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SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

IARNIW organizes conferences and seminars. So far 46 conferences/ seminars have been organized. The last conference was held at Bangalore in November 2008..

The conference consists of technical sessions generally spread over two days. All the members are invited to attend the conferences. IARNIW provides a modest travel grant to members presenting papers in the conferences.

Some of the topics covered in the conferences held so far are, distribution of national income by factor shares; national balance sheet; public sector; regional accounts; half-yearly estimates of national income; capital formation saving uses of national accounts aggregates and components; inter-regional disparities in the purchasing power of rupee; measurement of land values; stock of precious metals and consumer durables; monetized and non-monetized transactions in the economy; asset formation at state level; estimates of unreported income; real indicators of development etc.

Biennial seminars were also held on selected themes where generally papers are invited from acknowledged experts in the field.

The seminars have been held on subjects like Indian economic growth; system of national accounts for developing countries; monitoring the current trends of the Indian economy; inter-sectoral flows and financing of capital formation in India; sectoral and regional variations and determinants thereof; public services in national consumption concept, evaluation and measurements; capital stock and consumption of fixed capital; System of National Accounts 1993 etc.

For the past few years the Association have been holding only annual conferences

Annual conference of IARNIW

Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, 8-9 January 2010

Conference Program

 

8th January 2010

Inaugural Session: 10.00 to 10.45 AM followed by Technical Sessions

11.15 AM to 01.00 PM: Technical Session 1

02.00 PM to 03.30 PM: Technical Session 2

04.00 PM to 05.30 PM: Technical Session 3

 

9th January 2010
09.30 AM to 11.00 AM Technical Session 4

11.30 AM to 01.00 PM Technical Session 5

02.00 AM to 03.30 PM Technical Session 6

04.00 PM to 05.00 PM Concluding Session

List of Papers

Session

Topic and Chapter reference

Chairman

Discussants
1.

B. Estimation of Saving, Capital Formation and Assets

Prof. B. B. Bhattacharya

R. P. Katyal
2.

D: Corporate and Public Sector

Dr. R. B. Barman

K. S. R. Rao
3.

F: Studies on National Accounts Statistics

Prof K N Nair

Dr. Eagambaram
4.

C: Estimation of Value Added by Industry

R. P. Katyal

Pratap Narain
5.

E: Regional Accounts and Welfare

CDS

Dr. Biswa Swarup Misra (Papers E1 to E 4)
J S Venkateswarulu (Papers E 5 to E 7)
6.

A. Measurement of Inflation

Deepak Mohanty

A. K. Tripathi
(Papers A2 to A7)
Pratap Narain (Paper A.1)

Topic A. Measurement of Inflation

Topics

S. No

Title

Author

Address

A

1.

Understanding the Price – Production Puzzles in the Indian Economy

A. K. Tripathi

RBI, New Delhi

A

2.

Measurement of price differentials

Sanjay Kumar and Naresh Kumar

CSO

A

3.

Estimation of Inflation with Higher Frequency and its Usefulness for Now casting

Joice John, Sanjay Singh and Sanjoy Bose

RBI

A

4.

Constant-price Value Added and Sectoral shares

Madhusudan Dutta

Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad.

A

5.

The dynamics of Inflation in India : Co integration and causality

Panchanan Das

Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata

A

6.

Provisional and Final Index Numbers of WPI

Dr. M. S. Kapadia

Economic Research India Ltd

A

7.

Measurement of Inflation in India: Issues and Associated Challenges for the Conduct of Monetary Policy

G.  V Nadhanael and Sitikantha Pattanaik

RBI
 

Topic B. Estimation of Saving, Capital Formation and Assets

Topics

S. No

Title

Author

Address

B

1.

An Enquiry into Direct Estimation of Household Saving from Household Surveys

K. G. K. Subba Rao

 

B

2.

Concept and Method of Ascertaining Assets of rural households

Subhendu Chakrabarti

ISI, Kolkata

B

3.

Investment in New Pucca Residential Building Construction: An Approach to Estimate in Indian Context

Joice John and Abhiman Das

RBI
 

B

4.

Annual Corporate Statistics in RBI and Estimating Saving and Capital Formation in Private Corporate Business Sector

Pardeep Maria, Angshuman Hait and Ramesh Jangili

RBI

B

5.

New Accounting Standard and the Measurement of Private Corporate Sector’s Saving

Seema Saggar and Ujwala K. Kelkar

RBI

B

6.

Estimation of gross fixed capital formation by industry for household sector

Ramesh Kolli,
T. Rajeswari, and
Aninidita Sinharay

CSO

Topic C: Estimation of Value Added by Industry

Topics

S. No

Title

Author

Address

C

1.

Measurement of output of trade

Ramesh Kolli

CSO

C

2.

Proposals for estimating value added for manufacturing in the new series

N. Eagambaram, J. S. Venkateswarlu and L. S. Deswal

CSO
 

C

3.

An alternative approach to estimating value added of unregistered manufacturing

Aninidita Sinharay and Savita Sharma

CSO

C

4.

Estimation of value added of services of owner occupied dwellings from the user cost approach

T. Rajeswari

CSO

C

5.

Ratio for Accounting Contribution to Various Sector’s Share of Livestock Feed: A case study of Hills of Uttarakhand

Rajiv Pandey and Jawaid Ashraf,

Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education
Dehradun
 

Topic D: Corporate and Public Sector

Topics

S. No

Title

Author

Address

D

1.

Role of autonomous institutions in National Accounts

G. S. N. Murthy

CSO

D

2.

Role of Local Body Accounts in National Accounts

G. S. N. Murthy

CSO

D

3.

Treatment of R&D expenditures in National Accounts

Dr. N. Eagambaram, J. S. Venkateswarlu, and S. S. Jakhar

CSO

D

4.

Research and Development Expenditure in Private Corporate Business Sector – Possible Treatment in National Accounts Statistics

Angshuman Hait and Ramesh Jangili

RBI

D

5.

Issues in Measuring GDP of Health Care Service in India in the Standard National Accounts Framework

Suparna Pal

CDS, Trivandrum
D 6.

Estimating PFCE at State level

Savita Sharma and Janardan Yadav

CSO

Topic E: Regional Accounts and Welfare

Topics

S. No

Title

Author

Address

E

1.

Measurement of Welfare

K. G. K. Subba Rao

 

E

2.

Regional Economic Growth and Inequality in India during Pre- and Post-Reform Periods

Madhusudan Ghosh

Professor of Economics,Visva-Bharati University,Santiniketan-731235.

E

3.

Gender Discrimination in Education and Economic Development

Raj Rajesh

Reserve Bank of India, Patna

E

4.

Liberalisation and Net Resource Cost (Saving)

Arun K. Sengupta, Tushar Das

 

E

5.

Income disparity at regional level

Savita Sharma, Naresh Kumar and Reena Singh

CSO
E 6.

Growth and Structural Patterns in State Economies during 1999-00 to 2007-08

Rajiv Sharma

CSO
E 7.

Changing Dimensions of India’s Growth Process: A State Level Analysis

Dr. Biswa Swarup Misra

Associate Professor Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Topic F: Studies on National Accounts Statistics

Topics

S. No

Title

Author

Address

F

1.

Growth and Volatility of Indian Economy

Dr. Ratan Kumar Ghoshal

Professor of Economics, Deptt. of Commerce, University of Calcutta

F

2.

Scope for Industrialisation in Odisha : An Inter-Sectoral Analysis

Aditya Kumar Patra

Lecturer in Economics, Kalinga Mahavidyalaya, G. Udayagiri, Kandhamal, Orissa-762100

F

3.

Tracking the Flow of Resources in Education Sector : An Application of System of Education Accounts

Mahesh.E

Research Associate, Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Mangalore University

F

4.

Corporate Sector in national accounts

Ramesh Kolli

CSO

F

5.

Some Dynamic Aspects of Net Domestic Product in India - A Sectoral Analysis

Amarjit Singh Sethi & Gurwinder Kaur

Professor & Research Student, Punjab School of Economics, GND University, Amritsar
F 6.

Indian GDP and Inflation

DR.G.Ramesh Babu

Lecturer In Commerce, S. S. R. J. COLLEGE, Khammam 507 003
List of Conferences /Seminars organised by the IARNIW
Conferences Seminars

Sl No.

 Venue Year Sl No. Venue Year
1. Calcutta 1958 1. Pune 1962
2. Delhi 1960 2. Bhopal 1971
3. Bombay 1961 3. Mahabaleswar 1973
4. Bhopal 1963 4. Panchmari 1975
5. Ahmedabad 1966 5. Nainital 1977
6. Bangalore 1968 6. Trivandram 1979
7. Hyderabad 1970 7. Pune 1981
8. Lucknow 1972 8. Kodaikanal 1982
9. Ootacamand 1974 9. Pune 1984
10. Panaji 1976 10. Bhopal 1986
11. Shillong 1977 11. Lucknow 1988
12. Bangalore 1980 12. New Delhi 1991
13. Bhubaneswar 1982 13. Hyderabad 1993
14. Calcutta 1983 14. New Delhi (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi) 1995
15. New Delhi 1985 15. Chandigarh 1997
16. Madras 1987 16. Delhi (17-19 December)
(IASRI, Library Avenue, New Delhi)		 1999
17. Calcutta 1990 17. Pune (National Institute of Bank Management) 2001
18. Goregaon (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) 1992 18. Jaipur (16-18 Jan.)
(Staff Training Centre, Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur)		 2003
19. Bangalore
Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Karnataka)		 1994 19. Goa ( 1-3 December 2005), International Center, Dona Paula, Goa 2005
20. Calcutta
(Indian Institute of Management, Joka)		 1996      
21. Delhi (16-20 November)
(International Conference, Claridges Hotel)		 1998      
22. Pondicherry (1-4 Sept.)
(Hotel Mass, Pondicherry)		 2000      
23. Guwahati, (8-10 November)
North Eastern Institute of Bank Management		 2002      
24. Ooty (7-9 November 2004) 2004      
25. Bhubaneshwar (15-16 Dec 2006) 2006      
26. Dehradun (10-11 January 2008) 2008      
27. Bangalore (27-29 November 2008) 2008      
           

List of papers presented at the Bangalore Conference in November 2008

Sr. No

 Title Author(s)
1. National Transfer Accounts M R Narayana, ISEC
2. On estimates of saving and investment of the household sector KGK Subba Rao
3. Measurement of Capital Services in Administrative Departments of the Government Naresh Kumar, T. Rajeswari and Anindita Sinha Ray
4. Capital formation at state level T. Rajeswari, Anindita Sinha Ray and Harihar Sahoo
5. Alternative estimates of construction T. Rajeswari & Amit Kamal
6. Measurement of capital stock, depreciation and wealth T. Rajeswari
7. Treatment of defence expenditures G S N Murthy
8. Capital formation in Punjab and Haryana Dr. Amarjit Singh Sethi and Sunaina,
9. Saving Behaviour In India [1990-2005]: An Empirical Study Dr. Mahalaya Chatterjee and others
10. Estimation of capital formation in Karnataka DES, Karnataka
11. Accounts of local bodies R.K.Khurana and G.S.N.Murthy
12. Accounts of local bodies R.K.Khurana, J. S. Venkateswarlu
and S.S. Jakhar
13. Cross classification by industry and institutions T.Rajeswari and S.K.Gupta
14. Survey on frame of NPIs – important findings Dr.Savita Sharma, Anjana Dube and Reena Singh
15. Annual Supply and Use Table of India for
2003-04 and subsequent years		 A C Sharma
16. Treatment of Public Private Partnerships(PPPs)
in National Accounts 		R.K.Khurana, J.S.Venkateswarlu and S.S. Jakhar
17. Proposed Changes in the New Series of National Accounts (Base Year 2004-05) In respect of agriculture and livestock sectors P. Bhanumati
18. Workforce estimates for new series Ramesh Kolli, Savita Sharma and Anindita Sinha Ray
19. Labour inputs in National Accounts Sanjay Kumar
20. An assessment of Recent type studies to fill data gaps and update the rates /ratios used for estimation of GDP Dr.Savita Sharma, Janardan Yadav, Anjana Dube and Reena Singh
21. Private Final Consumption Expenditure–some measurement issues Dr. Savita Sharma and Janardan Yadav
22. Prices of selected agricultural commodities and price margins at different points of sale Dr G M Bhupathi and P. Bhanumathi
23. Estimates of Livestock feed from forest for integration into system of national accounts – a case study of lower Himalayas Rajiv Pandey and Alok Mishra,
24. Measurement issues in service sectors-An Analysis Dr.Savita Sharma and Rajiv Sharma
25. Issues relating to estimates of SDP and related aggregates in private organised sector DES, Orissa
26. Retention of growth in rebasing back series DES, Arunachal Pradesh
27. Do the IIP data move along other coincident macro variables? A. K. Tripathi and D. Biswas
28. An empirical investigation on inter-sectoral linkages in India Gunjeet Kaur, Sanjib Bordoloi and Raj Rajesh
29. Global Poverty Estimates – subjectivity wrapped in dispute inside confusion Sanjay Kumar and N K Sharma
30. National Income Deflators & Explicit Price Indices Dr M. S. Kapadia
31. Nexus between Growth, Infrastructure and Poverty in India Dr Savita Sharma
32. Cross State differentials in poverty and inequality in India Dr. R. K. Ghosal,
33. Regional disparity and increasing returns in manufacturing industries in India Dr. Panchanan Das
34. Are Rural Poor benefited from economic growth? Evidence from Indian States Mr. V.R. Hegde
35. Secondary effects of rise of prices of petroleum products on inflation Dr. Vidya Dhar
36. Foreign direct investment and economic growth in India after globalisation: A causality Analysis Pabitra Kumar Jena
37. Monetary and Financial sector reforms in India since 1991 Harnam Singh
38. Inter-country variations in economic welfare and economic costs and their relation with economic development: some evidence from 58 countries Dr Naveen Sharma
39. Reclassify Economic Activities of National Income for Deriving Measures of Economic Welfare and Economic Cost Dr. Naveen Sharma
40. Slowdown in income and structural changes in UP: Causes and consequences Dr. M. K. Agarwal,
41. Pattern of interdependence and structure of linkage in the post liberalisation era in the Indian Economy By Arun K Sen Gupta and Tushar Das
42. Import Intensity of export Dr Mahua Paul, Prof T P Bhat,
D K Ojha
     

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