The Indian government has lots of ideas on how to collect money, but are baffled when it comes how to spend it. The government tries to keep this fiscal impotence behind closed doors, but every now and then, a well-placed RTI sneaks past their defences and shows the world what is really going on.

Transparency is always an important topic, and it is in the limelight yet again as India unveiled Voluntary National Review on the UN Sustainable Development Goals on 18 July. The one SDG goal that is reviewed every year is number 17 – global partnership for sustainable development. This includes issues relating to finance, technology, trade and diplomacy, and is a priority for the government in their 2017 SDG report.

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