Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is planning to install 200 biomethanation plants, one in every ward. Experts say that awareness about segregation needs to reach more people, to make this step a success. By Shalu Chowrasia Shanti, who lives with her husband, Krishna, near a biomethanation plant in Jayanagar, has been out of work for more […]
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The practice of government, government-aided, and private school teachers engaging in the ‘business’ of imparting private tuitions in the city remains ungoverned. By Manasvi Gupta Good morning teacher! Wished the students. Good evening teacher! Wishes the students again—only this time at the teacher’s home. The teacher—surrounded by a group of students providing private tuitions thus […]
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Seven years after the Supreme Court ordered an end to the over-the-counter sale of acid, it is still freely available in the shops of Bangalore. By Riya Sharma Industrial acid burns on contact with the human skin, eating through flesh, fat, even bone. Despite the Supreme Court order to federal and state governments to regulate […]
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The Budget 2020 is going to be ‘the great gig in the sky’ for some time now, till the next year’s budget rolls in. Until then, we take a look at all the budgets over the decade and talk about what the implications of these budgets were. Healthcare: ‘How To Save a Life’ By Kshipra […]
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The long-awaited Budget arrives but garners lukewarm appreciation By Riddhiman Roy The effort to boost a flagging economy got a bit of an impetus with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman’s second budget, but the markets were not very impressed. The budget this year centred around three themes: Aspirational India to boost the standard of living; Economic […]
Continue ReadingSensex and Nifty-50 showed disapproval as the Union Budget 2020 failed to enthuse the stock market. By Vivek Kumar On one hand, where Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave taxpayers a choice to go for an alternate tax system, on the other hand, the union budget 2020 has left trade investors disappointed after the stock market […]
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By Priyansh Verma With personal income tax exemption limit now pegged to Rs. 5 lakh, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is continuing on its path to increase disposable income, thereby aiming for its plans for a Rs. 5 trillion economy in the country by 2025. Aimed to achieve the GDP growth rate target of […]
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The wide-ranging announcements made by the Finance Minister in this year’s budget emphasized enormously on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is evident in the sectors touched by the budget. The Softcopy examined the implication of the budget on eight SDGs. SDG 03: Good Health and Well-being By Swalpi Bajpai and Anushka Sharma Nirmala Sitharaman […]
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By Pradnya Desai Despite India’s upward trajectory in its defense spending over the past decade, the allocation for capital expenditure is in the doldrums. India achieved the Rs. 3 lakh crore-mark last year, making it the highest ever defense allocation of India. Today, India has the third biggest defense budget in the world. However, the […]
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The 16 point agenda for farmers in the 2020 budget 2020 hopes to double farm income. By Anil Kumar Tiwari Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has declared a 16-point agenda to double farmers’ income by 2022. This includes a credit of Rs. 15 lakh crore in the current financial year. The government has allotted Rs. 2.83 […]
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