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.
Category: Op-Eds
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.
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.
Rural India reels under economic slump
Currently, two of the Government of India’s (GoI) largest schemes focussed on reviving the rural economy have been the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).
Will children get attention in budget?
The latest National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy that focussed on children under 6 was in 2013.
A year after three schemes to fund school education were merged, there’s still confusion on ground
The Samagra Shiksha suffers from basic implementation issues.
MGNREGA can revive Rural India
The scheme needs a higher budget. Finance it by rationalising the regressive subsidy regime
Declaring India ‘Open Defecation Free’ Doesn’t Mean Sanitation Goals Have Been Met
Overcoming resistance to toilet usage requires addressing values, norms and beliefs that will lead to behaviour change, and ultimately the health and economic benefits.
Keep Planting Money Plants
Forests have been all over the news recently as the Brazilian Amazon burns and the world reacts. One of the most consequential decisions for India’s forests will be made soon in a surprising place — the 15th Finance Commission.
Throttled at the Grass Roots
Local governments remain hamstrung and ineffective — mere agents to do the bidding of higher level governments