Centre for Budgetary and Governance Accountability
Centre for Budgetary and Governance Accountability
Small farming needs a budget boost
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 10:02 AMThe agriculture sector has been playing a significant role in shaping India’s overall growth trajectory. What promising initiatives should the Budget 2015-16 come up with? Should it extend timely credit facilities to farmers belonging to all the farming categories? Should it extend crop insurance facilities to all farmers and for all crops?
Climate change: Slow it down or deal with it?
Posted on 15 Feb, 2015 02:38 PMShould the next Union Budget go all-in on climate change? Should clean energy, state incentives, mitigation and adaptation all emerge as priorities? How will the administration deal with extreme weather events that become more common with climate change?