A brief exercise in not taking the Economic Survey 2020 seriously -S Subramanian

-TheWire.in This survey was about wealth and entrepreneurship and free markets and privatisation, not about poverty or inequality or public…

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Economic Survey: Focus on wealth of big business than wealth and health of nation -Surajit Das

-Newsclick.in The Economic Survey 2019-20 indicates that the government’s broad policy direction will remain the same — of neglecting the…

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Small, marginal farmers hit hard by poor paddy procurement in Bihar -Mohd Imran Khan

-Down to Earth Govt agencies have procured hardly 11 per cent of targeted procurement of paddy since November 15 last…

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Finance Ministry secretly corrects 14 data discrepancies in Budget 2020 after India Today seeks answers -Mukesh Rawat

-IndiaToday.in IndiaToday.in’s analysis found that Union Budget 2020 had at least 14 data discrepancies regarding allocations for the Department of…

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What economic slump really means for workers -Shiv Inder Singh

-Newsclick.in Punjab is industrialised and its agriculture is mechanised. The state is in the grip of a downturn which has…

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Fashioning the framework of a New India -Indira Hirway

-The Hindu A major solution to the present economic crisis is to go in for inclusive growth; it also means…

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Perils, politics and prospects of groundwater in India -Manisha Shah & Bishwadeep Ghose

-India Water Portal How can India change the game on groundwater management to deal with its overexploited aquifers?. After independence,…

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Budget again reveals structural fiscal constraint -Rathin Roy

-Business Standard/ NIPFP Strap: It recognises that the medium-term fiscal arithmetic does not afford space for expansionary fiscal policy  …

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Sanitation and User Charges in Indian Slums: Who Pays and How Does It Matter? -Indranil De

-Economic and Political Weekly Despite the efforts of successive governments, sanitation coverage remains low in India. While several studies have…

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Women are the single largest exclusion in India's farmer suicides data: P Sainath

-PTI Statistics for female farmer suicides are "complete rubbish" as the discussion on women victims of agrarian crisis often becomes…

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Explained: What ails the credibility of India's Budget numbers -Udit Misra

-The Indian Express Advancing the Union Budget by a month has not helped fiscal marksmanship In the first part of…

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'Can you identify Bangladeshi by looking at face': Karnataka HC slams state

-TheNewsMinute.com The BBMP demolished many huts in a settlement in Bengaluru over suspicions that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants stayed there. "By…

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With savings rate falling, phasing out exemptions may hit it harder -Udit Misra

-The Indian Express The savings rate, expressed as a percentage of the gross domestic product, reflects the pool of investible…

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Only 7 in 100 anganwadi beneficiaries are in cities -Jagriti Chandra

-The Hindu NITI Aayog’s draft working paper to strengthen the ICDS programme in urban areas For every 100 anganwadi beneficiaries…

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How to reduce NRC's administrative burdens -Srinivas Yerramsetti

-The Hindu Citizens should not be asked to provide the same information more than once to government agencies In June…

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