-Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability Please click here to access the Budget analysis report entitled Has the Tide Turned?: Response to Union Budget 2014-15, which was done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability in July, 2014. ...

-HAQ: Centre for Child Rights Children have been given only 4.6 per cent of the total Budget of 2014 -15. In fact the share of children in has decreased. Is this the Finance Minister's gift to children on India? Please click here to access the full report. ...

-Deccan Herald It is difficult to understand why Indian farmers continue to be ignored. With a meager outlay every year, Indian farmers have been producing a bountiful harvest. If only agriculture was to be injected with the much need economic stimulus package, I am sure the Indian farmers can flood the country with food, fruits and vegetables. India can certainly emerge as one of the biggest exporters of agricultural commodities. In...

-The Guardian India's PM points to Gujarat as an emblem of economic success. But despite impressive growth, the state lags behind on welfare Narendra Modi has just unveiled his first Budget after winning a massive electoral victory on a development platform. The Budget presented last week has disappointed those who were expecting stronger signals about a pro-market shift in economic policy, as well as in the stock market. However, the Budget has...

-Deccan Herald The National Crime Records Bureau's data for 2013 is out, and farm suicides are pegged at 11,772 -- not very different from the earlier years.Many activists point out how these figures are in fact under-reported. In a country where the cultivators' numbers are plummeting drastically as the Census 2011 data shows, this unabated trend of farm suicides is something that any government should take note of. The central aspect to this...