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Union Budget 2021

The budget, on 01st February 2021 was introduced in the parliament. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had promised a 2021 Budget like “never before”, with the aim of making India the epicentre of global growth. 100 years of India wouldn’t have seen a Budget being made post-pandemic like this”, she said. She stated that the Government […]

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An Introduction to the Union Budget

In Article 112 of the Indian Constitution, the Union Budget is referred to as the Annual Financial Statement and is considered as the Annual Budget of the Republic of India. In simpler terms, a Budget is known as a statement holds estimated receipts and expenditures of the Government for a particular year. The first Union Budget […]

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What does Biden mean for India?

India and the US have maintained cordial relations, especially in this century. The US has seen 3 presidents in the 21st century with Joe Biden emerging to be the 4th one after securing a majority vote in the latest US election. In the past 5 years, the relations have become better with leaders of either […]

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Possible Reforms in the Election Process

The World’s largest democracy celebrates its largest festival every 5 years, the General Elections. Although that is one of the major elections in India, it is the election that is covered and followed the most. Ever since India’s independence, we have chosen representatives through elections, the first one being in 1951. The first elections were […]

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Finance National Politics

The Road Ahead for India’s Economy post-pandemic

It wasn’t long ago when the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly spread across the world, with uncertain circumstances ahead. The pandemic has aggravated the existing tensions concerning healthcare, education, politics, and the economy as a whole. As the virus spread, restrictions were imposed and the global economy came to a standstill, with an unprecedented recession. Within no […]

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The liberation of Hong Kong (HKSAR, PRC)

Perspective: Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) IntroductionFollowing the defeat at the hands of the British in the First Opium War, China ceded the island of Hong Kong in the ‘Treaty of Nanking’ in 1842. The Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island were later surrendered to the UK in the ‘Convention of Peking’ in […]