This paper attempts to analyze the long run association between savings and growth; and investigates the causality issue in Indian context for the period 1950–51 to 2011–12. Firstly, the study identifies the structural break in the year 1980 by employing Bi-Perron test with unknown time....

The virtuous cycle of higher savings, capital formation, output expansion and higher income generation underscores the role of higher savings in achieving and sustaining higher economic growth. This becomes more relevant for an economically weaker state like Odisha, which needs to sustain high...