Union Budget 2020-21: Big plans for storage facilities

Promise of cold storage capacity at villages, warehousing at blocks, refrigerated rail coaches to reduce losses

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

Budget 2015-16: civil society demands more development funds for minorities

Policy document says no advance allocations are made for minorities; demands allocations at par with those for SCs and STs

Climate change disrupts the goal of doubling farmers’ income

According to the just tabled Economic Survey, the government needs to implement “radical” actions to ensure the Prime Minister’…

Tax hiked on tobacco products for human and fiscal health

Economic cost of diseases caused by tobacco is 12 per cent more than the money spent by Centre and state together on healthcare in India, says a study

बजट 2021: वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण के बजट की खास बातें

लाइव अपडेट : महामारी में गुजरे साल को देखते हुए मौजूदा बजट में राहत की उम्मीद 

65 हजार करोड़ रुपए का दिल्ली बजट : वायु प्रदूषण की महामारी के लिए सिर्फ 52 करोड़

केजरीवाल सरकार ने अपने बजट भाषण में कहा कि सरकार ने अगले पांच सालों में वायु प्रदूषण की मात्रा दो-तिहाई कम करने का लक्ष्य ...

आखिर उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने हाट बाजार की सुध ली

उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने 2019-20 के बजट में हाट बाजार के लिए 150 करोड़ रुपए

Is child protection a priority in the public budget?

Well-designed interventions for prevention, protection, response & rehabilitation can help India reach the ideal of a comprehensive …

Voice calls to help Andhra farmers in decision-making

The interactive voice response system has been introduced in Anantapur district to cover groundnut farmers

Five takeaways from Economic Survey 2016

One of the key findings from this analysis is increasing inequality in income in India

Indian Budget 2016: In conversation with Sunita Narain

Budget 2016 was a surprise due to its thrust on strengthening the rural sector. DTE Editor Sunita Narain explains what it holds for the …

Crop insurance scheme hits premium hurdle

Farmers may not benefit from the new scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, in the current season, as states are reluctant to implement it. …

India's budgets through the decades

Alternative Paris

Paris must agree to operationalise equity by accepting that the level of effort of each country’s INDC will be equal to its share of …

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Health infrastructure sans care

Who will run all the institutes and labs promised?

MDG-led healthcare policy not comprehensive, says report

In a Union budget wish list, civil society organisations call for course correction in policy and improving access to healthcare in India

Union Budget 2020-21: No increase in Ayushman Bharat allocations

Sitharaman announces PMJAY push in aspirational districts in PPP mode, but private hospitals are not interested  

Union Budget 2020-21: Quantum computing gets funds

Rs 8,000 crore over 5 years may go some way to help Indian researchers catch up with a dast-evolving global scene

How does the Budget score on energy front?

The government has approved Rs 2,000 crore as initial outlay for providing LPG connections to poor women