The OPS, NPS, UPS Pension Debate
CFA Explainers The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) launched by the government as its compromise formula is being celebrated by the godi media as the “best of both worlds”, i.e. the Old Pension Scheme (OPS)...
वर्तमान आर्थिक गैर-बराबरी का मकड़जाल
देश आजादी के बाद समाजवादी आर्थिक - सामाजिक व्यवस्था की स्थापना के लिए संकल्प लिया था। इस संकल्प को पूरा करने संविधान निर्माता भीमराव आंबेडकर ने इसे संविधान के प्रस्तावना में स्थान दिया।
Cost of Neglect: The Rising Toll of Train Accidents in India
The Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK), established to enhance safety measures, has been abused for unnecessary purchases like foot massagers and furniture instead of essential safety upgrades.
Social Security Budget: A Forgotten Footnote
The government's budgetary allocations and poor implementation of welfare policies paint a concerning picture of oversight and disregard.
A Meme-Worthy Budget
Leaving people in the lurch is not a new thing for the Modi government. If people have not understood this, it is clearly their fault, they had 10 years to do so.
Charts: The Modi Govt Has Reduced Spending For Almost All Major Social Sector Heads
These are all major schemes and essential programmes that many marginalised communities rely on.
The Budget That Didn’t Deliver: Unpacking the Budget 2024-25
The first budget of the NDA government seem to have heavily constrained with coalition compulsions, attempt to recognise the real issues on the ground and a response to the Mandate 2024. Yet, it manage...
Why RBI’s financial governance should address social and environmental concerns
The Reserve Bank of India released a new draft of the project finance framework in May. To address risks and impacts, it must integrate social and environmental considerations, writes the author of this commentary.
Charts: Debunking the Modi Government’s Railway Spending Myth
Despite this significant increase, the proportion of the total railway budget allocated to safety has remained stagnant and even declined since 2018-19 when measured as a percentage of total railway expenditure. While it may...
Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations
The skewed trend of individual income tax payers contributing more to the union government’s coffers than corporates has its basis in the tax break given to corporates five years ago. The Budget at a...
The Economic Survey Only Increases Concerns of Inequality
As the country gears up for the presentation of the Budget for the financial year (FY) 2024-25, the economic survey for 2023-24, tabled by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is key to understanding what...
Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget
This budget is the last chance for course correction for the Modi regime. It is going to be a test of who the government sides with, the 90% citizens of the country or the...
Karnataka: Flip-Flop on Migrant Workers Continues
Revival of an anti-migrant Bill smacks of hypocrisy, with both Congress and BJP forgetting lessons from the pandemic exodus. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent unplanned lockdown announced in India, saw...
‘Concerns of 20 Lakh Ignored’ As Karnataka Again Exempts IT Companies from Key Labour Law
While corporates complain that labour laws cannot be applicable to ‘sunrise’ industries and would mess with their ease of doing business, it is crucial to ask, aren’t fair working conditions a fundamental right, hard...
Climate accountability: Disclose more, put checks before financing mega projects
In a globalised context, insufficient disclosure of climate risks may diminish a bank’s attractiveness to international investors.
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