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    Forests, environment and climate change budgets overlook the marginalised

    Budget 2022 has not worked to realise the commitments the prime minister made at COP26. The most marginalised have not been considered in the...

    Budget 2022: Disappointment for social sector

    The total union budget expenditure as a proportion of the GDP has declined to 15.3 per cent in 2021-22 from 16.2 per cent in...

    Humanitarian agencies write to finance minister. Seek consultative process

    Sphere India has asked the finance minister to institutionalise disaster risk and climate change adaptation budgeting in the union budgets to mark the shift...

    SouthAsia calls for increased tax revenues from the digitalized economy

    Recent research indicates that a tax-GDP ratio above 15 per cent is a “tipping point” that helps countries generate sufficient domestic resources that can...

    Preliminary questions Budget 2022 raises

    A zero allocation for the national programme on mid-day meals in schools is disturbing and the budget for the LPG connections for poor households...

    Myanmar’s military junta is killing press freedom

    The junta have a cynical incentive to suppress reporting that exposes their daily assault on Myanmar’s people. According to the report on 28 January...

    Economic Survey dwells on SDG achievements

    The Economic Survey highlights the importance of balancing rapid economic growth with conservation, ecological security and environmental sustainability. A day before presenting the budget before...

    A special adviser to probe racism and discrimination at UN

    A survey of UN staff in Geneva revealed that “more than one in three staff have personally experienced racial discrimination and/or have witnessed others...
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    Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?

    It is evident that the effects of the project are not uniformly distributed, as certain villages experience benefits while...

    Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures

    The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review of the air quality scenario in the National Capital Region...

    Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All

    By Yasmine Sherif The words above, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, serve as a reminder that we still have...

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    Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?

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    Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures

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