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, A paper presented to the International Photographic Conference, PAD, Kolkata, December 2022.
7. “Welfare Schemes for Girl Child: Need for Convergence between the Centre and the States”, Vivekananda International Foundation, New      Delhi, November 29 2022, https://www.vifindia.org/article/2022/november/29/welfare-schemes-for-girl-child  
8. “Innovative strategies for arresting environmental degradation while addressing debt problems of the states”, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, October 07 2022, https://www.vifindia.org/article/2022/october/07/innovative-strategies-for-arresting-environmentaldegradation  
9. “India’s Public Healthcare in the 21st Century: New Institutional and Financing Architecture”, Mainstream Weekly, VOL LX No 36 New Delhi, August 27, 2022
10. “Water Federalism: Policy and Institutional Frame” in: India’s Water Federalism: New Perspectives for Public Policy, Hans Sidel Foundation and Asian Confluence, New Delhi, 2022.
11. “Fifteenth Finance Commission Recommendations: An Appraisal”, Economic & Political Weekly, October 09, 2021 (Co-author: Rakhee Bhattacharya).
12. “Fifteenth Finance Commission Recommendations: Economics Mixed with Politics”, Mainstream Weekly, October 08, 2021.
13. “Public Account – An Abiding Distortion in Our Financial System”, Indian Journal of Public Audit & Accountability, Vol XII, No 1 – 2, Jul –Dec 2021.
14. “GST Council – A Breach of Trust?”, Indian Federalism Perspectives-5, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, January 2021
15. “The Wasteland of Public Sector Enterprises”, Mainstream Weekly, Vol LVIII No 51, Dec 05, 2020.
16. “Taxing Agricultural Income: Holy Cow of the Indian Economy”, Economic and Political Weekly, October 17, 2020.
17. “Crisis of Capitalism”, Mainstream Weekly, Vol LVIII No 40, Sep 23, 2020.
18. “House of Cards: Need for Reform in Civil Services?”, Economic and Political Weekly, June 23, 2018.
19. “Is The Special Category Status Really Dead?”, Economic and Political Weekly, May 19, 2018.
20. “MGNREGA as Distribution of Dole”, Economic and Political Weekly, July 01, 2017.
21. “The Reality of Special Category States”, (Special article), Economic and Political Weekly, October 04, 2014.
22. “Special Category Status: Will It Actually Benefit Bihar?”, Economic and Political Weekly, May 04, 2013.
23. “Intra State Disparity in Government Expenditure: An Analysis”, Economic and Political Weekly, June 27, 2009 (Special article)
24. “Parliamentary Oversight of CAG”, Journal of Common Cause, July-Sept, 2018
25. “Andhra has a Special Grouse”, India Today, March 26, 2018.
26. “Hindu-Vriddhi- Dar - Purani Duniya Hui Diwani”, India Today (Hindi) 30^th Anniversary Special Edition, 30 November, 2016.
27. “Demonetisation - The Game Changer”, Aarthika Charche, Journal of the Fiscal Policy Institute, Bangalore, Vol 2 No 2, July-December 2017.
28. “Involving People in Budget Making Process”, Aarthika Charche, Journal of Fiscal Policy Institute, Bengaluru, March 2016.
29. “Public Account: A Continuing Distortion in Our Financial System”, Yojana Web Exclusive, November 2015.
30. “Management of Public Finances in Rajasthan”, Indian Economic Journal, August, 2014.
31. “Treat the disease, not the symptoms”, Indian Economy: A Roadmap towards Development, Ed. Prof V V Singh, Flying Pen, Jaipur, 2016.
32. “Reforms in Government accounting: Accounts of State Governments”, in Government Accounting Reforms: An Overview, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi, 2015.
33. “Whither West Bengal?” in Trends and Patterns in Public Finance: Theoretical and Empirical Aspect, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi, 2013.
34. “Fiscal Rules and Fiscal Councils: Why Do We Need Them”, Indian Journal of Public Audit and Accountability, Vol XI No 3-4, July-Dec, 2018
35. “Goods & Services Tax Network (GSTN) System”, Indian Journal of Public Audit and Accountability, April 2018.
36. “Taxing Agricultural Income”, Indian Journal of Public Audit and Accountability, New Delhi, June 2017.
37. “Social Welfare through Centrally Sponsored Schemes”, Indian Journal of Public Audit and Accountability, New Delhi, June 2014.
38. Bhattacharya Rakhee and Govind Bhattacharjee, “Poverty, Inequality and State's Expenditure: IntraRegional Disparities in North East India” in Economic Growth in India and its Many Dimensions, Orient Blackswan, New Delhi, 2017.
39. “Public Finances in Resurgent Bihar” in Resurrection of the State: A Saga of Bihar, (Ed.) Gupta, Shaibal and Sunita Lall, Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2013.
40. “Reforms in the North East- A Puzzle?” in Northeast India: Administrative reforms and Economic Development, (Ed.) Ray, Jayanta Kumar and Rakhee Bhattacharya, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, Har-Anand, 2008.
41. “Civil Services Reforms - The Most Essential Prerequisite for Transforming India”, IIPA Digest, September, 2019
42. Consciousness in Indian and Western Philosophy, Aitihya The heritage, (UGC approved Research Journal: ISSN 2229-5399), Vol IX, Issue 1, 2018.
43. “Evolution of Human Consciousness –I: Role of Symbols”, Aitihya The Heritage, Vol VII, Issue 2, September 2016.
44. “Evolution of Human Consciousness –II: Role of Language”, Aitihya The heritage, Vol VIII, Issue 1, March 2017.
45. “Evolution of Human Consciousness –III: Role of Culture”, Aitihya The heritage, Vol VIII, Issue 2, September 2017.

 Newspaper Articles published from January 2001 to November 2023

1. Extra Cash Can’t Help Andhra or Bihar, Times of India, July 05, 2024
2. Are Special Category States Justified?, Hindu BusinessLine, June 17, 2024
3. Renewed Demands, The Statesman, June 17, 2024
4. Language and Thinking, The Statesman, June 02-03, 2024
5. Don’t East the Rich, It will Hurt the Rest, Economic Times, May 28, 2024
6. The Chips Universe, The Statesman, May 26, 2024
7. Westen Bias, The Statesman, May 07, 2024
8. At What Cost, The Statesman, April 16, 2024
9. AI: A Double-Edged Sword We Must Live With, The Pioneer, November 16, 2023
10. CAG Could Have Done Better, Hindu BusinessLine, November 15, 2023
11. Gaza and Beyond, The Statesman, November 09-10, 2023
12. Ten Years of BRI, The Statesman, October 19, 2023
13. Globalisation of Indian Financial markets, The Pioneer, October 09, 2023
14. Code of Conduct on Freebies Needed, Hindu BusinessLine, October 04, 2023
15. How Green Are the Electric Vehicles, The Pioneer, September 20, 2023
16. Energy and Geopolitics, The Statesman, September 20, 2023
17. Growth sans Growth, The Statesman, July 11-12, 2023
18. Towards a World Government, The Statesman, June 19-20, 2023
19. Will Freebies Sink Karnataka, The Pioneer, June 05, 2023
20. A happy Lige, The Statesman, May 25-26, 2023
21. The Untamed AI, The Statesman, May 05-06, 2023
22. Rejecting Evolution is a Horrible Mistake, The Pioneer, May 03, 2023
23. An Institution Dies, The Statesman, April 24, 2023
24. Moment of Reckoning (for US Fed), The Statesman, March 20, 2023
25. The Altasian Alternative to China, The Pioneer, March 16, 2023
26. Daring to Dream, The Statesman, March 14, 2023
27. Fair or Unfair, The Statesman, February 21, 2023
28. Some Modest Budget Expectations from FM, The Pioneer, January 30, 2023
29. Shed the Veil, The Statesman, January 25, 2023
30. Way to Bankruptcy, The Statesman, January 17, 2023
31. Not So Social, The Statesman, December 10, 2022
32. AAP offers fiscal mess in Gujarat, as in Punjab, The Pioneer, November 22, 2022
33. Science Vs. Religion, The Statesman, November 21-22, 2022
34. End of Theocracy, The Statesman, October 30, 2022
35. Great Helmsman, The Statesman, October 20-21, 2022
36. Out of Russian Orbit, The Statesman, October 06, 2022
37. Rising Dollar Will Hurt Emerging Economies, The Pioneer, September 14, 2022
38. An Archaic Institution, The Statesman, September 13, 2022
39. Bad to Worse, The Statesman, September 06, 2022
40. State’s Borrowing Spree - A Recipe for Disaster, The Pioneer, August 05, 2022
41. State Versus Poetry, The Statesman, July 15, 2022
42. Reforming Our Sick Health Sector, The Statesman, July 13-14, 2022
43. Caste genie threatens to come out of bottle, the Pioneer, June 15, 2022
44. Illogical Export Controls, The Statesman, June 14, 2022
45. The World Must Unite for Fighting Inflation, The Pioneer, May 27, 2027
46. GST and Federalism, The Statesman, The Statesman, May 24, 2027
47. Weapons in Space, The Statesman, April 13-14, 2022
48. Punjab Heading for Financial Disaster, The Pioneer, April 13, 2022
49. Cacophony of Religion, The Stateman, April 03, 2022
50. Man Made Disaster, The Statesman, Aril 06, 2022
51. Russian Roulette, The Statesman, March 01-02, 2022
52. Election Freebies: But at Whose Cost, The Pioneer, February 23, 2022
53. Right and Plurality, The Statesman, February 18, 2022
54. Tougher Course, The Statesman, February 07, 2022
55. History and the Legacy of Netaji, The Pioneer, February 05, 2022
56. Competing Religions, The Statesman, January 12, 2022
57. Global Economic Forebodings in 2022, The Pioneer, December 30, 2021
58. Cosmic Dawn, The Statesman, December 28, 2021
59. Surreality of Metaverse, The Statesman, December 18, 2021
60. Shah Bano Moment, The Statesman, November 26, 2021
61. A Sick Culture, The Statesman, November 09, 2021
62. Setting up Bad bank for the Good, The Pioneer, October 20, 2021
63. Race with China, The Statesman, October 06-08, 2021
64. World Bank under Suspicion, The Pioneer, October 02, 2021
65. A Lethal Addiction, The Statesman, October 16 2021
66. Caste Census: Sterile Ideas of Politicians, The Pioneer, September 02, 2021
67. Cry Afghanistan, The Statesman, August 30, 2021
68. Long Overdue, The Statesman, August 10, 2021
69. Video Games, The New Age Opium, The Pioneer, August 09, 2021
70. Does India’s Population Need Controlling?, The Pioneer, July 30, 2021
71. The Next Tryst, The Statesman, July 29 2021
72. Problem of Plenty, The Statesman, July 07 2021
73. Bear’s Embrace, The Statesman, June 22-23, 2021
74. G-7 Plans End of Tax Paradise for MNCs, The Pioneer, June 10, 2021
75. Vaccine Inequality, The Statesman, May 15, 2021
76. Cost of Nature, The Statesman, April 22 2021
77. The illusion of Change, National Herald, April 04, 2021
78. Lesson from Australia, The Statesman, March 22 2021
79. Welfare and State, The Statesman, March 14 2021
80. Fiscal Roadmap, The statesman, February 27 2021
81. Should Global Debt Pandemic Worry Us?, The Pioneer, February 26, 2021
82. Bold and Clean, The Statesman, February 06, 2021
83. India Must Avoid Retrospective Mess, The Pioneer, January 20 2021