Budget 2018: Need adequate investment to plug gaps in education system
Around 20 per cent teachers currently working in government schools are untrained
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DTE Coverage: How green was Union Budget 2024-25
Read Down To Earth’s coverage about key insights from the last budget before poll season
Is the Union budget still relevant?
Concerns are being expressed over important economic decisions being taken outside the process of budget formulation
We have missed the bus again
Government lost the opportunity of using fiscal signals to discourage polluting technologies and fuels
In the Parliament on March 1, 2016
Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
Railway budget focuses on capacity creation
With no increase in fare, the rail budget calls for generating Rs 1.84 lakh crores with an operating ratio of 92 per cent
Hit-&-miss: EV sector gets support in Budget 2023-24, but misses out on long-term vision
Crucial research-linked incentives are missing, which are needed as EV market in India requires time to mature
Fillip, more funds for disease surveillance in Union Budget 2021-22
Pradhan Mantri AtmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana will help improve detection and treatment of new diseases but not fortify the overall health …
Interim Budget 2019: 'For the BJP it’s the cow versus working people'
Worker union lashes out against Interim Budget 2019 for being pro cows and rich, with only piecemeal for poor
Budget 2023-24: Marks of a circular economy
Budget 2023-24 provides clear shifts in programme direction that need to be applauded. The real test will be our ability to operationalise those …
Union Budget 2022-23: Funds for science very low for India to make a mark, say experts
The importance that the government gives to science and technology is reflected in the budget, experts said
Union Budget 2022-23: Agriculture sees little cause for cheer
Overall allocation for agriculture has risen marginally but schemes for crop insurance, MSP have seen a dip in funds this budget
Union Budget 2020-21: An expert’s guide to rural distress
Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget has all the ingredients to deepen India’s farm crisis
Amrit kaal for adivasis? What Union Budget 2023-24 does not say about tribal communities
The vision highlighted in the budget speech does not match ground realities
Why Union Budget 2022-23 is not good in environmental terms
By slashing allocation for environmental organisations, regulatory boards and introducing infrastructure development schemes, the Centre has sent …
Push for Ayurveda, Unani and other alternative systems of medicine
They have been brought into the mainstream through the National Health Mission; but funds allocation not high
Simply Put: Shifting the bull’s eye
The story of Union Budget 2022-23 in 12 cards
DTE tracks budgetary allocation for key programmes and the ups and downs
Simply Put: For a healthy budget
Union Budget 2016-17: Harsh Mander on Agricultural and Health Reforms
Harsh Mander is the director of Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi
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Simply Put: Income Tax 2024
Budget expectations: quality education needs financial backing
In absence of substantial financial backing, achieving quality education appears to be distant dream
Affordable housing a thrust area, says FM
Experts remain doubtful if the poor will benefit from the incentives offered in the budget