What Is the Health and Education Cess Being Spent On?

Upadhyaya, Himanshu (2023) What Is the Health and Education Cess Being Spent On? The Wire.

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Abstract

After a long wait to see the CAG’s audit report on the Union government’s Finance Account for the fiscal year which ended on 31st March 2022, it was tabled in Parliament on August 10. Once again, it has indicted the Finance Minister for promising to create a special purpose fund and then swiftly forgetting to create an accounting procedure, and letting the funds be merged with Gross Budgetary Support, killing the very idea of special purpose funds.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Upadhyaya, Himanshu
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Health, Education, Government
Subjects:	Social sciences > Economics > Financial economics > Money
Divisions:	Azim Premji University > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Public
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URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/5114
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