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Budget Analysis: The pro-poor budget!

The government has announced its third budget 2010-11 with an income and expenditure gap of Rs 684.9 billion, which is 4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). However, the Finance Ministry said that the overall fiscal deficit is expected...

Increase in education budget to 5% of GDP urged

The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has written a policy letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, demanding his advice to the federal government for increasing the total education budget allocation to 5 per cent of the total...

Education for all : Budget 2010-11

Education for all May 31: With the budget for 2010-11 now just around the corner, the question of educational spending has come up again. At a pre-budget seminar, a demand has been made that the allocation for this vital sector be raised to...