The unbearable burden of 2015
This is the second full budget of the NDA, coinciding with the second year of its governance
Ease of living without a clean environment is meaningless
Finance Minister largely ignored environmental challenges in the budget
Union Budget 2016: Praveen Jha on Fund Allocation to Agriculture and Health
Praveen jha is professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Union Budget 2016-17: Economist Jayati Ghosh on Higher Funds for Agriculture and Farmer's Income
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In the Parliament on February 25, 2016
Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
#NotesForMrJaitley 5: Don't listen to everything the babus say
The unfortunate obsessions of Indian Finance ministers in recent years is revenue collection.
Budget 2023-24: New mission for welfare of PVTGs launched
Rs 15,000 crore allocated to Pradhan Mantri PVTG mission for next three years
Economic Survey 2019-20: Need was to get serious about climate crisis
Listing ‘green’ programs is not the point
Budget 2020-21: Climate Change must be mainstreamed
But there is much potential for big-ticket schemes focusing on low-tech solutions suited to India
Cess excess: How India’s states remain deprived of what revenue Centre collects
Collection of cesses, surcharges strong tool for central govt to generate revenue, but at cost of states’ share
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
Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu promises green, clean Indian Railways
With measures to boost solar power generation and water conservation, budget has been termed “futuristic and technology-driven”
How green is Union Budget 2022-23?
Electric vehicle policy sees triple boost in this year‘s Union Budget
Union Budget 2022-23: Why CSE disagrees with government’s proposal on coal gasification
The chances to reduce emissions through coal gasification are very remote, says CSE
Union Budget 2020-21: Denotified, Nomadic, Semi-nomadic Tribes left out once again
Hopes that soared after Piyush Goyal’s mention last year lie deflated
Use public sector lands for Make in India-like businesses, suggests Economic Survey
It also recommends the use of public lands for start-ups and industrial clusters
Department of animal husbandry & dairying surrendered over Rs 1,500 crore in last 3 years
Till February 2023, the department had spent less than 60% of budgetary allocation for 2022-23
Union Budget 2022-23: No mention of doubling farmers’ income in Sitharaman’s speech
Omission of references to doubling farmers’ speech surprising given that 2022 is the target year for the scheme
Union Budget 2022-23: Allocation for agricultural education and research reduced
Expenditure on agricultural education, animal science, crop science and management of natural resources reduced in the budget
Union Budget 2020-21 spares little for climate mitigation
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterates old announcements, cuts budget for National Adaptation Fund
In a fiscal ditch? African countries should try public participation in the budget process
Union Budget 2019-20: Four observations on affordable housing
Reading between the lines of the Budget document on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Economic Survey 2019-20 FULL COVERAGE
Simply Put: Blue Economy
Simply Put: Modi's economic growth rate