Lack of preparation by the Central government for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a massive blow to India’s economy and has caused enormous hardships to working people of the country. The informal economy, of which agriculture and the…
A webinar titled "COVID-19 Pandemic and Fiscal federalism in India" was organized by Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT) during 27-28 April 2020. Click here for Programme DAY 1 : 27 April 2020 Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session…
The sudden announcement of a national lockdown to contain the spread of COVID19 has resulted in a severe disruption of food supply chains. The lockdown was announced without any preparation, and nothing was mentioned about excluding agricultural production and marketing…
There are still many uncertainties about the COVID-19 pandemic: about the extent of its spread, its severity in different countries, the length of the outbreak, and whether an initial decline could be followed by a recurrence. But some things are…
This is a study conducted by Society for Social and Economic Research (SSER). SSER has requested researchers who have been conducting field-based studies of villages and the rural economy to reach out to informants in their study areas over telephone…
The budget figures these days mean very little. The difference between what the budget provides and what actually happens does not come to light even after a time- lag of two years, while earlier two years were the limit. And…
The budget placed in the Indian Parliament on 1st February fails to send out a long due message to the stagnating Indian economy. This is by failing to announce policies for a possible recovery of aggregate employment and output in…
Budget 2020, presented by India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Feb. 1, turned out to be worse than a damp squib. It was such a disappointment that its impact on an already weak economy now facing global headwinds, may verge on the…
Though Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laboured for well over 2 hours when delivering her budget speech, it is likely that the aspect of the speech that will receive popular attention would be the restructuring of income tax slabs and reduction…
It’s finally time to call the bluff: the Union budget has become a completely meaningless — even misleading —exercise. Those of us who take either the pronouncements or the numbers mentioned on expected revenues and projected spending in the budget…
