CBPS has engaged in responding to the Budget and Economic Survey 2021. These responses include a few newspaper articles both in print and digital media and in some cases, our opinions were covered by the newspaper articles. Some of these are listed here:
- Youth ki Awaaz published an article titled, ‘Pandemic And Union Budget 2021: Implementation And The Way Forward’ on 19 February 2021. This was based on a discussion titled, ‘Pandemic & Union Budget 2021 Implementation and the way forward’ organised by the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI) and Counterview on 8 February 2021, wherein Jyotsna Jha, Director of CBPS, was one of the panelists.
- Jyotsna Jha was asked for quotations by a journalist for an article published in The Times of India titled, ‘Karnataka budget: Govt borrowings likely to touch a record high’. It was published on 16 February 2021.
- A blog titled, ‘Union Budget and the health of Democracy‘ has been written by Mr Syed Mazahir Husain on 4 February 2021 which was published on the CBPS Blog.
- BIC Talks published a podcast titled, ‘Budget 2021: Promise and Reality (Narayan Ramachandran and Jyotsna Jha)’ on 3 February 2021.
- Deccan Herald has published an article titled, ‘Union Budget 2021: Art of hiding the truth’ written by Jyotsna Jha. It was published on 2 February 2021.
- Jyotsna Jha participated as a panelist on ‘Arthniti – Economic Survey 2021-22’, aired on Rajya Sabha TV as on 31 January 2021. The discussion was titled, ‘Economic Survey – The Road Ahead’. The other panelist was Ms Deepshikha Sikarwar (Senior Editor, The Economic Times). The moderator of the session was Mr Kavindra Sachan (senior anchor).
- Jyotsna Jha participated as a panelist on Desh Deshantar, aired on Rajya Sabha TV. The other panelists were Dr Raman R. Gangakhedkar, Dr C G Pandit, National Chair of ICMR and Dr R K Srivastava, Former DGHS, GoI. It was organised on 30 January 2021. The moderator of the session was Mr Kavindra Sachan (senior anchor).
- Jyotsna Jha was asked for quotations by a journalist for an article published in The Times of India titled, ‘Karnataka: 12% economic contraction estimated before budget’. It was published on 29 January 2021.
- ‘A nightmare for our poorest that we must wake up to’ by Jyotsna Jha was published in the mint on 7 January 2021.
- Madhusudhan B V Rao, Research Advisor at CBPS, was asked for quotations by a journalist for an article published in Deccan Herald titled, ‘Yediyurappa faces uphill fiscal task ahead of budget’. It was published on 3 January 2021.