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Beyond Infrastructure: Can Budget 2024-25 Achieve Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development?
Sanchari Mukhopadhyay and Ankita Shruti
The global conversation on urban development, spurred by G20 Summits and the Urban20 (U20) group, underscores the crucial role cities have in this progress. The ‘Financing Cities of Tomorrow’...
After Union Budget 2024-25: Evaluating Progress and Addressing Gaps in Integrated WASH Financing
Sanchari Mukhopadhyay
An important comparative point in relation to the Union Budget for 2024-25 is with regard to the evaluation as to how effectively it builds on the interim budget’s preliminary projections...
In Bihar, low registration for a govt scheme keeps pregnant women from accessing healthcare
Ujala Kumari
Merely 3.97 lakh pregnant women in Bihar, against 15.01 lakh institutional deliveries, availed of benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, or central government’s maternity benefit...
What does the Interim Budget Say about Government Expenditure Priority?
Jannet Farida Jacob
In the interim Budget, the union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised the multiplier effect of capital expenditure on economic growth and job creation. The budget for 2024-25 allocates...
Empowering agriculture: Prioritising farmers and addressing sector challenges
Sangeeta Kanwar
The Government of India presented the Interim Budget 2024-25 in Parliament on 1 February, 2024. The Interim Union Budget laid a strong foundation by focusing on four major castes of the country and...
Need for SDG-linked outcome budgeting in India: A case of Assam
Shuchita Rawal
India is confronting several emerging challenges, like the impacts of climate change, increasing inequities and lagging human development indices. The post-2015 United Nations Sustainable Development...
How much did the Interim Budget push for India’s Climate Action?
Soutrik Goswami
Climate change remains one of the key global concerns of the current century, and the issue is more precarious for India. As a developing economy in the Global South with a significant population...
Upcoming Budget must focus on climate change resilience
Soutrik Goswami
Climate change is the most significant global challenge of the 21st century. India is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, as well as one of the worst affected countries from the impact of...
Did the interim budget focus enough on nutrition?
Happy Pant
There was significant anticipation surrounding the interim Union budget this year with the elections round the corner. The anticipation primarily revolved around bolstering measures for addressing...
Direct vs indirect taxes: What’s adding to centre’s tax revenue and states’ woes?
Sharad Pandey
The Union government’s gross tax revenue has shown consistent growth over the years, with direct taxes outperforming indirect taxes in recent years. But a holistic view, combining both Union and...
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- In Bihar, low registration for a govt scheme keeps pregnant women from accessing healthcare
- What does the Interim Budget Say about Government Expenditure Priority?
- Empowering agriculture: Prioritising farmers and addressing sector challenges
- Need for SDG-linked outcome budgeting in India: A case of Assam
- How much did the Interim Budget push for India’s Climate Action?
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