Articles for Policies & Environment

More Technology, Give Me More: All Hail a Budget Promoting AI and Blockchain

Policies & Environment Feb 02, 2018 5 mins read

Be it a political strategy that science and tech departments received only marginal allocation increases but that, one of PM larger campaigns, Digital India' allocation went 2x, the Government is speaking a lot about new, newer and the newest technologies.

Why India Needs to Focus on Fitness, Not Just Medicine in Budget 2018

Policies & Environment Jan 31, 2018 3 mins read

The current GST framework allows restaurants to pay a flat percentage of turnover instead of paying GST on every product purchased as part of operations. Shouldn’t the government promote health as well as dining?

Budget 2018: Rs 1500Cr Allocation Anticipated for Cybersecurity Purposes

Policies & Environment Jan 29, 2018 3 mins read

In the wake of data leakage, cybersecurity provisions for GST and Aadhaar could get separate funding in the union budget.

Budget 2018: Rural Farmers can Benefit from Sops for 'Agripreneurship'

Policies & Environment Jan 25, 2018 5 mins read

There’s one startup named Ergos: “PM wants to double income in five years, I’m saying 1.4x in six months”

Budget 2018, the One Before 2019 Elections: Populist or Reformist?

Policies & Environment Jan 23, 2018 7 mins read

This years’ budget will be the first post-GST budget of India. It will also be the last full budget before the 2019 elections.

Budget 2018 Must Stop Throwing Money at Rural Farmer Distress

Policies & Environment Jan 23, 2018 5 mins read

Instead let’s focus on creating policies that encourage farmers to think more like savvy businesspeople and less like objects knuckled under nature’s mercy.