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

राजकोषीय संकट : जानिए क्यों आकंठ कर्ज में डूब गया एफसीआई

बढ़ती हुई एमएसपी और 81 करोड़ लोगों को मुफ्त पांच किलो अनाज प्रति महीने देने की योजना ने बजट के विपरीत एफसीआई पर कर्ज ...

Union Budget 2020-21 for power sector: Getting smart meters in 3 years quite a task

Sector riddled with technical and implementational difficulties, say experts

Union Budget 2020-21: An expert’s guide to rural distress

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget has all the ingredients to deepen India’s farm crisis

Union budget 2020-21 - explained in 15 charts

Nirmala Sitharaman's budget has little to offer rural India. Allocation to several schemes were slashed below 2019-20 revised estimates&…

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

Increased investment in agriculture research an absolute need of the hour

Union Budget 2020-21: Finance Minister promises Rs 4,400 cr to fight air pollution

But the budget document does not reflect the bold increase  

Union Budget 2020-21: Big talk on natural farming but no support

India has the largest share in the world’s organic farmers pie

Union Budget 2020-21 promises Rs 4,400 cr for clean air; how, where and how soon?

Fiscal promise for clean air action without a blueprint for spending; even after a year of NCAP, output & outcome indicators not available in …

Union Budget 2020-2021 suggests balanced use of all kinds of fertilisers

Major reforms needed in fertiliser sector, govnt policies that promote urea

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: Denotified, Nomadic, Semi-nomadic Tribes left out once again

Hopes that soared after Piyush Goyal’s mention last year lie deflated

Union Budget 2020-21: Not one to double farmers' income

Last year's allocartion goes unspent; this year's raise less than 3%

Union Budget 2020-21: Unremarkable for health sector

Allocation increased but just enough to offset inflation; new schemes criticised by experts  

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

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

Union Budget 2020-21: Duty on solar panel, EV imports; relief to green energy cos

Tax benefits aimed at incentivising domestic manufacturing   

Union Budget 2020-21 spares little for climate mitigation

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterates old announcements, cuts budget for National Adaptation Fund  

Union Budget 2020-21: Big chunk goes to tigers and elephants

Allocation for other species reduced  

Union Budget 2020-2021: Solar units to be set up on fallow, railway lands

Move may affect afforestation to meet India's international commitments  

Union Budget 2020-2021: Suggests closure of carbon-intensive coal power plants

But mere suggestion may not work for these repeat offenders

Economic Survey 2019-20: What it says on stubble burning

Survey recognises 'concern' but says trend downwards

Economic Survey 2019-20: Need was to get serious about climate crisis

Listing ‘green’ programs is not the point

Budget 2020-21: Climate Change must be mainstreamed

But there is much potential for big-ticket schemes focusing on low-tech solutions suited to India

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