How much did Interim Budget 2024 allocate to different Union ministries

Down To Earth plots ministerial allocation and compares it with the amount allocated in the previous budget

Interim Budget 2024: Who got how much

Down To Earth plots the allotment for various ministries in the last budget before the general elections

Union Budget 2024-25: High on claims, less on substance

The budget speech was reduced to unsubstantiated claims and dangling the carrot of prosperity in future yet again

Union Budget 2024-25: Centre announces Rs 1 lakh crore in interest-free loans for private sector research

Experts question decision to prioritise profit-driven private innovation over public research

Union Budget 2024-25: Scientists disappointed over silence on National Research Foundation

Lack of transparency persists in proposed institution’s structure, governance

How much did the Interim Budget push for India’s Climate Action?

The inter-sectoral and widely impacting stresses of climate change need balanced allocations and efforts for mitigation, adaptation and disaster …

Union Budget 2024-25: New initiative to boost Blue Economy 2.0 announced

While the initiative promises positive impacts on the 14 million people along India’s coastline, apprehensions loom regarding potential …

Here are some of the highlights of Budget 2024

From cervical cancer vaccination to ‘Lakhpati Didi’ to rooftop solarisation, here are some key takeaways from Nirmala Sitharaman’…

Union Budget 2024-25 encourages vaccination against cervical cancer, provides insurance to frontline health workers

We hope the regular budget after the elections increases the health budget while paying attention to greater utilisation, expert tells Down To Earth

Union Budget 2024-25: No respite for rural employment as MGNREGS allocation unchanged from 2023-24

Of the Rs 86,000 crore allotted under the interim budget, only Rs 54,000 crore will be available for utilisation for financial year 2024-25

G20 Summit: Good progress on easing debt in Zambia, Ethiopia & Ghana, says finance minister

India releases G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration stating developing countries would need $5.8-5.9 trillion up to 2030 to …