Parliament’s budget session for 2004-05 set an unbecoming precedent–100% of the budget of Rs 4.8 lakh crore ($109.7 billion) was passed without discussion, using the guillotine, a parliamentary procedure to fast-track lawmaking.
Author: accountability
Civil Servants and Politicians Aren’t Worried About Outcomes of Govt Spending: Experts
There needs to be greater accountability on how public money is spent, but the civil services and the politicians are not worried about outcomes, panelists at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) Dialogues 2020 said in New Delhi Tuesday.
Nutrition and the Budget’s Fine Print
While there are well-equipped schemes to address malnutrition, funding and policy gaps are problem areas
Facing a Fiscal Crisis for Long, Modi Govt Now Seems to be Pushing States into a Crisis Too
Either Modi govt is expecting a revenue windfall that will be passed on to states, or states will be squeezed even further. My guess is it will be the latter.
Does Budget 2020 Provide Material Support for the Ongoing Health Reforms?
Budget 2020 does not provide material support for the ongoing health reforms. Unless the Centre commits additional resources to health and the Centre-State relations are streamlined, the sector will remain within a more-of-the-same trap forever, despite minor increases in allocations.
Attention Deficit
Reduced allocations offer little incentive for the education sector.
Does Budget do enough for aspirational India?
The budget is a reflection of the slowdown. Revised estimates (REs), a reflection of expenditure for the year for most schemes, have fallen across the board.
SCs and STs get half of what is due to them in budget 2020
According to the FM’s calculation, Dalits should have been allocated at least ₹1.5 lakh crore instead of ₹83,256 crore
The budget does not address the crisis of demand | Opinion
The FM made a good faith attempt to present her vision. But the budget lacked a diagnosis of what is wrong, a prescription to address it, and made baffling choices.
Sitharaman cuts budget for Modi’s pet Ayushman Bharat scheme over fund ‘under-utilisation’
Ayushman Bharat’s budget has been revised downwards from Rs 6,400 crore to Rs 3,314 crore in 2019-20.