-NDTV According to the World Health Statistics (2016), nearly 5 women die every hour in India due to pregnancy and delivery related complications. 17 per cent of maternal deaths in the world occur in India. Based on the data from the Rapid Survey on Children (2013), only 65 per cent of children are exclusively breastfed up to six months of age. Infant and child mortality rates are high as well. Child...

-HAQ Centre for Child Rights The NDA government presented its fourth Budget on 1st February 2017, putting forth its agenda of “Transform, Energise and Clean India” – TEC India. It seeks to transform the quality of governance and quality of life of our people; energise various sections of society, especially the youth and the vulnerable; and clean the country from the evils of corruption. Please click here to read the entire report. ...

-The Hindu Business Line Experts concerned over low allocations for key schemes New Delhi: It’s like demonetisation didn’t happen at all, activists and economists exclaim. Budget 2017-18, coming right after the demonetisation move, had raised hopes of greater allocations for social sectors — what with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mantra of Sabka saath sabka vikaas. Yet, there is all-round disappointment. “It is quite extraordinary. Post demonetisation, this is when you needed substantial moves for...

-Livemint.com One of the key trends underlying huge concentration of wealth and incomes is the increasing return to capital versus labour Given the demonetisation undertaken by the government in November 2016, the current Budget was presented at a historic moment in the Indian economy. To understand the government’s emphasis on the rural economy, we have to understand a key narrative that must influence economic policies in democratic countries. As several governments in developed...

-Livemint.com Whether the present Modi-led NDA government can live up the legacy of high capital expenditure by the Vajpayee government is the big question Arun Jaitley presented his fourth Budget on 1 February 2017. This Budget would be remembered for historical breaks from its predecessors due to dropping of plan versus non-plan expenditure categories, merging of railway Budget into Union Budget and advancing of Budget date by a month etc. While these are...