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 âachievementsâ of her government over the last ten years. She also outlined the new direction that the Bharatiya Janata...
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?
Federalism Under Attack; Will The State Wither Away?
India is a federal union of states. Without the states there is no union.
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,...
When less than 4% of Indian dollar millionaires pay income tax
In FY18, the last year for which disaggregated income tax data is available, only 29,002 ITRs declared income above Rs 5 crore, while Credit Suisse said India had 7.25 lakh dollar millionaires (the wealth...
How the row over âfreebiesâ hides Indiaâs failure to meet the basic needs of its citizens
While it targets welfare schemes, the Union government has also written off crores in outstanding loans for Indiaâs rich and given huge corporate tax rebates.
Gati Shakti: A Key Focus in Union Budget 2022-23
Infrastructure Finance Update – February, 2022 Infrastructure continues to be a primary focus in the Union Budget 2022â23 to boost growth against the backdrop of the economic recovery from the pandemic. The budget extensively...
Central flaw in the budget: Irrational reliance on the trickle-down theory
The Prime Minister perfectly summed up his governmentâs approach to the budget and the underlying economic thinking while briefing his party workers a day after the budget.
A Peopleless Budget: Budget 2022 Analysis
The government has over the years made its priorities clear as to whose interest it serves. It is evident from the fact that the government continues with its gross underspending on key social sectors...
Of Rising Govt debt and Bond Markets
Most of us plan our expenses in a way that we not only have enough saved for our needs but also leave behind a little something for our children. In contrast, our government is...
Budget 2021: âBlueprint to drive inequalityâ
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) organized a Public Meeting titled, âBudget Like Never Before: A Critical Analysis of Budget 2021â on 11th February, 2021, which brought together an esteemed set of panellists covering Indian...
The Great Indian Climate Gimmick!
The union budget 2021-22 was placed in the parliament a few days ago. Taking a quick look at its Environment & Climate provisions, here is a brief snapshot of the DISMAL picture of the...
Budget âLike Never Beforeâ – 2021 Budget Analysis
The 2021 budget was lauded as the one âlike never beforeâ. There was a lot of hype created around it, hailing it as the âa budget to boost economic recoveryâ, one to âdrive economic...
Green advocates praise Budget, concerns on fund allocation
Green advocates on Sunday praised Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanâs Budget speech towards combating air pollution along with fighting climate change and energy transition. But they were apprehensive too on several issues over the...
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