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NDA government’s performance in social sectors leaves a lot to be desired
Subrat Das
The performance of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has varied significantly across different social sectors. There are some areas, where one must acknowledge the progress made...
Missing: The woman farmer
Sakshi Rai
Land rights structurally escape women. This is a fundamental issue in understanding why women’s work as farmers is largely invisible. However, the large-scale migration of men towards...
144% More Funds For Agriculture, But Not Enough To Quell Farm Unrest
Nilachala Acharya
Agriculture has got an unprecedented 144% rise in allocation in the interim budget announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government--from Rs 57,600 crore in the 2018-19 budget estimates to Rs...
Piyush Goyal's FY20 forecast of GST revenue growth is ambitious; any shortfall to affect social sector spending
Malini Chakravarty
The much expected Interim Union Budget 2019-20 was presented on 1 February, 2019 and a number of major announcements were made, with new schemes being introduced, ranging from a small income...
Tackling resource deficiency
Subrat Das
A popular question on the Interim Union Budget for 2019-20 would be: If and to what extent it could help the ruling political dispensation in the elections this year. The initiative of providing...
Two sides of the coin: Tax incentives and revenue forgone
Suraj Jaiswal and Neeti Biyani
The use of tax incentives to attract investments is prevalent around the world. However, there is no definitive data on the global magnitude of incentives granted because not all countries collect...
Budget 2019: With signs of rural distress looming large on economy, MGNREGA could be hope for bringing some cheer
Happy Pant
Before coming to power in 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had accorded high priority to job-creation; with a promise of creating 10 million jobs being the highlight of the election campaigns....
Budget Math: How Accurate Have the Centre’s Past Revenue Estimates Been?
Suraj Jaiswal
The Union Budget, in essence, gives details of how much the government plans to allocate for schemes and projects, and how much revenue it expects to collect in the ensuing financial year. The...
To Improve Quality Of School Education, India Must Spend More On Training Teachers
Protiva Kundu
With nearly one in six elementary school teachers not professionally trained, India must improve its spending on teacher training--just 2% of the 2018-19 budget allocated for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan...
Course correction on urban agenda
Anurag Mazumdar
It is clear by now that the rural and urban people are not separate topographical categories. The social, economic and political linkages between both centres are vital to enrich the economy. The...
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