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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…

Biden’s moves are failing, affecting US-India ties

Harsh V. Pant One year into office and the Biden Presidency is coming apart at the seams. Normally, United States (US) presidents enjoy a honeymoon period for a year, but Joe Biden’s leadership has been flailing since the disastrous withdrawal…

The Need for Urban Employment Guarantee in the Union Budget

Tikender Singh Panwar There is widespread traction for an urban employment guarantee scheme, similar to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), in the urban spectrum. This demand comes not just from youth organizations but also from workers’…

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