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Media Coverage of the Study on 'Tax Incentives for Philanthropic Giving: A Study of Twelve Countries'

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• 28 December 2021
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1) A study pitches for reintroduction of wealth tax to address inequality The Economic Times The study carried out jointly by Ashoka University and think tank Centre for Budget and Governance...

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FTC issues Press Release on Pandora Papers

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• 6 October 2021
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Pandora Papers: new secretive tax havens are emerging, putting Covid-19 recovery at risk – warns Financial Transparency Coalition The Pandora Papers reveal a shadow financial system whereby the...

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What’s in a Rename? Mid-Day Meal Plan Now Called PM Poshan with More Beneficiaries, Old Finance Structure

CBGA

• 30 September 2021
• NEWS18.com
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The Mid-Day Meal Scheme has been renamed as ‘PM Poshan Shakti’ as the Centre pushes for child nutrition in the country, with the addition of around 24 lakh students from the pre-primary...

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It’s 500 days since children went to school in India. Everything is opening. Why aren’t schools?

CBGA

• 9 August 2021
• Scroll.in
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Over 250 million children enrolled in primary and secondary schools in India have not stepped into their classrooms since March 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic triggered an abrupt nationwide...

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Mandatory privatisation, result-based financing in education ministry, World Bank project

CBGA

• 12 July 2021
• Careers 360
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The ministry of education has devised a system of funding school education reform that could set the sector back by decades, fear educationists. As part of the Strengthening Teaching-Learning and...

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What does Union Budget 2021-22 mean for students, farmers, migrants, health workers? Not much

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• 12 February 2021
• Down To Earth
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The Union Budget 2021-22 had to bear a unique burden of expectations. The economy, which has been slowing down in the past years, is expected to shrink by 7.7 per cent in 2020-21, the sharpest...

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Dear Prime Minister, Why no pandemic package for education?

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• 20 October 2020
• Education World
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The mega Rs.20.97 lakh crore Covid-19 economic aid package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12, provided tax breaks for small businesses, incentives for domestic manufacturing and...

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Financial Transparency Coalition’s response to the FACTI Panel’s Interim Report

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• 24 September 2020
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Press Release The Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) welcomes the Interim Report by the High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the...

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Burden on children

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• 3 July 2020
• Frontline
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When stringent lockdown measures were announced in March to contain the pandemic, children living on the streets of Delhi took shelter in parks, under flyovers, around railway stations, and in...

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Schools: World Bank project in the works will increase privatisation

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• 21 June 2020
• NEWS by CAREERS 360
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A new project, “Strengthening Teaching Learning and Results for States”, or STARS, is in the offing. In a departure from its usual practice of contributing to a scheme in general, World Bank will...

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