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India's public spending on education less than 3% of GDP, Kothari Commission wanted it to be 6%
CBGA
A recent Right to Education (RTE) Forum consultation in Delhi has revealed that the Government of India’s and state governments’ allocation for education is not even half of what well-known the...
Modi’s Flagship Irrigation Scheme Has Been Substantially Watered Down
CBGA
On July 1, 2015, the cabinet committee on economic affairs approved an irrigation scheme called the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (the Prime Minister’s Agricultural Irrigation Scheme, widely...
How the Ganga and GST are hijacking India’s clean energy fund
CBGA
To say India has an unhealthy appetite for coal would be an understatement. Last year, coal production in India peaked at over 600 million tonnes and imports brought in an additional 200 million...
A Pittance for Our Children: Union Budget 2017–18
CBGA
For the last 15 years, allocation to the child budget has remained stagnant at around 3% of the union budget. This analysis points out why this amount is proving completely inadequate in safeguarding...
Divide and Educate
CBGA
Indian education is becoming increasingly divisive. Cuts in public funding for primary education and child welfare are laying the basis for new inequities in higher education. The funding of public...
Unjust Budgetary Reductions in Priority Schemes Must be Rolled Back or Clearly Explained
CBGA
A number of health and education schemes aimed at some of India’s most vulnerable groups have been slashed in this year’s Budget estimates. Why? While the Narendra Modi government has...
With its nominal hikes and many cuts, education activists say the Budget is a let-down again
CBGA
Social groups working for the education of Dalit, Adivasi, disabled, Muslim and girl children detail reasons why they are so upset with the Budget. Education activists are used to being...
Gender Budget: Maternity scheme cut brings low allocation in focus
CBGA
The Women and Child Development ministry’s move to restrict financial assistance under the maternity benefit scheme to only one live birth has brought in focus the issue of inadequate Budget...
‘Sabka vikas’ a far cry for the disabled
CBGA
The disabled population of India, 2.68 crore as per Census 2011, seems an unhappy lot, as the Union Budget for 2017-18 has little to offer them apart from a mention of “lifts and escalators in 500...
Coverage of the release of Study Report on "How have States Designed their School Education Budgets?"
CBGA
Delhi Coverage: The Times of India: Low share of training, monitoring in state education budgets The Times of India: Study: States hardly invest in improving education quality PTI,...
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