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 government’s 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 ‘achievements’ 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.
Are Muslims edged out of budgets and govt projects? Economist Khalid Khan explains the whole plot | On Second Thought
The minority ministry lost 38% of its money in the last budget. Meanwhile, the budget allocation multiplied manyfold for tribal communities.
Budget 2023-24 has Chilling Implications for India’s People | The Money Trail
At a time when the poor majority of the country needs the most support, the government has abandoned them. Cutting down almost all the social welfare schemes and reducing allocation to some key sectors,...
Budget: A cruel joke on the majority and benefits for the rich
The Godi media which had been asking for opinions from people on what is needed from the budget has forgotten the wishes of people and showering encomium on the Finance Minister who has made...
Budget Analysis 2023: Taking People for a Ride
Be it the Global Risk Report 2023 or the RBI’s own Financial Stability Report, everyone today acknowledges that the world is staring at a rather grim future, and India is not immune to the...
Budget of the decade; will she remember the common people — for a change! THE MONEY TRAIL
The Money Trail Will our Finance Minister align with the common people this time? Will she accept that the economic slowdown is predominantly a demand crisis and not because corporates are not motivated enough?...
Bharatmala Pariyojna Project expected to exceed the budget by 100%
Infrastructure remains the key focus for investment in sectors like roads and highways, real estate, ports and smart cities. Various initiatives are being taken to promote private participation and investment in infrastructure sectors, in...
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