The Budget India Needs
A Peopleās Blueprint for the 2025-26 Budget! At the threshold of the 2025 budget, the vitals of the economy are causing alarm to those who are bothered to look beyond the hyperbole and manufactured...
The Finance Minister has a great opportunity to amend the tax structure. Will she do it?
Peoples Commission on Public Sector and Public Services has issued a statement on tax structure which the Finance Minister should look into. All over the world there are changes proposed in the tax system...
The Budget Series
Budget 2025: Whatās at Stake?, a series co-produced by The Wire and Centre for Financial Accountability Episode 1The Economic Rights Every Indian Should Have | Prabhat Patnaik (Senior Economist) Episode 2Budget 2025 Needs to...
Another Budget, Another Opportunity | Finance Matters, 10 January 2025 | Editorial
We are just around the corner for another budget. The Finance Minister has been consulting regular industry leaders, business associations, and occasional trade unions in preparation for the budget. While memes around the falling...
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.
A great opportunity lost – Budget 24-25
The election result of June 4 gave a clear message to the ruling dispensation. They were reduced to a minority and had to entirely depend on a few allies to continue to be in...
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...
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 governmentās coffers than corporates has its basis in the tax break given to corporates five years ago. The Budget at a...
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...
How NHM Budget Cuts Directly Hit ASHAs, Impact Public Healthcare
By ensuring the financial well-being of lakhs of ASHA workers, India can unlock the full potential of NHM and strengthen the public healthcare system.
A Social Autopsy: Navigating Rhetoric and Realities in the Interim Budget
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman used the interim budget before Lok Sabha elections to highlight the āachievementsā of her government over the last ten years. She also outlined the new direction that the Bharatiya Janata...
Union Budget 2024-25: High on claims, less on substance
The interim budget of 2024-25 (also called the Vote on Account) was never expected to make any bold announcements. Instead, it was intended to showcase the performance of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government...
Interim Budget or Report Card? Claims and Reality
The Interim Budget 2024 created a lot of expectations as it is presented in the election year. But did it fulfil them, or did it fulfil any other promises made earlier?
Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again
There is an urgent need to review the National Social Assistance Programme for it to be effective and meaningful.
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