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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...

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The Budget India Needs

A People’s Blueprint for the 2025-26 Budget! At the threshold of the 2025 budget, the vitals of the economy are causing ...

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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 t...

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Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up

The electoral bonds scam has opened up the complex nexus between business and politics, making it visible for all to see...

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Submissions to the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy regarding the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2022

Date: 24th December 2022 The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 was tabled in the Parliament on the 8th of August 2022...

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Why are two Indias growing further apart?

In more recent times, it is strong rise in financial assets, aided by fiscal and monetary support to businesses in respo...

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India’s demographic curse in waiting

The UN’s 2022 HDI report reveals India remains at the bottom pile of countries in health, education and income levels – ...

Finance General Indian Economy

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Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19

In India, nearly 40% girls remain out of school in the age-group of 15-18 years. The COVID-19 pandemic has only heighten...

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Selling the House to have Alcohol- Budget 2021-22

We have come across alcoholics selling property to have their drink. The central government seems to be doing similar t...

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Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

In September 2018, the Indian government unveiled a massive three-billion-dollar project—Strengthening Teaching-Learnin...

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September 24, 2026

CFA Admin

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...

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February 21, 2025

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The Budget India Needs

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

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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April 11, 2024

Kavita Kabeer

Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up

The electoral bonds scam has opened up the complex nexus between business and politics, making it visible for all to see – how favours are earned and exchanged by the top 1% even as over 800 million have to be grateful for getting ‘free’ rations. Many reports on inequality in recent years clearly sh...

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January 12, 2023

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Submissions to the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy regarding the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2022

Date: 24th December 2022 The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 was tabled in the Parliament on the 8th of August 2022. The Bill was then referred to the Standing Committee on Energy. Through this letter we, the civil society organizations would like to bring to your notice some pressing concerns,...

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September 27, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Why are two Indias growing further apart?

In more recent times, it is strong rise in financial assets, aided by fiscal and monetary support to businesses in response to the pandemic crisis, which has led to a sharper rise in inequality More and more global reports and estimates are pointing to two Indias – the rich India and the poor India ...

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September 14, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

India’s demographic curse in waiting

The UN’s 2022 HDI report reveals India remains at the bottom pile of countries in health, education and income levels – far behind the global averages in human development parameters Human capital development is critical for the growth and development of any economy, but that is where India remain...

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October 29, 2021

Rishita Barman

Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19

In India, nearly 40% girls remain out of school in the age-group of 15-18 years. The COVID-19 pandemic has only heightened the existing patterns of gender discrimination; disproportionately impacting girls more than boys. According to estimates, nearly 10 million secondary school girls in India coul...

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February 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

Selling the House to have Alcohol- Budget 2021-22

We have come across alcoholics selling property to have their drink. The central government seems to be doing similar things. The Public Sector is like the house constructed with great ambition. But now, it is being sold on a platter to a few favourite corporates and the money is being used for Cen...

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May 7, 2020

Anjela Taneja

Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

In September 2018, the Indian government unveiled a massive three-billion-dollar project—Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States, or STARS— designed in collaboration with the World Bank to improve the country’s education system. While 85 percent of the project’s cost would be borne b...

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

The Budget India Needs

A great opportunity lost – Budget 24-25

Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up

Submissions to the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy regarding the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2022

Why are two Indias growing further apart?

India’s demographic curse in waiting

Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19

Selling the House to have Alcohol- Budget 2021-22

Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

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

The Budget India Needs

A great opportunity lost – Budget 24-25

Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up

Submissions to the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy regarding the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2022

Why are two Indias growing further apart?

India’s demographic curse in waiting

Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19

Selling the House to have Alcohol- Budget 2021-22

Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education