Union Budget 2019

ISRO chief K. Sivan during an event to mark Vikram Sarabhai's birth centenary. Credit: PTI

Why ‘Poverty First, Moon Next’ Is an Absurd Argument

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/07/2019

Claiming money spent on X is wrong because it...

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Why the National Research Foundation Is Part Good News, Part Abeyance

Rahul Siddharthan 09/07/2019

While a body like the National Research Foundation would...

A nurse tends to a woman, who underwent a sterilization surgery at a government mass sterilisation "camp", at CIMS hospital in Bilaspur

Budget 2019: Spearheaded by Ayushman Bharat, Swachh Bharat, Health Gets a Boost

Anoo Bhuyan 05/07/2019

In a big jump from last year's allocation of...

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On Drinking Water, Modi Government Isn’t Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta 05/07/2019

This year's budgetary allocation for the drinking water department...

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TIFR Salary Delay Is Tip of the Iceberg of Bigger Crunch at Autonomous Bodies

R. Ramachandran 08/03/2019

While the real funds crunch at TIFR has not...

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Watch | How Ayushman Bharat Got a Silent Boost in the 2019 Budget

Anoo Bhuyan 03/02/2019

In conversation with Avani Kapur, director of the Accountability...

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India’s Defence Budget is Nearly Five Times the Health Budget

Anoo Bhuyan 02/02/2019

Out of the 27 major items of expenditure, health...