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Alliance of Budget GroupsTransparency in State Budgets in India, a study carried out by CBGA and nine other budget groups in the country, has been the first ever study on transparency in government budgets at the sub-national level in India. This collaborative study covering ten States has assessed the extent and scope of budget transparency with reference to a number of important parameters. The findings of this study have been brought out in the form of ten State-specific Fact Sheets, one National Fact Sheet and a Summary Report. There has been extensive media coverage of the Study findings, both in national and State-level Newspapers. Also, based on the study findings, advocacy with policymakers (such as, Members of State Legislature and senior officials of the State Finance Department) have been carried out in most of the ten study States. People’s Budget Initiative (PBI) is a civil society coalition, which campaigns for the inclusion of people's movements, grassroots organisations and national and international NGOs in the policy processes that determine the priorities underlying government budgets in India. CBGA serves as the Secretariat of PBI and many of the civil society budget groups in India are part of the Organising Committee of this coalition. This coalition has been striving to promote the involvement of civil society in the budget process of the Union Government every year, since 2006, by creating a platform where civil society activists articulate key demands and expectations from the forthcoming Union Budget. |
Budget Track
This special issue of Budget Track focusses on the key concerns relating to Taxation in India. In keeping with this, we have an interesting mix of contributions that look at some critical aspects such as expanding the fiscal space through taxation, tax havens, tax exemptions in India and more People's Budget Initiative
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A civil society coalition, which campaigns for the inclusion
of people's movements, grassroots organisations and national
and international NGOs in the policy processes that determine
the priorities underlying government budgets in India.