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From AI to subsidies: Bernstein’s candid open letter to PM Modi flags 8 critical fault linesGlobal brokerage Bernstein has cautioned India against becoming a mere user of future technology. The firm suggests that continued reliance...- Assam polls: Women constitute 49.98% of electoral roll, but only 8.17% of total candidatesThe electoral landscape in Assam is evolving, with women voters surpassing their male counterparts in numerous districts. Despite this prog...
- States must back human capital over cash: Economic SurveyState governments' cash transfer schemes are straining finances and impacting growth. These popular programs are costing ₹1.7 lakh crore th...
- Economic Survey: Health warning for states' fiscal metricsState government finances are facing challenges with rising deficits and increased borrowing. While capital expenditure is being supported ...
- Economic Survey flags concerns over fiscal populism in statesThe Economic Survey highlights growing worries about states' fiscal populism and rising revenue deficits. Unconditional cash transfers are ...
- Fix the freebies, Economic Survey 2026 warns and tells howThe Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights the rapid expansion of unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) in Indian States, noting their significan...
- Fiscal indiscipline of states to have an impact on sovereign borrowing costs: CEA Anantha NageswaranStates' spending on populist doles is raising concerns. The Economic Survey warns this fiscal indiscipline will increase borrowing costs fo...
- Women-focused cash transfer quickly goes from being a vote catcher to being a welfare pillarBy FY26, these schemes are projected to benefit approximately 13 crore women, representing about a fifth of India's female population, maki...
- Cash schemes for women grow before polls, but state finances feel the strainDirect cash transfers to women are becoming a major policy tool across Indian states. Twelve states now offer these schemes, a significant ...
- Welcome Thrust on Financial InclusionBut that means not just stable, reliable technology platforms at banks, but also stable power supply and telecom connectivity across the la...
- View: FM’s policy of guaranteed loans to urban poor is superior to other welfare schemesAmong proposals announced by FM Sitharaman on Monday, an important element is the credit guarantee scheme to incentivise microfinance insti...
- ADB, Pakistan finalise USD 305 million emergency COVID-19 loanWhile the IMF loan was to boost Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the WB aid focused on supportin...
- Indian Society of Labour Economics urges govt to give cash transfers, free ration to informal worker householdAccording to the Indian Society of Labour Economics, assuming that about 20 crore households will require cash assistance, the total quantu...
- Unconditional cash transfer to farmer better option: SBI ReportMany countries have found that UBI does not address the structural problems and is at best a solution in interregnum.
- Next Economic Survey might float Universal Basic Income balloonUniversal basic income promises every citizen of the country unconditional cash transfer in place of the many benefits and subsidies.
- Economic Survey 2015: JAM Number trinity to help offer support to poor householdsJAM Number Trinity - Jan Dhan, Aadhaar & Mobile numbers - allows the state to offer support to poor households in a less distorted way.
- Direct benefit transfer for food subsidy can help government save Rs 25,000 crore: CrisilFamilies having higher income level will spend the money on protein-rich food like milk, egg, fish and meat, clothing and footwear, rent an...
- Direct cash transfer will not lead to misuse, says Montek Singh AhluwaliaEnthused by encouraging findings of a UNICEF-SEWA joint study, Montek Singh Ahluwalia said its implementation will not lead to any misuse o...
- Giving in the best wayResearch uncovered reports showing the effectiveness of cash transfers as a model to alleviate poverty.
- Direct Cash Transfer scheme: India must learn from Latin America and KenyaNow that the direct cash transfer (DCT) scheme has been accepted for implementation, the challenge is to design a programme that is Indian.
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