-The Hindu The 15th Finance Commission, by and large, has gone with the approach and methodology of earlier Commissions The…

-Hindustan Times It has been unable to cope with new challenges to public order. Autonomy is the only way out…

-The Hindu Business Line While proposals on agri-warehousing and viability-gap funding are positive, MGNREGA cutbacks could have been avoided The…

-The Hindu Concerned over time and quantum of funds to be devolved over the years Even after the Centre accepting…

-The Hindu ‘Allocation to job-intensive sectors cut’ “Every single number in the Budget is a lie,” Jayati Ghosh, Professor of…

-Livemint.com * The budget barely increased funding to social welfare schemes at a time India’s poorest desperately need succour *…

-Newsclick.in The poor, salaried, businesspersons — all are unhappy. For, the underlying macroeconomics is wrong – the finance minister is…

-Newsclick.in According to NCRB, as many as 3,53,803 farm suicides have taken place between 1995 and 2018 across the country.…

-Vikalp.ind.in The NDA government brought a new scheme the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) that became operational from 1st…

-Decoding the Priorities: An Analysis of Union Budget 2020-21, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), February 2020 The publication…

-The Hindu Business Line Mumbai: The dairy and animal husbandry sectors are again under focus in the Union budget with…

-The Hindu The economic outlook rests on government meeting investment targets and keeping promises made to stakeholders There were many…

-The Hindu Low allocations and specific policy statements point to greater privatisation and withdrawal of the state Finance Minister Nirmala…

-India Water Portal Budget fails to allocate enough to turn the rhetoric of tap water to each household into reality.…

-Press release by Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) dated 1st February, 2020 New Delhi, February 1st 2020: A…