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नारीवाद के युग में दलित नारी
Manzoor Ali
Nariwadi yug me dalit...
Union Budget 2011-12: Whither the Aam Aurat?
Pooja Parvati
The overall sense is that this Budget too did precious little in terms of firming up the intent of the government to ensure 'inclusive' growth. Let us look at the provisions made in the Union Budget...
Marginalising the Marginalised
Pooja Parvati
This article, contributed to Business Standard, highlights concerns from the Union Budget 2011-12 with respect to social sectors and marginalised sections. Marginalising the...
Overall Gender Budget Poor
Bhumika Jhamb
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s announcement in Budget 2011 hiking the monthly remuneration of ‘anganwadi’ workers and helpers to Rs 3,000 and Rs 1,500, respectively, in response to the...
Evading Challenges in Social Sectors and Food Security
Subrat Das
The government wants to reduce the scope of its budget (as measured by total budgetary expenditure) compared with the size of India’s economy. So, total expenditure from the budget would shrink...
Revamp Social Spending Priorities
Jawed Alam Khan
Scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs) have historically been among the most disadvantaged sections of our society, given their socio-economic exploitation and isolation. They have...
The Imbalance in Gender Budgeting
Bhumika Jhamb
It will be seven years since the government, acknowledging a gender imbalance, introduced gender budgeting in 2005-06. Ever since then, the annual budget has been accompanied by a gender budgeting...
Expenditure on Rural Economy in India’s Budgets since 1950s: An Assessment; (Co-authored)
Praveen Jha and Nilachala Acharya
The decline in the rate of growth of Indian agriculture in recent years is in large measure due to the low public expenditure priorities accorded to it in the budgets of the Union and State...
Basic Adversities Faced by Women in the World of Work
Sona Mitra
The global platform for action on gender equality and women’s empowerment was fixed in Beijing 15 years ago and international organizations like the ILO, women activists and researchers,...
Less For The Poor
Praveen Jha
WITH clear indications of the economy reviving fast, the Union government should have taken an expansionary fiscal stance not only to accelerate growth but also to finance adequately the...
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