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It is abundantly plain that the salubrity of cities will increasingly determine ‘India’s global profile’
Under the Interim Budget, the Financial Minister has outlined a few schemes for urban development, but a more comprehensive budget would be required f
The government has to ensure that rural roads are constructed and not just "state of the art" modern highways. The interests of the rural people have to be protected, and the government has to regulate and monitor the private sector's participation.
What can and must be done is to reduce the incentives for avoiding or evading tax.
When it comes to the Budget, we should ask ourselves two questions: Is there a rationale behind it? Is there implementation on ground?
The Finance Minister has addressed the various deficiencies in agricultural production which are responsible for high food inflation. But the actual measures announced are not enough to shake up agriculture and as Dr MS Swaminathan pointed out - it will not make the youthful population take up farming.
How does the interim budget impact some of the most critical facets of the Indian economy?
How does the interim budget impact some of the most critical facets of the Indian economy?
Without deep structural reform, which includes reducing the size of government and curtailing the expenses on the overbearing and overfed holy cow —
It has become apparent that Pakistan is on its way to be the next Sri Lanka as it struggles to stay afloat.
The budget will be passed under what are probably the most difficult and trying circumstances in Pakistan's history
Uncertainty in financial arrangements is crippling and its trauma lingers. The good news is that this sell off is temporary. Stock markets are now back to where they were just two weeks ago.
There is more room than imagined for reform in the Union Budget for Make in India. Political willingness will provide the answers.
The Railway Minister's maiden Budget was full of promises and beautiful dreams which if realised will surely make the Indian Railways one of the world?s best. If he can succeed in fulfilling his pledges, Indian railways will have a great turnaround and facelift.
As India aims to achieve its climate commitments, the significance of renewable energy keeps on growing as reflected in the union budgets over the yea
Budget 2022’s attempt to deal with critical challenges that the Indian economy will face is welcome, but a more holistic approach is still the need
A recent report of the 2017-2018 Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence (PSCOD) has revealed that India’s defence services are facing a severe resource crunch. Given the enormous amount of money that the country is already spending on defence, the chances are slim that the government will come up with the significantly higher amounts of funds needed for modernisation. Meanwhile, the armed forces are facing obsolescence in equipment. The wa
The commitment towards local economic development, sustainable development, ease of living, etc. must be showcased by inviting reputed countries of th
Tax rationalisation, higher capex, the idea of green growth, and agricultural markets — highlights of Budget 2023
Much in contrary to the thinking that “markets are ruthless,” the lockdown brought to the fore the importance of market forces in promoting equity
The Modi government’s fragmented approach has remained at the canopy and has not been able to achieve foundational improvements in budgeting at the
Given the daunting challenges of 2021, and the opportunity that the pandemic presented to reform the health sector, Budget 2021 unfortunately remained
The premise of this Budget seems to be a market oriented growth strategy - wholly fair given that the government will struggle to fund the growth needs of the country otherwise. One should hope this budget has set the controls for a larger shift in the government's approach towards administration and efficacy.
This essay examines the Union Budget 2022 from the perspective of the changing paradigm of development governance as acknowledged globally.
राष्ट्रीय बज़ट इस धारणा को बल देती है कि भारतीय अर्थव्यव�
राष्ट्रीय बज़ट इस धारणा को बल देती है कि भारतीय अर्थव्यव�
This year’s budget has laid out the framework for a digitally-led India, with special emphasis placed upon digitalising finance
The highest allocations being given to the housing and transport sectors indicates that the government’s priority during 2023-24 is to provide shelt
The crisis in the South Asian neighbourhood is quite alarming, but India stands as a bright star in the region and on the global stage, despite inflat
What the people want of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and indeed expect, is an economic revolution that will change their lives and those of their children. To this end, Modi's actions, so far, add up to several IOUs, and a number of promises in the form of temporary measures pushed through in the form of ordinances.
If the dreams of this Union Budget have to become a reality, two important aspects need to be addressed -- transparency and efficiency, says former Revenue Secretary Sivaraman.
The need of the hour is to double down on defence reforms with strategic foresight.
An economic revival would grant India the resources for power projection but strategy matters even more if those are scarce
The Indian army is a manpower-intensive military. With the second largest military in terms of personnel, the Indian armed forces have always faced a
A Budget is an imperative or otherwise a government will drift aimlessly, though that often seems to be the case even with the most minutely specific Budget. Having said that, one must wonder why there is such a fuss each year when the Finance Minister of India is about to present the Budget?
The new budget does little to advance the very objectives the country has outlined for itself.
