Basic income transfers under gender budgeting can be a judicious tool for coping up livelihood crisis, not an electoral tool. 

In the end, the 2025 Bihar election was not decided by caste arithmetic, liquor bans, or development promises. It was decided by gender budgeting - 1.25 crore direct bank transfers …

( interview by Priyasmita Dutta )

NEW DELHI – Given the severe fiscal constraints of state governments, the 16th Finance Commission should ideally recommend 50% vertical tax devolution to states, according to National Institute of Public Finance and Policy Professor Lekha Chakraborty. However, this is ambitious given the global economic …