1) A study pitches for reintroduction of wealth tax to address inequality The Economic Times The study carried out jointly by Ashoka University and think tank Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) has observed that absence of...
Pandora Papers: new secretive tax havens are emerging, putting Covid-19 recovery at risk – warns Financial Transparency Coalition The Pandora Papers reveal a shadow financial system whereby the rich and powerful play by a different playbook from...
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The Mid-Day Meal Scheme has been renamed as ‘PM Poshan Shakti’ as the Centre pushes for child nutrition in the country, with the addition of around 24 lakh students from the pre-primary government and government-aided schools. The mid-day meal...
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Over 250 million children enrolled in primary and secondary schools in India have not stepped into their classrooms since March 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic triggered an abrupt nationwide lockdown. Today marks 500 days of school...
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The ministry of education has devised a system of funding school education reform that could set the sector back by decades, fear educationists. As part of the Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) project, participating...
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The Union Budget 2021-22 had to bear a unique burden of expectations. The economy, which has been slowing down in the past years, is expected to shrink by 7.7 per cent in 2020-21, the sharpest decline since 1952. The novel coronavirus disease...
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The mega Rs.20.97 lakh crore Covid-19 economic aid package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12, provided tax breaks for small businesses, incentives for domestic manufacturing and free foodgrains for the poor. However, it totally...
Press Release The Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) welcomes the Interim Report by the High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI Panel). We especially welcome...
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When stringent lockdown measures were announced in March to contain the pandemic, children living on the streets of Delhi took shelter in parks, under flyovers, around railway stations, and in slums. Some were allowed to sleep indoors by their...
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A new project, “Strengthening Teaching Learning and Results for States”, or STARS, is in the offing. In a departure from its usual practice of contributing to a scheme in general, World Bank will fund only certain activities under the Centre’s...