About The Foundation

The Foundation for Public Economics and Policy Research is an autonomous policy oriented research organization established under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860). It is a non-profit, public education organization.

Established in 2002, the Foundation is an economic think tank to provide a rigorous academic perspective on the economic policy issues that had arisen in the recent past with a focus on providing expert advice to the union, state and local governments in the areas of public economics, public policy and governance. It focuses on a wide spectrum of rapidly evolving economic policy issues in the national and international context.

The Governing Body is responsible for providing general policy directions to the Foundation. It comprises President, Secretary, Treasurer and other members. The present Governing Body comprises members drawn from the Central and State Governments, Universities and other academic institutions.

One of the important activities of the Foundation relate to organizing short duration policy dialogue and training courses for policy makers, senior administrators and practitioners on different aspects of public economics, especially in relation to tax reforms, value added tax, goods and services tax (GST), e-commerce and e-governance.

The Foundation maintains close functional links with the central and state governments. It collaborates studies with international agencies for pursuing its research and training agenda. It has its agenda to have research partnership arrangements with institutions and universities of other countries.