Blogs
Author: cbga
Draft NEP's Suggestions on Financing Education Need a Much Closer Look
Protiva Kundu
In the 2014 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto promised a new education policy that would “meet the changing dynamics of the population’s requirement…”. After...
What Should India Take Away From the ‘Mauritius Leaks’?
Neeti Biyani
A new investigation called the ‘Mauritius Leaks’ was released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) earlier this week. Based on 2,00,000 confidential records...
Budget Arithmetic For 2019-20 Reveals The Potential Concerns On Fiscal Federalism
Subrat Das
Some of the important figures in Union Budget for 2019-20 would seem a little too ambitious if one takes a close look at two sets of budgetary figures available at present for Union Government’s...
Bengal's Healthcare Has Become Dysfunctional. Here's How We Can Fix It
Mampi Bose
Recent mayhem in West Bengal’s public hospitals, as doctors were on strike for eight days, reflects the larger implosion of the health system of the state. The incidents that led to the strike...
GDP as Denominator, Federal Plan, Tax Incentives: Where Draft National Education Policy Needs Tuning
Protiva Kundu
On May 31, the Dr. Kasturirangan Committee submitted the draft New Education Policy (NEP) 2019 to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). The policy has immense significance as it comes...
India’s Fiscal Policy Framework and Its Implications for Water and Sanitation
Subrat Das
After independence, a quasi-federal Constitution was adopted in India with centralizing tendencies; the Constitution provides for a division of responsibilities between the Union (or Centre) and...
Budget Data Portals: An Effort towards providing Open Government Data (OGD) in Public Domain
Shuchita Rawal
What is open data? As defined by opendefition.org, “Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose”. Open data has been talked about a lot in the recent...
Financing War: Who Pays and Who Benefits?
Mampi Bose
The ghastly terror attack in Pulwama, J&K, on February 14, 2019 in which 44 CRPF personnel were killed, had brought India and Pakistan almost to the brink of yet another war. Although, in the...
The case for introducing 35% and 40% Rates for Personal Income Tax
Suraj Jaiswal
The modern taxation system is based on the principles of two equities – Horizontal Equity and Vertical Equity. Horizontal equity means people with same income/wealth should pay same tax; while...
Assam’s efforts in reforming Child Budgeting
Simonti Chakraborty
The experience of working alongside a state government at the time of budget preparations is truly a unique one. While we, as a civil society organisation, are more familiar with the flurry of post...
Recent Blogs
- In Bihar, low registration for a govt scheme keeps pregnant women from accessing healthcare
- What does the Interim Budget Say about Government Expenditure Priority?
- Empowering agriculture: Prioritising farmers and addressing sector challenges
- Need for SDG-linked outcome budgeting in India: A case of Assam
- How much did the Interim Budget push for India’s Climate Action?
Recent Comments
Recent Comments