India, July 20 -- The Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Indian Council of Social Science Research have collaborated to conduct the CAG-ICSSR Research Article Competition. The total prize money for this competition is approximately Rs.1 crore, sponsored by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.

With this collaboration, the research skills of students in colleges and universities in the country in the field of public finance and fiscal governance will improve. The collaboration aims to raise awareness among Undergraduate (UG)/Postgraduate (PG) and Doctoral students about data interpretation and to build capacity to foster social science research skills among researchers. The programme aims at enhan...