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Tax on the Ultra-Rich for Equitable Distribution of Wealth

Krishna Raj & Kaibalyapati Mishra With India’s economy facing unprecedented developmental challenges such as economic recession, income inequality, poverty, high inflation, disemployment, tax burden, and unsustainable development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined an ambitious developmental agenda in his special address…

Union Budget 2022 and the Well-being Challenge

Sandeep Chachra & Joseph Mathai Even the most optimistic observer of the Indian economy would find it difficult to show how the Indian economy is helping the well-being of the large majority of the population. Battling a pre-COVID slowdown, battered…

Not a Booster for Environment Budget 2022- 23

Gby Atee With the increasing global concerns over environmental issues and the country’s own environmental challenges mounting with time, what the fiscal policy has to offer to curb it has been an important question in light of the Budget 2022-2023…

Budget will fail in its long term goals

ARUN KUMAR The buzz around the Union Budget 2022-23 is that it is for long-term growth. The Economic Survey 2021-22 had flagged that the government is following `supply-side policies, and the budget is in the same mold. The finance minister…

Budget 2022-23: A template for future budgets

Dhiraj Nayyar At the start of her fourth Budget speech, Nirmala Sitharaman said that she would be laying out a blueprint for the next 25 years. Interestingly, over the next 90 minutes, she also laid out a blueprint for an ideal budget. At…

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