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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...

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Kartavya-less Budget

An Analysis of the Union Budget 2026-27 Listening to the Finance Minister’s speech right after reading the Economic Sur...

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Why the Union Budget Needs to Bring Course Correction in Banking

The finance ministry needs to acknowledge that relying on NBFC-led credit delivery while banks retreat from small-tick...

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Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

A model for the country and other states! We have seen many Union Economic Survey and Budget as well as State Budges. Ke...

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A Few ‘People’s Budget’

It is rather amusing that in today’s context, when the winds seem to be changing directions and there are talks of highe...

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Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

Slogans modified. No efforts to revive the Economy. In a surprise, Dr. Ananda Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, with h...

General Random Reflections Union Budget

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Economic Survey 2025: Development for Whom? | Finance Matters, 31 January 2025 | Editorial

The Economic Survey 2025 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, projects a 6.3 – 6.8% growth rate for FY ...

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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, w...

Coverage General Indian Economy Union Budget

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Budget, Push for Privatisation and Outright Frauds

Economic Survey & Budget 2022: Touted as the first paperless budget, the budget 2022 was after all a people-less bud...

General Indian Economy NPAs Union Budget

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Economic Survey and Budget 2022 – Hide Facts, Tell Lies, and Provide Irrelevant Statistics

While claiming that India is number one in vaccination, the Economic Survey presents a chart of a few countries, leaving...

General Random Reflections Union Budget

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...

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September 30, 2026

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Kartavya-less Budget

An Analysis of the Union Budget 2026-27 Listening to the Finance Minister’s speech right after reading the Economic Survey felt as if the sound and fury of the Survey signified nothing. The Survey, sans several of the unqualified praise for the state of the economy, had rightly underlined the exige...

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January 31, 2026

Thomas Franco

Why the Union Budget Needs to Bring Course Correction in Banking

The finance ministry needs to acknowledge that relying on NBFC-led credit delivery while banks retreat from small-ticket lending is neither equitable nor sustainable.People gather outside a branch of Bank of Baroda as it remains closed in Mirzapur on January 27, 2026. Photo: PTI | The WireFor seve...

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March 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

A model for the country and other states! We have seen many Union Economic Survey and Budget as well as State Budges. Kerala Budget especially by Dr. Thomas Issac used to have innovations and visionary schemes for the majority of the people. This time Tamilnadu has shown the way. First Economic Surv...

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February 20, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya, Amitanshu Verma & Pranay Raj

A Few ‘People’s Budget’

It is rather amusing that in today’s context, when the winds seem to be changing directions and there are talks of higher tariff walls and protectionist moves, the prescription remains the same – more deregulation. Much of the discussion in the follow up to the economic survey and the Union budget ...

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February 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

Slogans modified. No efforts to revive the Economy. In a surprise, Dr. Ananda Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, with his team of more than 150 people, produced an Economic Survey 2025 with certain critical comments. (He may be on the way out.) The report started with a note of caution and fear tha...

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February 18, 2025

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Economic Survey 2025: Development for Whom? | Finance Matters, 31 January 2025 | Editorial

The Economic Survey 2025 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, projects a 6.3 – 6.8% growth rate for FY 26, ahead of the Union Budget 2025-26. But, what does it mean to the common citizens like us? While the survey acclaims as a means for development and inclusion, a closer look reve...

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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

Ashish Kajla

Budget, Push for Privatisation and Outright Frauds

Economic Survey & Budget 2022: Touted as the first paperless budget, the budget 2022 was after all a people-less budget that was far removed from the pressing concerns of the day. This was starkly similar to the Economic Survey presented before it, which too seemed oblivious about the income los...

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February 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

Economic Survey and Budget 2022 – Hide Facts, Tell Lies, and Provide Irrelevant Statistics

While claiming that India is number one in vaccination, the Economic Survey presents a chart of a few countries, leaving out China. To show our spending in the social sector is worthwhile, it provides data of combined spending of the Union and State Governments and omits showing the Union Govt’s e...

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

Kartavya-less Budget

Why the Union Budget Needs to Bring Course Correction in Banking

Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

A Few ‘People’s Budget’

Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

Economic Survey 2025: Development for Whom? | Finance Matters, 31 January 2025 | Editorial

A Meme-Worthy Budget

Budget, Push for Privatisation and Outright Frauds

Economic Survey and Budget 2022 – Hide Facts, Tell Lies, and Provide Irrelevant Statistics

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

Kartavya-less Budget

Why the Union Budget Needs to Bring Course Correction in Banking

Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

A Few ‘People’s Budget’

Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

Economic Survey 2025: Development for Whom? | Finance Matters, 31 January 2025 | Editorial

A Meme-Worthy Budget

Budget, Push for Privatisation and Outright Frauds

Economic Survey and Budget 2022 – Hide Facts, Tell Lies, and Provide Irrelevant Statistics