The Budget reverted to Modi government’s old avatar – a focus on infrastructure and a mission-mode model of meeting targets, this time for water.
Category: Op-Eds
Budget 2019 Is Ambitious on Healthcare. But More Can Be Done
The budget has taken a few steps in the right direction, but there is a need to intensify public expenditure on health.
Union Budget: A lost opportunity
With its historic mandate, and ambitious targets, the government could have embarked on structural reforms. But Narendra Modi has yet again opted for an incrementalist approach.
No, Modi govt’s income support scheme for farmers has not made MGNREGS redundant
The Narendra Modi government needs to take some immediate steps to improve the implementation of the MGNREGS.
Why Delhi’s Government School Teachers Feel they are Not Doing the Job they were Hired for
A survey in Delhi’s schools shows teachers feel helpless, guilty and like clerks. They are overworked and spend less time teaching.
CSS a Good Policy, but only on Paper
In the last 18 years, the Centre spent Rs 14 lakh crore on social services. But centrally sponsored schemes are undermining state say.
Welfare Policy and Modi 2.0
Welfare in Modi’s first term was about grand announcements and ambitious targets. The real challenge of building a high quality 21st century welfare state awaits.
The Solutions State: Why the Digital Needs the Human
Leveraging technology for effective program delivery poses unique challenges. Technology is a tool that requires a capable state to be effective; also, it creates new power asymmetries. Three well-known economists weigh in.
Lessons from the PAISA Project
This article will look at some of the reasons why PAISA and PAISA-type studies are required in a country like India, the lessons we have learnt from it and finally some thoughts on solutions that are needed in order to ensure effective delivery of social services, including elementary education.
‘Seeking cohesive social sector strategy’
More than ever before, the Interim Budget 2019-20 needs to be studied by going beyond budget numbers, and instead focusing on what they reflect about the social sector strategy employed by the
More than ever before, the Interim Budget 2019-20 needs to be studied by going beyond budget numbers, and instead focusing on what they reflect about the social sector strategy employed by the
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