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.
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Nutrition and the Budget’s Fine Print
While there are well-equipped schemes to address malnutrition, funding and policy gaps are problem areas
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.
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
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.
India’s 2020 budget: Will it be enough to kick-start the economy?
With growth at a six-year low, finance minister’s first budget of decade fell short of widely expected reforms.
Allocation to Ayushman Bharat flat, no increase due to low utilisation
Up to ₹69, 233 crore allocated to Health, Family Welfare, Research and AYUSH
Taskforce to recommend raising woman’s marriageable age
To submit report within six months on Sharda Act which fixes a girl’s legal age to marry at 18 years
Ayushman Bharat scheme receives no boost in Union Budget 2020
Ministry of Health has been allocated ₹ 69,000 crore for 2020-21