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Budget bids adieu to welfare state, rue civil rights activists

-The Hindu Business Line Fails to ease distress caused by demonetisation’ New Delhi: Terming the Union Budget 2017-18, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, as detrimental to the realisation of the welfare State, as enshrined in the Constitution, civil rights organisations said it “fails to respond to the present situation of distress and Unemployment especially aggravated by demonetisation.” “The Budget seems to be perpetuating Unemployment, hunger and malnutrition,” said a release by the...

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Unemployment has risen sharply among SCs & STs in last 6 years

  Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that Unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-à-vis the overall population. Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February,...

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Human Development Index: 'Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups' -Manoj CG

-The Indian Express Overall Unemployment has increased by approximately 31 per cent in the last 5 years. New Delhi: THE Unemployment rate has increased by more than 56 per cent among Scheduled Castes, by 69 per cent among Schedules Tribe communities, and nearly 62 per cent among Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the last five years, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Overall Unemployment has increased by approximately 31 per...

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The hidden agenda of benevolence -G Sampath

-The Hindu The growing chorus for a universal basic income is a ruse to eliminate or roll back significantly the public distribution system and signature welfare programmes The idea of a universal basic income (UBI) has been gaining ground globally. While Switzerland held a referendum on it last year (it was voted down), Finland introduced it earlier this month. Media reports suggest that the government of India’s flagship Economic Survey this year...

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In villages where it flows, SYL canal matters less than jobs -Jagdeep Singh Deep

-The Indian Express The Congress for its part has claimed that it was the one that “saved” Punjab’s water as it had cancelled the SYL agreement with Haryana during its 2002-2007 term in office, when Amarinder Singh was chief minister. Kapoori (Patiala): When Harinder Harry discusss the elections in Punjab, he talks about Unemployment, drugs and several other issues, but makes no mention of the one thing that his village is famous...

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