How Union Budget 2021-22 can support the women workforce

Only 16% employed women were able to keep their jobs during and after the lockdown as opposed to 60% men

Jal Jeevan Mission Urban launched in Union Budget 2021-22

An outlay of Rs 50,011 crore was announced for the urban and rural water supply scheme, over 4 times the revised budget for 2020-2021

Union Budget 2021-22 cuts funds for autonomous bodies under environment ministry

The allocations are also lower than the actual expenditure for 2019-20

Union Budget 2022-23: Biogas should be given due importance in organic farming

The Economic Survey presented January 31, 2022, highlighted government emphasis towards organic farming and crop diversification; it …

How is textile industry placed in Union Budget 2021-22

Textile is a water-intensive industry; no details, however, were given about water conservation and wastewater treatment during the budget speech

Public spending to rescue Indian economy: Economic Survey 2020-21

The Survey hints Union Budget 2021-22 will be a 'maximum government' affair

Why Budget 2021-2022 should increase allocations for child health and nutrition

Apart from allocation of funds, their release, approval and reporting also need to be streamlined

Budget 2021-22: How sustainable is push for nylon?

The Union government’s push to bring nylon production on a par with that of polyester may not have a good bearing on the environment and …

PM-KISAN: Agriculture ministry tells Parliament Rs 23,727 crore yet to be used

 Rs 2,326.88 crore of Rs 139,370.15 crore was disbursed to those ineligible for the scheme; Rs 231.76 crore has been recovered

Fifteenth Finance Commission: Over Rs. 4.36 lakh crore for local governments

Local governments will get special health grants  

Union Budget 2021-22 earmarks Rs 3 lakh crore to power sector recovery

Fund to be released based on financial performance, viability demonstration by distribution companies

What education budget 2021-2022 needs to focus on

This would be the right time to constitute the inclusion funds recommended in National Education Policy, 2020

The idea of a COVID-19 cess: Good for the Centre, bad for states

New tax rates can be introduced instead, especially on the super-rich whose incomes have been relatively less affected

Union Budget 2021-22: Do states have much to cheer for?

The recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission are unlikely to make much of a difference to cash-strapped states 

Drying up of MGNREGA allocation will shrink the rural economy further

The focus of MGNREGA has, over time, shifted from employment creation to asset creation 

Clean energy, renewables, stubble burning: What the Union Budget 2021-22 missed

The budget lost the opportunity to address rural sector, where the Ujjwala Scheme will be extended to only one crore additional beneficiaries

Union Budget 2021-22: Finance Minister launches Rs 4,000 crore deep ocean mission

The project will cover deep ocean exploration and conservation of biodiversity 

Budget 2021-22 should provide for sustainable water supply, soaps under PDS

Nirmala Sitharaman should increase allocation for Jal Jeevan Mission substantially

Odisha fishing sector hopeful with Union Budget 2021-22 allocation for Paradip

Workers say harbour will be finally able to meet EU export standards 

How will Centre double farmers’ income by next year? Union Budget 2021-22 has no answer

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set the ambitious target in 2016

Union Budget 2021-22: What should be the priorities for agriculture?

Increasing budgetary allocations towards Rural Employment Guarantee Act is non-negotiable   

What does Union Budget 2021-22 mean for students, farmers, migrants, health workers? Not much

What was expected in a time of crisis were bold decisions. But finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to play it safe

What is in the Union Budget 2021-22 for children? Not much

The budget continues to deprive pregnant women, lactating mothers and children from vital benefits of schemes and interventions 

Panchayats to spend Rs 1.42 lakh crore on water and sanitation

Spend 60% grant on water and sanitation: 15th Finance Commission recommends to rural local bodies  

Union Budget 2021-22: Time to step up public investment in nutrition

Nutrition interventions, with an already faltering coverage, hit a blockade due to COVID-19 disruptions; the Union Budget is a critical …