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Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund: De-Risking Finance Capital

The Union Budget 2026–27 introduced an Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund (IRGF), announced by Finance Minister Nirmala ...

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Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger

In the Union Budget 2026 to 27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that major public sector NBFCs would ...

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Did the Budget Do Enough to Solve the Problems Faced by the MSMEs?

This budget has grabbed headlines for its support to the MSME sector, particularly with the announcement of the 10,...

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PROMISES NOT KEPT, SELLING FALSE DATA — A FARCE CALLED UNION BUDGET

Budgets are supposed to deliver the promises made by the ruling party, address challenges before the economy, and achiev...

General National Finance Post-Budget Series 2026 Random Reflections Union Budget

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Barking up the wrong tree : A critique of the misdirected and wasteful push for Carbon Capture in the Budget

Background : The still rising global green house gases emissions (the 2025 global CO2 emissions of an estimated 38.1 bil...

Energy General National Finance Post-Budget Series 2026 Union Budget

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Union Budget 2026–27: Prosperity in Numbers, Poverty in Reality!

If one were to rely on the official data released by the government, India’s economy is claimed to be in a comfortable p...

General National Finance Post-Budget Series 2026 Union Budget

September 16, 2026

Amitanshu Verma

Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund: De-Risking Finance Capital

The Union Budget 2026–27 introduced an Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund (IRGF), announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a mechanism to support infrastructure projects during the design and construction phases. The budget has allocated ₹1,000 crore towards this initiative.This allocatio...

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September 16, 2026

Arjun Unnikrishnan & Nancy Pathak

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger

In the Union Budget 2026 to 27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that major public sector NBFCs would be consolidated to create larger institutions to finance energy and infrastructure. Following this, the boards of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporat...

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September 16, 2026

Anirban Bhattacharya

Did the Budget Do Enough to Solve the Problems Faced by the MSMEs?

This budget has grabbed headlines for its support to the MSME sector, particularly with the announcement of the 10,000 crore SME Growth Fund. Given the fact that MSMEs have suffered in recent times because of the tariff wars and the dwindling demand in the domestic market, the sector did need s...

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September 16, 2026

Thomas Franco

PROMISES NOT KEPT, SELLING FALSE DATA — A FARCE CALLED UNION BUDGET

Budgets are supposed to deliver the promises made by the ruling party, address challenges before the economy, and achieve the constitutional goals. One of the most important constitutional goals is to bring down inequality and provide equal opportunity to all. When income inequality is increasing, i...

General National Finance Post-Budget Series 2026 Random Reflections Union Budget

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September 16, 2026

Soumya Dutta

Barking up the wrong tree : A critique of the misdirected and wasteful push for Carbon Capture in the Budget

Background : The still rising global green house gases emissions (the 2025 global CO2 emissions of an estimated 38.1 billion tons was 1.1% higher than 2024 emissions, which itself was 0.8% higher than 2023 emissions) are driving us towards a serious climate change crisis. An urgent shift of all econ...

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September 16, 2026

Devidas Tuljapurakar

Union Budget 2026–27: Prosperity in Numbers, Poverty in Reality!

If one were to rely on the official data released by the government, India’s economy is claimed to be in a comfortable position today on four key parameters—high growth rate, global ranking in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contained inflation, and a controlled fiscal deficit. In such a situation, it...

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Post-Budget Series 2026

Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund: De-Risking Finance Capital

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger

Did the Budget Do Enough to Solve the Problems Faced by the MSMEs?

PROMISES NOT KEPT, SELLING FALSE DATA — A FARCE CALLED UNION BUDGET

Barking up the wrong tree : A critique of the misdirected and wasteful push for Carbon Capture in the Budget

Union Budget 2026–27: Prosperity in Numbers, Poverty in Reality!

Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund: De-Risking Finance Capital

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger

Did the Budget Do Enough to Solve the Problems Faced by the MSMEs?

PROMISES NOT KEPT, SELLING FALSE DATA — A FARCE CALLED UNION BUDGET

Barking up the wrong tree : A critique of the misdirected and wasteful push for Carbon Capture in the Budget

Union Budget 2026–27: Prosperity in Numbers, Poverty in Reality!