In terms of spending on infrastructure, privatisation, huge vacancies and changes in curriculum – the assault on education is from many directions. What is at stake is our future generations. This is the twelfth in a series of report cards by the Financial Accountability Network India, that attempts (even if…
Category: Report Card 2014 – 24
Health | Report Card 2014-24
While hospital tragedies like in Nanded or Gorakhpur are briefly covered by the media, the abysmal state of health infrastructure and paltry spending on public healthcare are glossed over. There are claims of increased budgeting and lowering out of pocket expenditure, the reality is worth digging into. This is the…
Food Security & Nutrition | Report Card 2014-24
Republic of Hunger? From anaemia to stunting, from malnutrition to wasting, the numbers that should concern us do not seem to capture the media’s attention. This is the tenth in a series of report cards by the Financial Accountability Network India, that attempts (even if not exhaustively) to glance through…
SOCIAL SECURITY & PENSIONS | REPORT CARD 2014-2024
No country for the old? From pensions, to social security to old age concessions, the government frowns upon spending to take care of our elderly. A mere 300 rupees for the widows and the disabled is a joke given the prices in the bazaars. A look into our abysmal social…
Balance Sheet of a Decade: Taxation | Report Card 2014-24
Why does the tax structure pinch the poor more than the rich corporates? Why is higher GST collection not necessarily a good thing for the economy? Why are the states not happy with their share in the taxes? Why was wealth tax abolished? This is the eighth in a series…
IBC Haircuts | Report Card 2014-24
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016 was supposed to help in recovering mounting NPAs from the corporate sector. But over the years it has turned out to be a super salon where crores are written off in the name of haircuts and corporate sharks take over “ailing” companies for…
Monetisation | Report Card 2014-24
While the government has justified it in the name of raising resources for social and infrastructure spending, but the monetisation plan is nothing but one that offers chunks of the nation’s public assets for private profits. This is the sixth in a series of report cards by the Financial Accountability…
Revdis for Corporates | Report Card 2014-24
This is the fifth in a series of report cards by the Financial Accountability Network India, that attempts (even if not exhaustively) to glance through and highlight a few of the claims and reality of the government’s performance across various sectors from a financial and economic lens. While the govt…
Employment | Report Card 2014-24
This is the fourth in a series of report cards by the Financial Accountability Network India, that attempts (even if not exhaustively) to glance through and highlight a few of the claims and reality of the government’s performance across various sectors from a financial and economic lens. This report card…
Farmers’ Report Card 2014-24
The historic farmers’ agitation against the farm Bills pushed by the Modi government was a desperate fight back against what was being touted as Indian farming’s “1991 moment”. The Bills would have made farmers directly negotiate with private corporations instead of the mediation of a state-regulated marketplace. It took about…