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A bold step was needed, the Budget missed it
by Ranjit K Pattnaik
6th February, 2023
The Union budget for 2023-24 came against a backdrop of economic recovery and optimism in the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Union Budget balances growth and fiscal constraints
by Ajit Ranade
5th February, 2023
This is Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s fifth budget, and the last full plan be-fore the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Economy can’t be good when governance is bad
by Jagdish Rattanani
5th February, 2023
The budget speech of Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman was the shortest by her own standards... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Dark clouds as we head into Budget 2024
by Jagdish Rattanani
3rd February, 2023
The fourth and the last full-fledged Union Budget of the Narendra Modi government’s second term,... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
A Budget with a long-term view
by Himadri Bhattacharya
3rd February, 2023
This budget is a bold one that builds on the confidence of the government gained from the healthy... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Budget in the time of fiscal stress
by Ranjit K Pattnaik
30th January, 2023
The Union Budget for 2023-24 coming up next week will be the fourth budget for NDA II. The budget... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Chiranjeevi Yojana: Doctors against Right to Health?
by Jagdish Rattanani, Pavitra Mohan
29th January, 2023
A landmark piece of legislation that promises to make healthcare a fundamental right has run into... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, India politics, Inclusive growth
Inequality, like pollution, must be reduced
by Ajit Ranade
28th January, 2023
On the first day of the Davos summit in Switzerland this year, Oxfam International published a... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Deglamourising the “master spies”
by Vappala Balachandran
22nd January, 2023
As a writer on intelligence for the last 27 years, my objective has been to demystify and... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Inequality, Global, Jobs
The delay in conducting a census and its consequences
by Ajit Ranade
18th January, 2023
India has had a tradition of conducting a national census, every ten years, for more than a century... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
G-20 Presidency: Hope on a difficult road
by GN Bajpai
14th January, 2023
India has taken over leadership of the G-20 and has said it wants to lead with a presidency of “... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, China-India, Global, Jobs, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Watching Covid-19 as we welcome 2023
by Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John
7th January, 2023
We are into the New Year but the pandemic, it appears, will follow us into 2023. If the world... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, China-India, Global, India politics, Indian economy