Unmasking the Budget

The last full budget presented by Arun Jaitley was overwhelmingly focused on agriculture and public health. The catch lies in what he did not say

Budget 2015 proves a dampener for climate action

Finance minister talks about Clean Energy Fund, but forgets crop insurance

औद्योगिक इस्तेमाल के लिए सस्ता हो नैचुरल गैस तो संभव है दूसरी स्वच्छ ईंधन क्रांति : सीएसई

पर्यावरणविद सुनीता नारायण ने वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण को लिखे पत्र में कहा है कि बजट 2021 में स्वच्छ ईंधन को प्रोत्साहित करके वायु ...

जैविक खेती का सच-4: कुछ ही राज्य ले रहे हैं दिलचस्पी

जैविक और प्राकृतिक खेती को बढ़ावा देने के लिए राज्य सरकारों को आगे आना होगा, लेकिन कुछ राज्यों को छोड़कर ज्यादातर राज्य इनकी अनदेखी ...

Union Budget 2020-21: Examining the agri-research agenda

Increased investment in agriculture research an absolute need of the hour

The world is warming and we don't know how much carbon can it take

While questions have been raised about the inherent imprecision of the concept of carbon budget, its most important function is to convey the …

Opinion: PM-KISAN is a sop to farmers in an election year

 Centre's money transfer scheme worth Rs 6,000 a year has left out landless agricultural labourers

Bihar failing to curb stunting among children due to inadequate fund, poor utilisation

Stunting, which causes irreversible damage, is highest among children in Bihar, where the share of state budget assigned for social welfare is on …

Karnataka budget: experts unhappy with measures proposed to tackle water crisis

The government, according to farmers, chose temporary fix over long-term solution

Model law on contract farming on the cards this year

According to experts, the law must address dependency that farmers can develop on the private parties for seeds and farm equipment

Child malnutrition on rise but funding falters

Almost 40 per cent of India's population is minor but the budget allocated to them is a meagre four per cent of the Union budget

Union Budget: challenges of public provisioning in India

Will the first budget of the 12th Five-Year Plan make a serious effort to plug loopholes in revenue collection and increase spending on social …

Budget 2020-21: Will MGNREGA become an overarching rural development scheme

The upcoming budget will see many schemes being brought under the rural employment prtogramme; a direct cash transfer may be declared to top this up

COVID-19 pushed 119-124 million into poverty: World Bank updates estimates

The number of pandemic-induced new poor is forecast to rise to 143-163 million in 2021

आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण 2020: खाद्य पदार्थों की कीमतों में उछाल से बढ़ी महंगाई

आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार, जुलाई 2018 से शहरी उपभोक्ता मूल्य सूचकांक (सीपीआई) ग्रामीण सीपीआई से लगातार ऊंची रही है

Union Budget 2020-21: Half-hearted effort to revive rivers, including Ganga

Fund allocation dips for Namami Gange and National River Conservation Plan  

Union Budget 2020-21: Fisheries experts raise concerns over ‘blue economy’

Reduced allocation for fisheries, categorisation of fish farmers and development of ports threatening traditional fisherfolk

विनाश की सूचना

आईपीसीसी रिपोर्ट ने साफ कर दिया है कि वैश्विक तापमान में मामूली बढ़ोतरी भी सुरक्षित नहीं है

क्या इलेक्ट्रिक व्हीकल का लक्ष्य हासिल करने में कामयाब रहेगा बजट?

फेम के दूसरे चरण में 3 साल में 10 हजार करोड़ खर्च करने की योजना है तो क्या पहले साल में 500 करोड़ का ...

Union Budget 2019-20: Focus shifts to SBM phase 2, women’s role in it

The mission will now aim to turn waste into energy and better solid waste management in rural areas

Union Budget 2019-20: Hardly any mention of health sector in Budget speech

Among others, fund allocation for upgrading district hospitals to medical colleges goes south

Economic Survey 2018-19: Increasing access to charging points key to boost electric vehicle sales

Only 0.06 per cent of the total cars in India are electric, while China has two per cent and Norway has 39 per cent

Interim Budget 2019: ASHA, Anganwadi workers not enthused by Piyush Goyal’s ‘sop’

What we really want is a fixed salary, even if it means less than Rs 10,000 a month, they say

Data shows corporates are consistently favoured over rural India

Corporate India gets indirect subsidy equivalent to 60 per cent of government expenditure on rural areas

Doubling farmers’ income discussed in a closed door meeting

What is the use of strategy when no special budget was allocated to double farmers’ income, says a senior NITI Aayog official anonymously