Opinion

Gordon Brown & Mark Lowcock Today, 270 million people – equivalent to the combined population of Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy – are on the brink of starvation. This number has doubled over the last 12 months. And it is the world’s children...

Rup Narayan Das At a time when disparity and inequality among and within the nations is rising with the rich becoming richer and poor becoming poorer, it is imperative to recall the contributions of socialism and its protagonists the world over and also in India,...

Bhaskar Nath Biswal The much-awaited decision in Budget 2021 to hike FDI in insurance sector from 49 per cent to 74 per cent was well received by international payers and it is expected that the country can see investment by MNCs of around Rs 20000...

Melvin Durai Monkeys are a nuisance in many parts of India and the rest of the world, partly because they have a propensity to steal food and other objects. Monkeys are the gangsters of the animal world. Not all monkeys, of course, but the ones...

Shivaji Sarkar The Union Budget 2021-22 is being viewed as a document to consolidate, spend and revive on the one hand and on the other an extravaganza without expanding the kitty that gives little and takes more from every citizen. It doesn’t suit the needs...

Dr Sarit Kumar Rout The state finance minister will present state budget 2021-22 this month. This will be a tough budget as for the first time in the last 20 years revenue mobilisation is sternly affected by - contraction in own revenue and lower central...

Piyush Ranjan Rout Did we miss something in the year of COVID-19 pandemic from the Union Finance Minister? Even though we’ve heard a lot about the ‘historic Budget 2021’ what was the investment provision in cycling around India, and what about Smart Cities? Well, we...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala The Budget has a number of plus points. Investment in infrastructure such as in urban metro rails has been increased. A target of strategic disinvestment of PSUs and even two public sector banks has been set to garner `1.75 crore in the coming...

Ajit Ranade The government cannot spend even a rupee without the consent of Parliament. Hence its annual spending plan, called the Union Budget proposal is tabled in the Lok Sabha, as required by the Constitution. The Budget proposals are examined for how they impact the...

Shivaji Sarkar India is poised to grow despite the pandemic panic shock during a critical financial year when all budget projections had gone awry thanks to total countrywide shutdown of all production, predicts the Economic Survey 2020-21. Agriculture alone is growing at 3.4 per cent....