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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...
Budget 2019: Time to rethink introduction of multi-year budgeting, setting rolling targets for desired outcomes
Nilachala Acharya
India is a federal country, but the Constitution renders a strong unitary bias in many spheres, including the domain of Centre-state fiscal governance. The institutional measures to augment...
Why India’s Public Health Facilities May Suffer Despite A Likely Rise In Health Spending
Mampi Bose and Nilachala Acharya
The allocation for the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) in Budget 2019 is likely to increase from Rs 52,800 crore (budget estimates) in the current financial year 2018-19 to Rs 59,039...
Budget 2019: Share of education in total expenditure has been declining since 2014; will it be different this time?
Protiva Kundu
The upcoming Union Budget to be announced on 1 February would be the sixth Union budget of the NDA government. Though an interim budget, given that this is an election year, there is a high...
Do our budgets pass the gender test?
Kanika Kaul
“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value”, remarked Joe Biden, former American Vice President during the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Against the...
Why does undernutrition persist in India’s tribal populations?
Saumya Shrivastava
The Prime Minister launched the National Nutrition Mission in March this year, with an objective of accelerating improvements in nutrition levels in India, for which annual targets have been set for...
How Targeting of Shell Companies Can Be Strengthened
Sakshi Rai
To curb illicit finance, it is crucial to understand the tools, vehicles and arrangements that facilitate it. Illicit finance is generated through tax abuse (avoidance, dodging and evasion) by...
'Happiness Curriculum' introduced in Delhi govt schools: In world obsessed with marks, studies can still be source of joy
Protiva Kundu
On 26 May this year, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared Class XII board examination result. The next day, a number of regional and national dailies reported suicides by Class...
Indo-Swiss pact on hidden wealth: Why it isn't helping in India's fight against black money
Neeti Biyani
The country has been witness to an emphasized narrative on black money in the past few years. The Indian government defines black money as “any income on which the taxes imposed by government or...
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