Government Spending

The projected spending is $11.6 billion in 2023, the report said

Fertiliser, food subsidies, payments to OMCs for LPG dominated supplementary demand

Mainly a PPP and B2B player, the Pune-based chain offers disruptive pricing

If the finance ministry wants private investment to revive, it must make things easy for it and resist the temptation to go on spending just because it can

The previous five years saw the states' share, except for 2019-20, in between 34.5% and 37%, whereas the recommendation was to give them a 42% share

CAG audits show that more than lack of funds, it's the shortage of administrative capacity that leads to underspending on health and education

Some of the big items include Rs 14,902 crore for fertiliser subsidy and Rs 30,170 crore for credit-linked subsidy scheme houses for economically weaker sections

The updated Public Financial Management System will complete one year in operation on March 31, but challenges to full integration remain

Govt must make data more timely, comparable and accessible

Terming FY21 as an 'exceptional year' Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFSL) in a report say government spending grew 2 per cent last fiscal.

However, expenditure related to containment of the pandemic is excluded from the scope of this order.

While tax collections provided some reprieve, the government seems to be consistently underperforming on the disinvestment side.

President Joe Biden portrayed the May jobs report as a jumping off point for more spending on infrastructure and education to keep growth going essentially an argument for his agenda

Govt must focus on providing relief to the needy at this point

The Congress on Tuesday asked the government to reverse its "disastrous" policies and heed to the advice of economists by printing more money and increase spending and not let another year go waste

The government has, either by design or accident, engineered a market with too many buyers and too few suppliers

The government can sharply reduce education spends by paying heed to the research findings by two Indian economists

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

With modest revenue effort, the burden of cutting the deficit will fall on a big expenditure contraction

Public spending push is expected to help push growth after pandemic slowdown in investments