The Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) report reveals that rising subsidies on five major guarantee schemes forced Karnataka to cut funds for nutrition, local bodies, and rural development programmes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/cag-report-flags-rising-fiscal-stress-in-karnataka-from-major-welfare-schemes-jtp4adxi?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Karnataka #CAGReport #Subsidies #NutritionSchemes
2026, Climate March Madness

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#ClimateEmergencyInstitute
update March 2026

(I don't care what excuses you make up. You get up your lazy a** RIGHT NOW and you join #climateAction ! We gather outside.)

Dr. #PeterCarter on the U.S. March #heatdome
#WMO State of the #Climate in 2025
suicidal #fossilfuel #subsidies and the insanity of #wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keaA5o_YIvs

#ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

2026, Climate March Madness

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116250688344759761

#ESA would offer an incentive of up to €50 million 💰 to encourage the usage of #Ariane6 or another European 🇪🇺 launch vehicle

#LaunchCost #subsidies

@fedops americans are either too lazy or too smart to fall for the 'speed the plow' propaganda, this may explain the resurgence of 'no-till' agriculture #moral erosion #turpitude #factory farms #subsidies
En niemand die ook maar één woord spreekt over de gigantische structurele #subsidies aan de fossiele industrie, helemaal blind voor andere opties dan het kapitalistische neoklassieke #dogma.
#smh
https://www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-economie/als-de-overheid-altijd-maar-bijspringt-blijft-de-nederlander-verslaafd-aan-steun~ba082fc0/
Als de overheid altijd maar bijspringt, blijft de Nederlander verslaafd aan steun

Is het crisis? Dan trekt de overheid de portemonnee om de pijn te verzachten. Aan die dynamiek zijn Nederlanders gewend geraakt. Vier economen wensen ons allen, nu er oorlog woedt in het Midden-Oosten, iets beters toe.

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'By our calculations, motoring in Britain has rarely been so cheap
A reason to ignore public pressure for relief at the pump'

https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/03/19/by-our-calculations-motoring-in-britain-has-rarely-been-so-cheap

'Motoring would not be so cheap today had successive governments not frozen fuel duty since 2011. Another 5p cut followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The giveaways have cost taxpayers £120bn.'

https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/03/19/by-our-calculations-motoring-in-britain-has-rarely-been-so-cheap?giftId=ZDFjOGI3NmQtMjc0ZC00NWIwLThjM2UtMmQ4YjgwZjgzYzAx&utm_campaign=gifted_article

#motoring #motorists #cars #transport #economy #politics #UK #subsidies #roads #FossilFuels #petrol

@euspa* says they have no idea about the #Ariane6 costs 🤔🙈 https://fragdenstaat.de/dokumente/275068-replytoaccdocrequest-2026-1_geschwaerzt/

Such as
• Standard launch costs for Ariane 6 (per variant)
• The launch price for #Amazon
• The amount of #subsidies 💰 per launch, including and excluding development costs

* "charged with advancing the #commercialisation and market uptake of #EU 🇪🇺 Space data and services" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Agency_for_the_Space_Programme#Overview

#LaunchCost #Europe #Democracy #Transparency

Iedereen kijkt Trump raar aan als hij de media aanvalt. Als De Wever het doet ‘is het grappig’ #Apache #subsidies @apache_be

Het is gewoon hetzelfde, maar minder clownesk.

The hidden cost of fisheries subsidies

In public finance, some costs are politely kept off the books. The ocean has long been one of them. Governments often speak of “blue growth” and “sustainable use,” yet many policies still treat marine ecosystems as a kind of free input: available, resilient, and cheap to replace. The result is ecological decline. It is also […]

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