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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;...
Financing Resources for Rural Water and Sanitation
Trisha Agarwala
Relevance of tracking 14th FC funds for rural water and sanitation: The 14th Finance Commission (14th FC) facilitated the transfer of resources between the national and State (sub-national)...
Health Care Financing in India: Time to Revisit Policy Framework
Mampi Bose
India’s health system has been going through an incessant transformation since pre-colonial period. Combination of four basic health financing models, namely, Beveridge, Bismarck, National Health...
The Most Important Success of Demonetisation No One is Talking About
Suraj Jaiswal
8th of November last month completed 2nd anniversary of demonetisation. The most remarkable aspect about the policy decision of demonetisation was the sheer number of people it directly affected...
Administrative Decentralisation to Panchayats: Imperative for Rural Development
Jawed Alam Khan
There has been disparity between rural and urban areas across the country in terms of many socio-economic and infrastructural development indicators. People in rural areas, generally, have lower...
The lack of democracy in the international financial order
Neeti Biyani
The Paradise Papers, Panama Papers, Lux Leaks and Swiss Leaks have presented rare insights into the murky workings of secrecy jurisdictions, financial opacity and enablers of illicit financial flows...
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