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A walk that must balance between economic growth and people’s welfare needs

The budget takes cognisance of sluggish manufacturing sector growth

Patna, Bihar, India -Feb .01, 2025: People looking Union Budget 2025-26 on TV screens presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a shop in Patna, Bihar, India, Saturday,01, 2025.(Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Opinion

Published on Feb 01, 2025 11:27 PM IST

ByAvani Kapur

Federal financing of health: Implications for capacity and priority

This article is authored by Avani Kapur, Ritwik Shukla, Sharad Pandey, CPR and Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Janak Raj, Prajakta Shukla, & Sandhya Venkateswaran, CSEP.

Public Health

Published on Jun 07, 2024 01:53 PM IST

ByAvani Kapur, Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Janak Raj, Prajakta Shukla, Ritwik Shukla, Sharad Pandey, Sandhya Venkateswaran

Viksit Bharat vs Garib Kalyan, a balancing act

Garib Kalyan today remains aligned to political opportunism rather than a robust substantive welfare commitment.

People watch the live telecast of the interim budget 2024 by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, at a showroom in Gurugram, on Thursday. (ANI)

Opinion

Published on Feb 01, 2024 10:23 PM IST

ByYamini Aiyar, Avani Kapur

What the budget means for India’s social sector

With livelihoods, poverty and social safety nets still in a precarious position, the neglect of the social sector will hamper India’s attempt to build a dynamic, resilient and equitable social welfare architecture.

The much-neglected Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was the first to be tapped to provide employment to millions of migrant workers returning to their native states (ANI)

opinion

Updated on Feb 03, 2021 07:06 AM IST

ByAvani Kapur

Decoding the dip in public expenditure

Despite enhanced commitments across spheres, the government has spent less this year than it did last year

While additional allocations of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>40,000 crore have been made for the MGNREGS, and this is a welcome step, the scheme is still struggling to meet current demand(ANI)

analysis

Updated on Dec 20, 2020 07:42 PM IST

ByAvani Kapur and Sharad Pandey

Indian states are short of money. They need help | Opinion

Changes of the past six years had put their finances in a precarious position. The current measures aren’t enough

Stranded migrant workers queue to collect health certificates, Pune, May 6, 2020(Ravindra Joshi/HTPhoto)

analysis

Updated on May 17, 2020 06:48 PM IST

ByAvani Kapur and Udit Ranjan

Post Covid-19, India needs increased focus on air quality

The coronavirus crisis necessitates making health and social protection a priority. But we must not lose momentum on the strides made in tackling air pollution

analysis

Updated on Apr 22, 2020 02:04 PM IST

ByAvani Kapur and Santosh Harish

Rural India reels under economic slump

Currently, two of the Government of India’s (GoI) largest schemes focussed on reviving the rural economy have been the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).

Agricultural labourers engaged in grading and separation activities at an onion farm at Lasalgaon in Mumbai on December 5, 2019.(Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

india news

Updated on Feb 01, 2020 06:31 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAvani Kapur, Meghna Paul, Vastav Irava

Will children get attention in budget?

The latest National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy that focussed on children under 6 was in 2013.

With the recent impetus to schemes for ensuring nutrition and reduction in the mortality rate of children under 5 (from 59 per 1000 live births in 2000 to 39 in 2016), the total number of children in this age group is likely to increase in Census 2021.(HT Photo)

india news

Published on Jan 31, 2020 03:32 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAvani Kapur and Mridusmita Bordoloi

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Avani Kapur

The budget takes cognisance of sluggish manufacturing sector growth

This article is authored by Avani Kapur, Ritwik Shukla, Sharad Pandey, CPR and Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Janak Raj, Prajakta Shukla, & Sandhya Venkateswaran, CSEP.

Garib Kalyan today remains aligned to political opportunism rather than a robust substantive welfare commitment.

With livelihoods, poverty and social safety nets still in a precarious position, the neglect of the social sector will hamper India’s attempt to build a dynamic, resilient and equitable social welfare architecture.

Despite enhanced commitments across spheres, the government has spent less this year than it did last year

Changes of the past six years had put their finances in a precarious position. The current measures aren’t enough

The coronavirus crisis necessitates making health and social protection a priority. But we must not lose momentum on the strides made in tackling air pollution

Currently, two of the Government of India’s (GoI) largest schemes focussed on reviving the rural economy have been the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).

The latest National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy that focussed on children under 6 was in 2013.

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