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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...

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Union Budget 2024-25: High on claims, less on substance

The interim budget of 2024-25 (also called the Vote on Account) was never expected to make any bold announcements. Inste...

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Interim Budget or Report Card? Claims and Reality

Random Reflections The Interim Budget 2024 created a lot of expectations as it was presented in the election year. In 20...

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Budget 2023-24 has Chilling Implications for India’s People | The Money Trail

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 At a time when the poor majority of the country nee...

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Budget Analysis 2023: Taking People for a Ride

Be it the Global Risk Report 2023 or the RBI’s own Financial Stability Report, everyone today acknowledges that th...

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Central flaw in the budget: Irrational reliance on the trickle-down theory

The Prime Minister perfectly summed up his government’s approach to the budget and the underlying economic thinking whil...

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केंद्रीय बजट- अमीरों को खुली बिक्री | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

केन्द्रीय बजट महामारी ग्रस्त देश को कुछ राहत नहीं दिला पाया। पर जमीन की सच्चाईयों से बहुत दूर बैठे कुछ अमीर लोगों को इस ...

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Union Budget- A total Sell-out to the Super-Rich | THE MONEY TRAIL

The Money Trail Union government revealing its true colours declared open allegiance with the super-rich of the country....

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Budget 2021: ‘Blueprint to drive inequality’

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) organized a Public Meeting titled, “Budget Like Never Before: A Critical Analy...

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Budget ‘Like Never Before’ – 2021 Budget Analysis

The 2021 budget was lauded as the one ‘like never before’. There was a lot of hype created around it, hailing it as the ...

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February 18, 2025

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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...

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February 18, 2025

Joe Athialy

Union Budget 2024-25: High on claims, less on substance

The interim budget of 2024-25 (also called the Vote on Account) was never expected to make any bold announcements. Instead, it was intended to showcase the performance of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and announce popular schemes in view of the upcoming general elections. Maybe i...

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February 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

Interim Budget or Report Card? Claims and Reality

Random Reflections The Interim Budget 2024 created a lot of expectations as it was presented in the election year. In 2019, PM Kisan Scheme was announced providing Rs 6000 per year to farmers owning less than 2 hectares of land. PM Shram Yogi Mandhan insurance scheme was also announced in the interi...

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March 11, 2026

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Budget 2023-24 has Chilling Implications for India’s People | The Money Trail

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 At a time when the poor majority of the country needs the most support, the government has abandoned them. Cutting down almost all the social welfare schemes and reducing allocation to some key sectors, the government has struck a ...

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February 18, 2025

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Budget Analysis 2023: Taking People for a Ride

Be it the Global Risk Report 2023 or the RBI’s own Financial Stability Report, everyone today acknowledges that the world is staring at a rather grim future, and India is not immune to the same. This is when the teeming millions of the country have hardly recovered from the pandemic. At such a...

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February 18, 2025

Prasanna Mohanty

Central flaw in the budget: Irrational reliance on the trickle-down theory

The Prime Minister perfectly summed up his government’s approach to the budget and the underlying economic thinking while briefing his party workers a day after the budget. He said: “When the government incurs such a huge expenditure, it will bring more investment, expand modern infrastructure, and ...

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March 11, 2026

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केंद्रीय बजट- अमीरों को खुली बिक्री | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

केन्द्रीय बजट महामारी ग्रस्त देश को कुछ राहत नहीं दिला पाया। पर जमीन की सच्चाईयों से बहुत दूर बैठे कुछ अमीर लोगों को इस से काफ़ी मदद मिलेगी। सब नारे – वादे भुलाकर, ये सरकार बस अमृत काल का सपना दे गई। पेश है हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब का पोस्ट – बजट एपिसोड ...

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March 11, 2026

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Union Budget- A total Sell-out to the Super-Rich | THE MONEY TRAIL

The Money Trail Union government revealing its true colours declared open allegiance with the super-rich of the country. All tax concessions for them will continue while everyone else is left in the cold. Govt is betting everything it has on infrastructure development, assuring that wealth will tric...

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February 18, 2025

Nishank

Budget 2021: ‘Blueprint to drive inequality’

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) organized a Public Meeting titled, “Budget Like Never Before: A Critical Analysis of Budget 2021” on 11th February, 2021, which brought together an esteemed set of panellists covering Indian Economy, Public Health, Dalits & Adivasis, Environment and Clim...

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February 18, 2025

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Budget ‘Like Never Before’ – 2021 Budget Analysis

The 2021 budget was lauded as the one ‘like never before’. There was a lot of hype created around it, hailing it as the ‘a budget to boost economic recovery’, one to ‘drive economic revival post Covid–19’, a ‘reformist budget’ and so on. The Finance Minister said a few weeks back that this bud...

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

Union Budget 2024-25: High on claims, less on substance

Interim Budget or Report Card? Claims and Reality

Budget 2023-24 has Chilling Implications for India’s People | The Money Trail

Budget Analysis 2023: Taking People for a Ride

Central flaw in the budget: Irrational reliance on the trickle-down theory

केंद्रीय बजट- अमीरों को खुली बिक्री | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

Union Budget- A total Sell-out to the Super-Rich | THE MONEY TRAIL

Budget 2021: ‘Blueprint to drive inequality’

Budget ‘Like Never Before’ – 2021 Budget Analysis

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

Union Budget 2024-25: High on claims, less on substance

Interim Budget or Report Card? Claims and Reality

Budget 2023-24 has Chilling Implications for India’s People | The Money Trail

Budget Analysis 2023: Taking People for a Ride

Central flaw in the budget: Irrational reliance on the trickle-down theory

केंद्रीय बजट- अमीरों को खुली बिक्री | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

Union Budget- A total Sell-out to the Super-Rich | THE MONEY TRAIL

Budget 2021: ‘Blueprint to drive inequality’

Budget ‘Like Never Before’ – 2021 Budget Analysis