Science and technology remain out of focus in budget
No funds to promote scientific research
Mission health for all
What prime minister needs to do to make good his promise on making 12th Five-Year Plan a health plan
India’s power mess
Solar energy could be the silver bullet
On road to sustainability?
Many nice words, some money but no direction for real change
Farm loan waiver given to ineligible people: CAG
Serious lapses and errors in over 20 per cent cases test-checked; many deserving farmers left out
Findings of Economic Survey 2015 are cause for worry
Think differently, Mr Finance Minister
Carbon pricing works to reduce emissions, says study
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in countries that have carbon pricing are two percentage points lower than those that …
It is not about farmers
Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers
Budget 2013-14: provisioning for universal healthcare or moving away from agenda?
The world trend is to move towards public health systems, but developments in India seem to be in the opposite direction
Highlights of the Railway Budget 2012-13
Presenting his maiden Railway Budget in the Parliament, Dinesh Trivedi, stressed that the budget was aimed at the common man. He not only …
Maharashtra's insurance scheme for orchard owners draws angry protests
Too high a premium for too little cover
Budget 2013: the path remains the same
Bihar hopes Union Budget will set right Finance Commission’s ‘wrong’
Finance Commission recommended curtailing funds under Backward Region Grant Fund
Budget 2013: a missed opportunity
Finance minister's mool mantra—inclusive and sustainable development—may end up being empty words
Allocate 3 per cent of GDP to healthcare, says Indian Medical Association
Recommendations for Union Budget 2013-14 include wooing private sector; public health experts sceptical
Centre’s decision on schemes reflects its conservative approach to economic revival
It will also impact the vulnerable who are already bearing the brunt of COVID-19 and the countrywide lockdown, they said
Budget bites on vehicles
Fails to restrain use of subsidised diesel in private diesel cars
Prime Minister’s Logic
Bonn meet ends with a more balanced draft text for Paris climate deal
Experts believe there are a number of fundamental issues that still need to be resolved
100 smart satellite cities on anvil
Push for urban development through PPP and FDI
Assam budget announces measures for small tea growers
Retains VAT rate on auction sale of tea, proposes policy to maintain quality of produce
No sops for rural Indian
No extra funds for MGNREGA, sanitation; allocations reduced for rural roads and housing programme
Funds for social welfare cut drastically in revised budget estimates
Ministers write protest letters to prime minister and finance minister, saying it would greatly impact ongoing schemes
Budget 2015 gives drought-hit Marathwada a miss
Proposed PPP in irrigation may prove disastrous as control of water may pass into private hands