Latest government data show an increase of almost four million in government school enrollment and a decrease of three million in private school enrolment between 2019-20 and 2020-21
Author: accountability
Despite Increased Spending, Health Outcomes Remain Poor in Backward States
The 15th Finance Commission maintained states’ higher share of central taxes while recommending an overall increase in government health spending to prepare better for the next pandemic, but the increase is inadequate considering low health spending per capita, say public health experts.
Countries Around the World are Slashing Education Budgets. Children will Suffer Most.
Each time cases surged, schools were the first to close and only restarted in person months after every other economic activity had resumed.
Yamini Aiyar on the Education Pandemic
In this podcast, Yamini Aiyar speaks with journalist Rhoda Metcalfe about how the digital divide has pushed poor kids into an educational deficit that could reverberate for years.
The RISE Podcast: Yamini Aiyar on ‘Rewriting the Grammar of the Delhi Education System’
Yamini Aiyar speaks about her new book which documents the introduction of a new package of education reforms in Delhi public schools.
सरकार का पैसा आख़िर जाता कहाँ है? Understanding India’s Public Finance
एक आम इंसान के रोज़मर्रा जीवन में कौनसी लेवल की सरकार ज़्यादा माईने रखती है? बजट के ज्ञान से राज्य की सक्षमता कैसे समझ सकते है?
#127 सरकार का पैसा आख़िर जाता कहाँ है? Understanding India’s Public Finance
एक आम इंसान के रोज़मर्रा जीवन में कौनसी लेवल की सरकार ज़्यादा माईने रखती है? बजट के ज्ञान से राज्य की सक्षमता कैसे समझ सकते है? सरकार की वित्तीय विषयों पर जवाबदेही सुदृढ़ करने के लिए क्या सुधार ज़रूरी है?
Does India Need More Federalism or Less? – Debate
What do such Centre-state entanglements say about India’s federalism? And what should we be batting for – a more federalised structure or a stronger Centre?
Centre Can’t Absolve Itself Of Its Role In Worsening Fiscal Health Of States
Even on the verge of elections in five states, Union Budget 2022 was surprising for its restraint in not resorting to populist measures. Yet, while much of the debate focused on whether the decision to expand capital expenditure (at the cost of revenue expenditure) was the right one in the current time, what has received relatively less attention are implications of the Union Budget on the fiscal health of the states.
‘Upskill Women, Encourage Businesses, Pay Them Well’
With women being hit the hardest by the pandemic, panelists at the inaugural edition of The Indian Express Thinc Series on Gender discussed ways to get them back into the workforce and remove the gap year bias.