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A People’s Blueprint for the 2025-26 Budget! At the threshold of the 2025 budget, the vitals of the economy are causing alarm to those who are bothered to look beyond the hyperbole and manufactured optimism. One can observe a declining credit growth (loan-to-deposit ratio is at 80%). There has been ...

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February 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

The Finance Minister has a great opportunity to amend the tax structure. Will she do it?

Peoples Commission on Public Sector and Public Services has issued a statement on tax structure which the Finance Minister should look into. All over the world there are changes proposed in the tax system due to increasing inequality. In India the gap between the rich and poor is has increased as pe...

General Random Reflections Union Budget

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March 11, 2026

The Wire & CFA

The Budget Series

Budget 2025: What’s at Stake?, a series co-produced by The Wire and Centre for Financial Accountability Episode 1The Economic Rights Every Indian Should Have | Prabhat Patnaik (Senior Economist) Episode 2Budget 2025 Needs to Focus on the Unorganised Sector | Arun Kumar (Senior Economist...

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February 18, 2025

CFA Admin

Another Budget, Another Opportunity | Finance Matters, 10 January 2025 | Editorial

We are just around the corner for another budget. The Finance Minister has been consulting regular industry leaders, business associations, and occasional trade unions in preparation for the budget. While memes around the falling Rupee are aplenty, inaugurations of trains and tunnels continue to tak...

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February 18, 2025

Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

Social Security Budget: A Forgotten Footnote

Representational image: An old person sitting on an Indian street. Photo: Flickr CC BY 2.0 (ATTRIBUTION 2.0 GENERIC) The government’s budgetary allocations and poor implementation of welfare policies paint a concerning picture of oversight and disregard. The Economic Survey of India 2023-24 wa...

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February 18, 2025

Kavita Kabeer

A Meme-Worthy Budget

The government is clear in its messaging – be ready to be a good slave of the new century. Illustration: The Wire, with Canva. Leaving people in the lurch is not a new thing for the Modi government. If people have not understood this, it is clearly their fault, they had 10 years to do so. You ca...

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February 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

A great opportunity lost – Budget 24-25

Random Reflections The election result of June 4th gave a clear message to the ruling dispensation. They were reduced to a minority and had to depend entirely on a few allies to remain in power. This is despite votes stolen in at least 76 constituencies as per the report of an independent commissio...

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February 18, 2025

CFA Admin

The Budget That Didn’t Deliver: Unpacking the Budget 2024-25

The first budget of the NDA government seem to have heavily constrained with coalition compulsions, attempt to recognise the real issues on the ground and a response to the Mandate 2024. Yet, it manage only lip service to the real issues than addressing them. The context in which one approached this...

General Indian Economy Publications Union Budget

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February 18, 2025

Pranay Raj

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The skewed trend of individual income tax payers contributing more to the union government’s coffers than corporates has its basis in the tax break given to corporates five years ago. The Budget at a glance establishes that the share of government revenue from income tax (tax on individuals) at 19% ...

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February 18, 2025

Kavita Kabeer & Haripriya Harshan

Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget

This budget is the last chance for course correction for the Modi regime. It is going to be a test of who the government sides with, the 90% citizens of the country or the top 1%. Representative image. Photo: Liv Unni Sødem/Flickr (ATTRIBUTION 2.0 GENERIC) The Ambani wedding episode was a stark remi...

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The Finance Minister has a great opportunity to amend the tax structure. Will she do it?

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Another Budget, Another Opportunity | Finance Matters, 10 January 2025 | Editorial

Social Security Budget: A Forgotten Footnote

A Meme-Worthy Budget

A great opportunity lost – Budget 24-25

The Budget That Didn’t Deliver: Unpacking the Budget 2024-25

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget

The Budget India Needs

The Finance Minister has a great opportunity to amend the tax structure. Will she do it?

The Budget Series

Another Budget, Another Opportunity | Finance Matters, 10 January 2025 | Editorial

Social Security Budget: A Forgotten Footnote

A Meme-Worthy Budget

A great opportunity lost – Budget 24-25

The Budget That Didn’t Deliver: Unpacking the Budget 2024-25

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget