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In the Interim Budget, the government seems to be focusing on important pillars of its Universal Health Coverage plans, namely healthcare infrastructu

The puzzle of India’s political economy is to reconcile the expectations of “Great Society” welfare with stagnating middle-income productivity.

On 1 February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will make her most important political economy speech

While the Interim Budget is a temporary plan, the government’s priority and the country’s imperatives remain inclined towards inclusive developmen

The Interim Budget indicates that the economic thinking is in the right direction— India is slated to have capital-driven growth in the coming futur

Presenting the Interim Budget 2024-’25 on 1 February, the finance minister announced an allocation of INR 6,21,541 crore (approx. US$75 billion) for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Representing 1.9 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 13 percent of Central Government Expenditure (CGE), MoD’s new budget is an increase of 4.7 percent over the previous outlays. This brief examines the MoD’s latest budget and contextualises it in the curr

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget 2024 presents good macroeconomic numbers—and a strong political message of winning Elections

Within a fortnight of the death of Osama bin Laden, news came of the appointment of a senior al Qaeda leader, Saif Al-'Adl, as the interim chief, indicating clearly an internal tussle for the leadership of the global terrorist group, raising, in the process,

The ‘crown jewel’ of the World Trade Organization (WTO) — the dispute resolution mechanism — is facing a crisis. The US obstruction to new appointments in the WTO’s Appellate Body (AB) has frozen the appeals process and brought the mechanism to a halt. Until such crisis is resolved, New Delhi will need to explore other means for resolving its current and future trade disputes. This paper outlines interim solutions that India can emplo

The Interim Budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram was a strange one. It contained much praise for the ruling coalition UPA's entire tenure, peppered with some disappointments.

The increase in funds allocated for improving the quality of life in urban areas by 12 percent, as pledged in the Interim Budget, is positively receiv

Nepal's Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi has been appointed the Head of the interim government. His main mandate is to hold elections for the CA. But 22 opposition political parties have begun their protest programmes against the new government, raising doubts whether polls can be held in June this year.

Even though the Egyptian army has refrained from taking over governance in the interim period, analysts say the fear of repeating the same mistakes are legitimate. Therefore, it remains to be seen whether or not this political transition will have a long-lasting impact on Egypt's nascent democracy.

The interim period demands extreme security for the life of Kulbushan Jadhav. The bilateral context and subtext in which this case operates will have

With only a week left for the scheduled second-round polling in the presidential elections on Saturday, 28 September, it may be time the stake-holders in Maldives arrived at an interim consensus, keeping the healthy and constructive future of the infant democracy at heart.

The recent three-presidential-candidate-meeting and their meaningful proposal to complete the poll process in time has brought back political pragmatism back to the nation's centre-table, where electoral expediency and excesses alone seemed to rule for an interim.

Under the Interim Budget, the Financial Minister has outlined a few schemes for urban development, but a more comprehensive budget would be required f

It is almost certain now that the proposed Constituent Assembly (CA) election in Nepal, slated for June 21, is a remote possibility, given the lack of cooperation from the opposition forces to the Interim Election Council headed by Chief Justice Khil Raj Rehmi and the delay caused in finalising election-related processes.

Nuclear development in Iran has been an issue of great concern, not only to its neighbours in West Asia, but also for the global powers, in the interests of regional and global stability. At present, efforts are being made to find a solution to the crisis. The interim nuclear deal signed between Iran and P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany) on 24 November 2013, and the complementary Framework for Coopera

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?

Last week Nepal became a federal democratic republic. On May 28, the first sitting of the newly elected Constituent Assembly members endorsed a proposal to amend the interim Constitution and declare the country a republic.

Delhi must indeed prepare for the inevitable emergence of China as a full-fledged naval power in the Indian Ocean in the longer term. In the interim, as India seeks to consolidate its natural advantages in the Indian Ocean, France is a compelling naval partner.

By the very nature of the two-decades-old ethnic war and the stalled peace process in Sri Lanka, the week-end LTTE proposals falls short of the doomsdayer¿s predictions. Or, so would it seem. For starters, it confines itself to an interim administration, without formally seeking status and powers of a sovereign State, starting with legitimacy for the LTTE¿s military wing,

अंतरिम अर्थसंकल्पात, नागरिकांना दर्जेदार आरोग्य सेवा उ�

लगता है कि अंतरिम बजट में सरकार ने अपनी यूनिवर्सल हेल्थ क�

 2024 के लिए वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण के अंतरिम बजट ने व�

वैसे तो अंतरिम बजट एक अस्थायी योजना होता है, लेकिन सरकार क

क्या यह सरकार संसाधन जुटाने के असंभव गणित को अगली सरकार क�

अंतरिम बजट संकेत देता है कि आर्थिक सोच सही दिशा में है, आन�

अंतरिम अर्थसंकल्प सूचित करतो की, आर्थिक विचार योग्य दिशे

देशाच्या अर्थमंत्री निर्मला सीतारामन यांनी सादर केलेला

अंतरिम अर्थसंकल्प ही तात्पुरती योजना असली तरी, सरकारचे प

अर्थमंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण यांनी सादर केलेल्या अंतरिम �

অন্তর্বর্তিকালীন বাজেট একটি অস্থায়ী পরিকল্পনা হলেও সর

অন্তর্বর্তী বাজেটে সরকার তার ইউনিভারসাল হেলথ কভারেজ পর�

অর্থমন্ত্রী নির্মলা সীতারামনের অন্তর্বর্তী বাজেট ২০২৪

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অন্তর্বর্তী বাজেট ইঙ্গিত দেয় যে অর্থনৈতিক চিন্তাভাবনা

The NDA’s interim Budget ticks all the boxes, but issues remain