Budget 2013-2014

Union budget 2015: Children left asking for their dues, as ever

The most drastic cut in child budget so far has occurred in the 2015-16 budget

Farewell to welfare

The budget is a patch work of abandoned schemes revived or existing ones being re-named. This is all for rural development

Health infrastructure sans care

Who will run all the institutes and labs promised?

Climate Change: three sobering milestones

World leaders at UN climate summit need to heed these grim markers if global warming has to stay within 2°C limit

RIP Panchayati Raj ministry

The new-found `cooperative federalism' will kill the third tier of government in India

Are tax incentives enough to promote solar cell manufacturing in India?

China and the US have already built several state of the art manufacturing base for solar PV which can cater to most of the world’s demands

What are smart cities?

Smart city may simply mean a place where a smart phone can run all the errands for you. But the Indian urban challenge is not as digital and way …

Leaving the farmer in his agony

The BJP government is set on introducing policies which will deepen the agrarian crisis instead of reviving the rural economy

NaMo budget on transport and pollution: Green expectations - Dashed hopes

NDAÔÇÖs maiden budget upholds and supports UPAII blunders to protect the automobile industry while ignoring the perils of …

In the name of the farmer

Will the budget create a bang?

The 2015-16 Union budget will declare Modi government's development agenda

Lean, mean scheme

Budget to start process of reforming Central rural schemes, 45 years after first demand

Ready for guillotining?

Two for tangle

Development takes backseat in Northeast as two Central agencies try to outcompete each other

Beyond a flailing state

Health ministry cannot provide basic services, the finance ministry cannot collect taxes and the chaos of governance worsens

A symbolic budget

While all the right words have been used in the budget, the programmes are neither well thought out nor given sufficient funds

On road to sustainability?

Many nice words, some money but no direction for real change

Live updates: Budget Feb 2014

Did the Budget Create a Bang

Budget par chaiwale se charcha

Budget can't bring change

The finance minister pleased the growth brigade with three letters "PPP" but failed to bring change where it was most needed. Down …

Think differently, Mr Finance Minister

Why US-China climate deal is neither ‘historic’ nor ‘ambitious’

It will take the world towards a catastrophic beyond 4°C temperature increase pathway

Budget 2015: Uphold child rights for the ‘right’ future

At least 10 per cent of Union budget for children if they are to get proper education, nutrition and protection