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
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
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 banks on insurance; neglects deteriorating public healthcare
Stress on insurance poised to benefit the private sector
‘Union Budget should address Telangana farmers’ woes
In the past two months, about 50 farmers have reportedly ended their lives in the state
Coal cess increased, power generation to become dearer
Finance Minister increases carbon tax for fossil fuels
Rural crisis imminent as budget gives villages a miss
Cut in allocation for rural development comes at a time when most villages are witnessing reverse migration, resulting in 3 per cent dip in rural …
Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu promises green, clean Indian Railways
With measures to boost solar power generation and water conservation, budget has been termed “futuristic and technology-driven”
Agriculture: wrong prescription for right diagnosis
Finance minister’s decision to increase farm credit corpus and give more autonomy to states for agriculture schemes unlikely to help farmers
Nutri-farms to fight hidden hunger
In a first, bio-fortification technology gets Rs 200 crore in the Union Budget
Budget 2015 proves a dampener for climate action
Finance minister talks about Clean Energy Fund, but forgets crop insurance
Are our budgets participatory?
Legislative scrutiny of budget in India compares with that of Afghanistan and Rwanda
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
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
Plan spending on social sectors and a paradox in budgetary policies
Central government's social spending is just 2 per cent of GDP, yet it may reduce allocation for welfare sectors by citing inability of the …
Budget bites on vehicles
Fails to restrain use of subsidised diesel in private diesel cars
Experts disappointed with budgetary allocation to renewables
There has been a 46.8 per cent decrease in gross budgetary support for renewable energy ministry, they say
Budget 2015 gives drought-hit Marathwada a miss
Proposed PPP in irrigation may prove disastrous as control of water may pass into private hands
Money, money everywhere; not a clean drop to drink
Experts lament the lack of scientific planning and direction for cleaning of rivers in budgets
Check Jharkhand’s degrading environment
Unscientific mining has caused rampant environmental degradation in the state in the absence of proper monitoring
Inclusive budget for inclusive growth
Budgets should not just talk about GDP and sops. It should ensure that basic rights and necessities of people are met in an effective manner
100 to 0: Union budget gives smart cities a miss
With nothing concrete to show on ground or on paper, are smart cities being offloaded?
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
‘Allocation for health services should be double of what it is’
Innovation in medicine and vaccine research a must now