Anti-people Budget
In the budget presented for 2025-26 much hullabaloo has been made about the income tax exemption limit having been raised from Rs. 7 lakhs to Rs. 12 lakhs. Only the…
Budget 2025-2026
Union Budget: Attack on Dalit Economic Empowerment
While presenting the Union Budget 2025-26, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began her speech with the famous quote of Telugu poet and playwright Gurajada Appa Rao, 'A country…
Tribal Sub Plan Budget: More Announcements, Less Money
Last year on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, just before the Jharkhand elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had started the 'Dharti Aaba Janjati Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan' in the name of…
Union Government pushes India’s vulnerable further into destitution
In the 2025 Union Budget, the government has once again turned a blind eye to the pressing need for increased funding for social security pensions. The allocation for the National…
An attempt to pull the economy forward with the help of tax savings of the middle class
Finally, the Modi government has accepted that our economy is stuck in recession. The growth rate of the economy which was estimated at 8.2% has fallen down drastically and has…
Pro-corporate budget: It tells less and hides more!
The pre-budget economic survey has advocated the path of privatisation and pro-corporatism in the name of 'Vikasit Bharat', and its full reflection is in the budget presented today. But every…
A Budget of Hope for Growth and Economic Restructuring
India finds itself at a pivotal moment in its economic journey. As the world’s fifth-largest economy, the country confronts the dual challenge of sustaining growth while tackling the structural inefficiencies…
Pension Parishad calls for increased budget spending for social security pensions
Budget brief: Social security pensions in Budget 2025-2026 New Delhi, January 28, 2025: As the Union Budget approaches, the spotlight falls on the pressing need for adequate allocation toward social…
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