Neeti Biyani
Income and wealth inequality in India is deepening. The current regime, despite its promises to tackle black money, has chosen a contradictory course of action which has bolstered financial secrecy...
Neeti Biyani
For most part, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the global 2030 development agenda – are oriented towards securing human rights for populations across the world. While the world stands...
Neeti Biyani
The progressive realisation of human rights and availability of public services such as education, health, nutrition, drinking water and sanitation, etc. depend on how effectively national...
Kanika Kaul
Higher budgetary outlays will not be able to eliminate gender-based violence. Policies will achieve limited impact unless backed by inclusive public spending A little over five years ago,...
Suraj Jaiswal
With capital becoming globalised, international investors look for the minutest of opportunities across the world to improve return on their funds. Such endeavours, many a time, fall into the grey...
Suraj Jaiswal
While the recent Union Budget announced a number of changes related to taxation policies – like a change in corporate tax rate, a standard deduction of Rs 40,000 for the salaried class, changes...
Protiva Kundu
In India, historically and constitutionally, the fiscal spaces for states have been very limited because of their limited resource-generating capacity. However, Maharashtra is an exception. It is the...
Nilachala Acharya
Farmers need higher returns for their produce to experience increased farm income. The government has continuously promised farmers at least 50 percent higher returns than the cost of their produce....
Nilachala Acharya
The ideas of ‘good governance’ and ‘budget transparency’ are intricately related where one practice often influences the other. Over the past few years, the importance of transparency in...
Inayat Sabhikhi
In June last year, a small-scale awareness activity and camp in two blocks of Jharkhand saw hundreds of people showing up at the block office to register their names for pensions and MGNREGA work. On...
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