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What happens to Union Government funds for social welfare?
Nilachala Acharya
Union Budget outlays dominate the public discourse while the issue of underutilised funds for centrally sponsored schemes goes unexamined. The Union Budget 2023–24 was presented recently. While...
As Bihar, Odisha Miss 2022 Renewable Energy Goals, Experts Say States Should Finance A Green Economy
Jyotsna Goel
Funding a clean energy transition can help these states green their economic growth by curbing emissions, create social development through green job creation, and benefit economically by meeting the...
Does Budget 2023 combat the digital divide in schools?
Protiva kundu
Budget 2023–24 introduces measures to align with the vision of NEP 2020, but the school education sector needs more to bridge the learning loss caused by the pandemic. The school education...
Future-wise: Here is how governments can make budget data more accessible
Shuchita Rawal
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-2024 in Parliament on February 1, 2023. The state governments will also present their respective budgets in the coming...
Budget 2023-24: What can it offer for the development of Indian cities?
Sanchari Mukhopadhyay
The Union Budget 2022-23 placed a significant emphasis on orderly urban development in India, recognising that cities are becoming increasingly important as growth centres, more than ever...
Budget 2023: Is India Allocating Sufficient Public Resources To Prevent Gender-Based Violence?
Shruti Ambast
Delhi: Nearly one in three women in India report having experienced spousal violence, as per the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (2019-21). Violence is also perpetrated on women...
How could Budget 2023-’24 help boost the agriculture sector?
Gurpreet Singh
The crisis in agriculture and allied sectors in India has received a lot of policy attention in the recent decades. There is a wide acknowledgement of the view that stepping up public expenditure can...
Funds slashed, underutilised: Why the Budget must focus on scholarship schemes for minority students
Jawed Alam Khan
The Ministry of Minority Affairs in December issued a notification stating that students of Classes 1-8 will no longer be eligible for the Pre-Matric Scholarship for Minorities. The scheme has now...
What’s the difference between ‘freebies’ for the poor and ‘business incentives’ for the rich?
Protiva Kundu
There is a notion that populist measures are politically attractive but end up hurting everybody –including the poor. They are often described as “sops” that increase the fiscal burden of the...
Countdown to Budget 2023: Why investing in early childhood education should be a priority in the upcoming Budget
Protiva Kundu
The presentation for the Union Budget 2023-24 is right around the corner. The state budgets will be announced soon after. One critical expectation would be a substantial commitment to the early...
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