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Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Co...

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The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The latest Indus Valley report in fact shows that India’s consuming class is today just a thin layer of 10% and th...

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The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’

There is a euphoria around the “tax bonanza” offered to the middle classes in this year’s Budget. The proposal of no tax...

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पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी

वित्तीय वर्ष 2025- 26 में बजट अनुमान 50,65,345 करोड़ रुपए का है। जिसमें केन्द्रीय पर्यावरण,वन एवं जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रा...

General Nature Union Budget

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The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A reading of the budget and the Economic Survey is a crucial exercise to understand the direction that the economy is ta...

General National Finance Publications Union Budget

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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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Economic And Financial Implications Of The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024: A Muslim Perspective

Picture Credits: The Observer Post Though not explicitly stated in the Qur’an, waqf has been extensively used in Islamic...

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Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development

In 1994, the New York Times described the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) as “overlords of Africa” and...

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Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?

On their 80th birthday, the colonial legacies of the World Bank (collectively for the IBRD – International Bank for Rec...

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March 7, 2025

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Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations system, composed of 47 States, responsible for the promotion and protection of all human righ...

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March 4, 2025

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The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The latest Indus Valley report in fact shows that India’s consuming class is today just a thin layer of 10% and this section is only deepening, not widening. While people from the bottom 90% are unable to join the top segment, the wealthiest class is growing even wealthier. We already know tha...

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February 18, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya & Pranay Raj

The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’

There is a euphoria around the “tax bonanza” offered to the middle classes in this year’s Budget. The proposal of no tax for those with annual income up to Rs 12 lakh has been hailed by the media, with many even calling this a “middle-class budget”. Of course, there are serious concerns as to whethe...

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February 18, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी

वित्तीय वर्ष 2025- 26 में बजट अनुमान 50,65,345 करोड़ रुपए का है। जिसमें केन्द्रीय पर्यावरण,वन एवं जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय को 3412.82 करोड़ रुपए का आबंटन किया गया है जो 2024-25 के प्रावधानों 3330.37 करोड़ रुपए से थोड़ा बढ़ा है। केन्द्रीय पर्यावरण, वन‌‌‌ एवं जलवायु परिवर्तन को मिले वर्तमान बजट में के...

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September 24, 2026

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The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A reading of the budget and the Economic Survey is a crucial exercise to understand the direction that the economy is taking. It gives a sense of how responsive is a government to the actual challenges in the economy and the real needs of the people. The current budget as such was crucial as it come...

General National Finance Publications 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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December 16, 2024

Nabeel Ahmad

Economic And Financial Implications Of The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024: A Muslim Perspective

Picture Credits: The Observer Post Though not explicitly stated in the Qur’an, waqf has been extensively used in Islamic history to assist with community development and support. The word “Waqf” comes from the Arabic word “Waqafa,” which implies to pause or hold. One of the important characteristic...

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December 2, 2024

Sejal Singh

Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development

In 1994, the New York Times described the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) as “overlords of Africa” and ostensibly so the bankers have indeed become overlords of the global south since the globalisation of neoliberal economic order with the ‘end of history’ moment in the 1990s and...

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December 2, 2024

Mehul Singh

Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?

On their 80th birthday, the colonial legacies of the World Bank (collectively for the IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the IDA – International Development Association) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have sparked calls for reforms, radical reconstruction an...

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Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’

पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी

The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

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

Economic And Financial Implications Of The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024: A Muslim Perspective

Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development

Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?

Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’

पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी

The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

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

Economic And Financial Implications Of The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024: A Muslim Perspective

Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development

Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?