Budget 2023-24: ‘Amrit Dharohar’ to encourage conservation of vital wetlands in India
Scheme to promote wetland conservation through community participation
Health hurts
Budgetary support offers little hope of meeting targets
Biodiversity Act: Do recent changes consider climate concerns, commitments?
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s proposed single-window clearances for ease of doing business is contrary to her climate concerns and …
Union Budget 2020-21: Big chunk goes to tigers and elephants
Allocation for other species reduced
Allocation for food processing doubled but previous funds remain unused
The food processing ministry had spent only Rs 199 crore of the Rs 311 crore allocated under a mega food park scheme, according to a 2016 Lok …
Union Budget 2018: climate action funds lying unused is a concern
There is a possibility of unspent money being diverted to other more politically pressing concerns
Interim Budget 2019: Government's big farmer push falls short
The government’s 6,000 per year offer works out to Rs 3.30 a day, which can't even buy a cup of tea
Swachh Bharat gets a thumbs up
According to the Budget document, SBA for rural sanitation has received Rs 9,000 crore while for urban sanitation, the scheme has a plan outlay …
Union Budget 2020-2021 suggests balanced use of all kinds of fertilisers
Major reforms needed in fertiliser sector, govnt policies that promote urea
Curative care gets more than preventive care
Prevention is the only way to reduce the cost of healthcare in India
Chidambaram pinpoints targets ahead of polls
Offers budget sops to women, youth and the poor
Union Budget 2020-2021: Solar units to be set up on fallow, railway lands
Move may affect afforestation to meet India's international commitments
A Mea Culpa budget
The budget is expected to have all the elements that will empower the government to say, ‘We are pro-poor’
Interim Budget 2019: MGNREGA gets record allocation, but it’s still not enough
Looking at the increasing demand of work, the big amount of Rs 60,000 crore might still not be able to put an end to the ongoing rural crises
77% soil health cards yet to be issued
Finance Minster Arun Jaitley's claims on the scheme are exaggerated
Survey proposes direct benefit transfer in fertiliser subsidy
The government spent Rs 73,000 crore as subsidy on fertilizers in 2015-16
Run up to Budget
Vehicle scrappage announced in Budget 2021-22 a welcome measure
It will help reduce vehicular pollution in urban areas, besides boosting the sale of newer vehicles, including electric ones
Budget by the people
Pune Municipal Corporation has been successfully implementing participatory budgeting since 2005
Budget 2017: corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for railway safety
With increasing number of incidents recorded last year, finance ministry creates corpus to deal with accidents
Analysis of Budget 2012-13
Against the backdrop of a slowdown in growth, deteriorating fiscal conditions, inflationary pressure and political turbulence, Union finance …
How to make Budget discussions in Parliament more fruitful
Both ruling and opposition parties need to play constructive and responsible roles
Economic Survey 2019-20: A radical deregulation agenda of poor economics and poorer economic history
Efforts to create a Singapore-on-Ganges will simply not work
If cigarettes can be expensive, why not bidis?
Taxes on tobacco products in India are way below the internationally-accepted standards
Amrit kaal for adivasis? Union Budget 2023-24 weakens safety nets for tribals
Schemes for food security, child welfare, employment guarantee for tribals saw shrinking of funds