The government must focus on public health while preparing Budget 2021, not on the health of insurance in healthcare firms. Read more »
The finance minister may be tempted to introduce a coronavirus cess in Budget 2021, but it will do more harm than good at present. Read more »
Through Budget 2021, the government must ensure that money does not come in the way of strengthening R&D, medical education, infrastructure, manpower and logistics systems. Read more »
No one can fault the finance minister for putting a bevy of welfare schemes in Kerala Budget 2021 in an election year amid a global pandemic and economic crisis. Read more »
Kerala Budget 2021 unveiled a post-doctoral fellowship scheme that will ensure the minimum efficiency wage for skilled research workers, like MGNREGA did in for unskilled labour. Read more »
The government needs to ensure optimal utilization of the sectoral stimulus packages to be announced in Union Budget 2021. Read more »
Budget 2021 should target doubling of farmers’ income through monetisation of their high-value produce, better price realisation, and a congenial policy environment. Read more »
Union Budget 2021: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman should raise capital expenditure in defence as India needs to enhance its strategic capabilities. Read more »
The government should focus on the funding needs of MSMEs with respect to access to finance which includes financing gaps in working capital and access to funds at lower interest rates. Read more »
Three ideas for General Budget 2021: Sustainability and regeneration, education and health for all, and a block chained India. Read more »