Analyzing India’s Urban Interim Budget 2024: Priorities and Projections
The increase in funds allocated for improving the quality of life in urban areas by 12 percent, as pledged in the Interim Budget, is positively received.
The increase in funds allocated for improving the quality of life in urban areas by 12 percent, as pledged in the Interim Budget, is positively received.
This year’s Union Budget was a vote of account, which is a provision in the budgetary process that allows the government to obtain the approval of Parliament for essential expenditures for a limited period before the full Budget is presented.
The IMPRI Center for ICT for Development, IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on the topic “Defense, Foreign Policy and Interim Union Budget 2024-25” on 5 February 2024, under IMPRI 4th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberation and Analysis of Interim Union Budget 2024-25, as part of IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk.
The IMPRI Center for ICT for Development, IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on the topic “Education, S&T, R&D and Interim Union Budget 2024-25” on 4 February 2024, under IMPRI 4th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberation and Analysis of Interim Union Budget 2024-25, as part of IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk.
For India, a forward-looking policy ecosystem would not only attract more investment but also foster innovation and R&D, essential for its technological advancement.
India’s defense export revenue touched a record high of Rupees 15,920 crore for FY23. This was more than 10 times New Delhi’s defence export revenue of Rupees 1,521 crore during 2016-17. What makes this export record even more astonishing is that, only a decade ago, India was exporting arms worth a marginal Rupees 686 crore.
Reservation is a tool that enables access to those for whom it has been long denied. Until caste discrimination persists, there is no question of withdrawing caste-based affirmative action.