CBPS has just released a short report titled, ‘Macro-Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the economy of Indian States: What the analysis of the Chhattisgarh economy tells us’. This is based on the third of the five-webinar series conducted by the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies on Impact of Covid 19 on children, livelihoods, economy and education including the response mechanisms adopted for the same.
At the times of having faced the twin shocks of demonetization and GST implementation which resulted in decline in growth of the economy, the Indian states faced the severe challenges of addressing the pandemic followed by steering back the economy to growth without ignoring the responsibility of mitigating the effect on the vulnerable population. Given that the Government of India has already presented the budget for the year 2022-23, it becomes all the more important for the states to position their Budget for the ensuing year 2022-23 to address the challenges in the emerging scenario. We are sharing the Chhattisgarh analysis and our inferences for what the way forward could be for the states.
The report can be viewed here.
The recording of the webinar can be viewed here.
Prior to that we have released another short report titled, ‘Public Expenditure on Children – An Analysis of Pre and Post Covid period across 14 Indian States’. The report analyses public expenditure on children in the age-group of 0-18 years during pre and post pandemic period and argues for greater attention to their needs to build resilience and compensate for the losses they had to suffer due to the pandemic.
The report can be viewed here.
The recording of the webinar can be viewed here.
The National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) also picked this for their special newsletter on Education Financing.
Link – https://educationemergency.net/newsletter/NewsletterJan22.html
The Wire published an article titled, ‘Jobs, Welfare and the Fisc: ‘India at 100’ Budget Disappoints on Two Out of Three Goals’ on 1 February 2022, where they have used some analysis from this short report.
Jyotsna Jha wrote two pieces on this year’s national budget – one for the Mint Lounge titled ‘Has Budget gone overboard with Digital play’ and another for the Deccan Herald, titled ‘Budget 2022: Betrayal of the poor, a failure of the State in its duties’.
She was also a speaker at the RTE Forum’s Virtual Consultation on Union Budget 2022-23 and Right To Education on 4 February 2022. The details can be viewed here.
She was also a panelist at the IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk – A Panel Discussion on Rural Realities and Union Budget 2022-23 – The State of Villages – #Rural Realities on 5 February 2022. The details can be viewed here.
The poster for the webinar can be viewed here.
The recording of the webinar can be viewed here.
Dr. Jyotsna Jha was also interviewed by Youth Ki Awaaz on the Union Budget 2022. The links are –
https://twitter.com/YouthKiAwaaz/status/1489962012130091013
https://twitter.com/YouthKiAwaaz/status/1490324404089200643
https://twitter.com/YouthKiAwaaz/status/1491086925003907075
Youth Ki Awaaz has published an article on 9 February 2022 titled, ‘Has The Union Budget 2022–23 Lived Up To The Rural Realities?’. This was based on a panel discussion titled, ‘Rural Realities and Union Budget 2022-23 – The State of Villages – #Rural Realities’ organised by the Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi on 5 February 2022 wherein, Dr. Jyotsna Jha was a panelist.
