Mukul Asher Introduction Unveiling of India’s Union Budget is the single most substantive economic event of the year. It is an occasion to take stock of the immediate past economic performance, review macroeconomic and fiscal trends and scenarios, and explain…
Key points of analysis by constituents of Vikalp Sangam* This analysis looks at the environmental implications of India’s Union Budget 2022-23 in three dimensions:• Direct allocations for Environment• Indirect allocations for Environment in non-environment sectors• Allocations for other sectors with…
Vibhuti Patel Macroeconomic Considerations in the Union Budgets The context setting is important to understand the implications of the Union Budget 2022-23 on the social sector of India. India ranked 131st out of 189 counties in the Human Development Index.…
Gurinder Kaur The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the financial year 2022-23 on February 1, 2022. The Union budget is also called a ‘booster budget’ by the government because it focuses on strengthening business activities…
Sandeep Chachra and Tikender Panwar On part of the government, such an effort would need substantial capital expenditures to create multiplier effects, instigate private sector energies and promote the generation of jobs on the ground Workers had been battling a…
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun Kumar Indian cities amidst the Third Wave of the Pandemic India is urbanizing and projections are that by 2047, it will have half of its population in cities, though it might be a conservative estimate. The…
Devender Singh The budget this year does not give an impression that we are still amidst a pandemic; a pandemic, which has resulted in the loss of countless lives, liberty, and livelihoods. It seems to convey that the pandemic is…