Punjab School of Economics, G.N.D. University, Amritsar
JEL Classification: H50
In developing economies, one of the important public sector activities needs to be an appropriate provision for social services, either directly or indirectly. Adequate expenditure on social and community services is desirable as it would help in achieving the objective of reducing existing inequalities. The present paper study some of the crucial aspects like growth performance and nature/speed of structural transformation in social sector expenditure in respect of major states of India.
