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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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Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?

Coal Budget in the Budget 2023-24 was cut by 50%. The expenditure budgeted for the year 2023-24 is 192 crores which is ...

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Budget: A cruel joke on the majority and benefits for the rich

Random Reflections The Godi media which had been asking for opinions from people on what is needed from the budg...

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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

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Union Budget – What People Want? | THE MONEY TRAIL

The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. For a change, we need a pro-people budget. Experts and activists presen...

Union Budget Videos

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Focus of Economic Survey 2020-2021 on Infrastructure Sector

Infrastructure Finance Update, February 2021 The Union Budget 2021-22, presented on 1st February, focused majorly on inf...

General Infrastructure Finance

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Unwrapping Economic Survey 2020-21

Three days prior to the Union Budget presentation for the year 2021, Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitaraman introduced E...

General Infrastructure Finance

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The Great Indian Climate Gimmick!

The union budget 2021-22 was placed in the parliament a few days ago. Taking a quick look at its Environment & Clima...

Climate Finance General

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Catering to Finance alone can not qualify India as Democracy

Budget placed in the Indian Parliament on 1st February fails to send out a long due message to the stagnating Indian ec...

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When the Wealth Creators are Invisibilised

At the first anniversary of the formation of the Department of Fisheries there is little to celebrate in the Budget 2020...

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February 20, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya, Amitanshu Verma & Pranay Raj

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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March 9, 2023

Dhwani Shah

Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?

Coal Budget in the Budget 2023-24 was cut by 50%. The expenditure budgeted for the year 2023-24 is 192 crores which is 50% less than the budget of the previous years. At the face of it, it would seem that India is phasing out of coal, but are we really? Private, Commercial coal mining is being prom...

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February 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

Budget: A cruel joke on the majority and benefits for the rich

Random Reflections The Godi media which had been asking for opinions from people on what is needed from the budget has forgotten the wishes of people and showering encomium on the Finance Minister who has made the budget a Joke. She did act like a joker during the presentation repeating Amri...

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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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March 11, 2026

CFA Admin

Union Budget – What People Want? | THE MONEY TRAIL

The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. For a change, we need a pro-people budget. Experts and activists present a wish list. ...

Union Budget Videos

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May 26, 2021

CFA Admin

Focus of Economic Survey 2020-2021 on Infrastructure Sector

Infrastructure Finance Update, February 2021 The Union Budget 2021-22, presented on 1st February, focused majorly on infrastructure sector to increase economic growth rates by initiating several new projects and announcing the setting up of a Development Finance Institution for long term financing n...

General Infrastructure Finance

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May 26, 2021

Shivani Dwivedi

Unwrapping Economic Survey 2020-21

Three days prior to the Union Budget presentation for the year 2021, Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitaraman introduced Economic Survey on 29th January, 2021 for the FY 2020-2021. It was prepared by Department of Economics Affairs, Ministry of Finance and other Ministries under the guidance of Chief ...

General Infrastructure Finance

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May 14, 2021

Soumya Dutta

The Great Indian Climate Gimmick!

The union budget 2021-22 was placed in the parliament a few days ago. Taking a quick look at its Environment & Climate provisions, here is a brief snapshot of the dismal picture of the Modi government’s “Environmental Championship” (after all, he was conferred the “Champion of ...

Climate Finance General

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February 13, 2020

Sunanda Sen

Catering to Finance alone can not qualify India as Democracy

Budget placed in the Indian Parliament on 1st February fails to send out a long due message to the stagnating Indian economy. This is by failing to announce policies for a possible recovery of aggregate employment and output in near future. Above is evident with measures in this budget too fe...

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February 7, 2020

National Fishworkers Forum

When the Wealth Creators are Invisibilised

At the first anniversary of the formation of the Department of Fisheries there is little to celebrate in the Budget 2020 from the point of view of traditional and small-scale fish workers who are engaged in capture and extensive culture fisheries in both inland and marine sectors. An independent Dep...

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A Few ‘People’s Budget’

Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?

Budget: A cruel joke on the majority and benefits for the rich

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

Union Budget – What People Want? | THE MONEY TRAIL

Focus of Economic Survey 2020-2021 on Infrastructure Sector

Unwrapping Economic Survey 2020-21

The Great Indian Climate Gimmick!

Catering to Finance alone can not qualify India as Democracy

When the Wealth Creators are Invisibilised

A Few ‘People’s Budget’

Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?

Budget: A cruel joke on the majority and benefits for the rich

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

Union Budget – What People Want? | THE MONEY TRAIL

Focus of Economic Survey 2020-2021 on Infrastructure Sector

Unwrapping Economic Survey 2020-21

The Great Indian Climate Gimmick!

Catering to Finance alone can not qualify India as Democracy

When the Wealth Creators are Invisibilised

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