Blogs
Month: January 2019
Budget 2019: With signs of rural distress looming large on economy, MGNREGA could be hope for bringing some cheer
Happy Pant
Before coming to power in 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had accorded high priority to job-creation; with a promise of creating 10 million jobs being the highlight of the election campaigns....
Budget Math: How Accurate Have the Centre’s Past Revenue Estimates Been?
Suraj Jaiswal
The Union Budget, in essence, gives details of how much the government plans to allocate for schemes and projects, and how much revenue it expects to collect in the ensuing financial year. The...
To Improve Quality Of School Education, India Must Spend More On Training Teachers
Protiva Kundu
With nearly one in six elementary school teachers not professionally trained, India must improve its spending on teacher training--just 2% of the 2018-19 budget allocated for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan...
Course correction on urban agenda
Anurag Mazumdar
It is clear by now that the rural and urban people are not separate topographical categories. The social, economic and political linkages between both centres are vital to enrich the economy. The...
Budget 2019: Time to rethink introduction of multi-year budgeting, setting rolling targets for desired outcomes
Nilachala Acharya
India is a federal country, but the Constitution renders a strong unitary bias in many spheres, including the domain of Centre-state fiscal governance. The institutional measures to augment...
Why India’s Public Health Facilities May Suffer Despite A Likely Rise In Health Spending
Mampi Bose
The allocation for the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) in Budget 2019 is likely to increase from Rs 52,800 crore (budget estimates) in the current financial year 2018-19 to Rs 59,039...
Budget 2019: Share of education in total expenditure has been declining since 2014; will it be different this time?
Protiva Kundu
The upcoming Union Budget to be announced on 1 February would be the sixth Union budget of the NDA government. Though an interim budget, given that this is an election year, there is a high...
Land Acquisition for ‘public purpose’: Time to Amend the Legal Framework
Simonti Chakraborty
Acquisition of land for developmental purposes has historically been a contentious issue, not only for a country like India, but in many parts of the world. Allocating a scarce resource like land in...
The ‘progressive’ wolves in sheep’s clothing!
Sakshi Rai
The personal is political. The MeToo movement in India has exposed enablers that institutionally protect predators and abusers. They play a crucial role in silencing survivors of abuse;...
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