The only way to stop the killing in Gaza is for Netanyahu to be replaced as prime minister by some other leader. The sooner the United States, Israel’s principal backer and funder, realises this, and works towards this end, the better off both Palestinians and the rest of the world would be
The manner in which government has described its cooking gas subsidy as a gift to Indian women reinforces gender stereotypes of women as the sole custodians of the kitchen.
As the world continues to globalise, accommodating new geopolitical alignments, technological paradigm shifts, and climate imperatives, the role of governments in their national economies is rising, both through policy and expenditure. In India, of the total government expenditure of 30% of GDP, two-thirds is carried out by state governments (see Table 2.7 of Economic Survey 2022-23, Statistical Appendix), including some spending financed by the Centre.
Play Store fee may be steep, but it's levied only on apps with revenue of at least $1 million; fledging startup pay little and Google should publicise this.
MPCE data accounts for just 49 per cent of the consumption reported by GDP estimates. The destination weddings, designer clothes, fancy dining and wining, and exotic holidays probably remain Instagram posts, without finding mention in answers to pesky surveyors.
Recorded contributions, whether via electoral bonds or plain contributions for which parties issue receipts, form only a part, probably a tiny part, of the total spending by political parties.