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MeraTax — India’s budget, measured against its promises

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An interactive analysis of India’s Union Budget 2026–27 that compares public spending with targets set by the government itself.

Why it surfaced

MeraTax turns the education and health funding gaps into inspectable figures, including an estimated ₹13.8 lakh crore annual education shortfall and 11,97,893 funded teaching posts left vacant. It also shows competing official definitions of education spending instead of quietly choosing the most dramatic number, a rare and useful act of methodological honesty.

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