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Highlights of India Today – February 17, 2020 issue:
This week's cover stories focus on the Union Budget tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. It focuses on how Budget 2020 plays it too safe. There are no nasty surprises, but nor is there a credible roadmap to economic recovery. The stories focus on how the reduced allocations offer little incentive for the education sector.

The Cut and Thrust of Battle

Perhaps it’s a sign of how ugly the Delhi election campaign became in the last days before the polls (on February 8, with the results due on the 11th), that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal felt compelled to defend himself against the BJP’s absurd description of him as a “terrorist”.

3 mins

FOR UDDHAV, IT'S MUMBAI MERI JAAN

A visible revamp of Shiv Sena stronghold Mumbai, decentralising power and making government accessible to the people top the Maharashtra chief minister’s governance agenda

4 mins

Nitish Keeps Big Brother BJP Guessing

After voicing his disapproval of a countrywide NRC, the Bihar chief minister now wants the contentious new questions in the forthcoming NPR dropped

3 mins

Budget 2020 - More Bangs, Less Bucks

With a prudent budget, the prime minister signalled that efforts to revive the economy cannot be at the expense of equitable growth. But instead of gradualism, he needs a far bolder roadmap with big-ticket reforms to achieve his $5 trillion goal by 2024

8 mins

Missing the Big Picture

BUDGET 2020 PLAYS IT TOO SAFE. THERE ARE NO NASTY SURPRISES, BUT NOR IS THERE A CREDIBLE ROADMAP TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY

7 mins

The Fallow Season

LINKING AGRICULTURE TO AN ‘ASPIRATIONAL INDIA’ IS ALL VERY WELL, BUT IT HAS TO BE BACKED BY REFORMS AND ALLOCATIONS

2 mins

Highways of Growth

A 15,500 km HIGHWAY-BUILDING PLAN FORMS THE CENTREPIECE OF THE INFRA PUSH IN THE BUDGET, BUT ITS SUCCESS HINGES ON PRIVATE INVESTMENT

2 mins

No Money for Health

PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SPENDS WILL REMAIN LOW EVEN THOUGH THE NEEDS OF RURAL INDIA ARE A NEW FOCUS

2 mins

THE DARK CORONA

SYMPTOMS FOR THE STEALTH VIRUS CAN TAKE UP TO 14 DAYS TO SHOW UP. BUT IT’S CONTAGIOUS DURING THIS TIME. IS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM READY TO HANDLE A POSSIBLE EPIDEMIC?

7 mins

THE ART OF EXPRESSION

ART AND FASHION COME TOGETHER IN A FASCINATING DISPLAY AT THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE INDIA TODAY ART AWARDS

4 mins

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