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Coverage of the release of Working Papers on "Public Financing for Nutrition in Bihar"

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• 5 April 2018
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The Telegraph: Click here Dainik Bhaskar: Click here Prabhatkhabar.com: Click here Sangam: Click here Qaumi Tanzeem: Click...

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Budget fails to live up to rhetoric on women empowerment

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• 26 February 2018
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The inclusion of rural housing scheme has inflated the gender budget even as actual houses built for women have fallen Budget 2018-19 failed to match the accompanying rhetoric on women...

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#Budget2018: Does Dalit-Adivasi allocation add up to Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas?

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• 17 February 2018
• Newslaundry
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The slogan Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas didn’t just win the current government the 2014 elections, it also inspired many Budget trackers to look closely at the allocations for the most marginalised...

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People's participation in formulating India's annual budget is negligible

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• 16 February 2018
• Down To Earth
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A pre-budget meeting between civil society and the Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, held at the Finance Ministry on December 6, 2017, lasted about one-and-a-half hours. The 20-odd civil society...

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Why Poor Funding of Swachh Bharat Mission Since 2014 Has Put its Goals at Risk

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• 6 February 2018
• The Wire
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The Swachh Bharat Mission is one of the Indian government’s most well-known programmes. Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first independence day speech in August 2014, and launched...

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What budget has for farm and rural sectors

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• 6 February 2018
• India water portal
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This year’s budget was expected to be extensively farmer- and rural-sector oriented. And that is exactly what it turned out to be. The distress in the agrarian sector has intensified and its...

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Increase in Education Cess Shifts Responsibility on Tax Payer: Experts

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• 1 February 2018
• News18.com
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The central government increased ‘health and education cess’ by one percent to fund health and education sector schemes in the Union Budget 2018-19. This increase will enable the government to...

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National Health Protection Scheme: Is 'Modicare' an Old Wine in a New Bottle?

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• 1 February 2018
• News18.com
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Already dubbed as Modicare, the National Health Protection Scheme announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his Union Budget 2018 speech has only one new factor – monetary increase from Rs...

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Open Budget Survey: Global Budget transparency stalls, India shows moderate growth

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• 1 February 2018
• Delhi Post
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Since the time it gained power in 2014, the BJP has always wooed for a transparent government system for its citizens to trust and actively engage in public discourse. Prime Minister Modi himself has...

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India scores better than global average on budget transparency

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• 1 February 2018
• The Times of India
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India scored slightly better than the global average when it comes to budget transparency, according to results of the Open Budget Survey (2017) released on January 30. With a rank of 53 among...

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