-Livemint.com The budget to be presented on 1 February may be the last full budget of the Narendra Modi government unless it uses the opportunity to revive the economy The budget to be presented on 1 February will be the last full budget of this government. The budget in 2019 will only be a vote-on-account. But whether this will be the last full budget of the Narendra Modi government will depend on...
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Ignore Rural Anger at Your Own Peril -V Rajagopal
-TheWire.in The Gujarat election results are a wake-up call for the key political parties, as they gear up to draw strategies for the ensuing elections to three states. The years 2018 and 2019 are going to be hectic with elections scheduled for some state assemblies and to parliament. The issues that confront the citizens are many, ranging from financial to livelihood, farm operations to health and education to rural development. The performance...
More »How BJP fared in rural Gujarat despite farm distress -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com An analysis of the results shows that the Congress did not perform very well in rural Gujarat—where it was expected to—despite worsening distress among farmers New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a closely contested electoral fight in Gujarat on Monday with a thin margin, upsetting expectations of the Congress that it can wrest back the state after a gap of over two decades. An analysis of the results shows...
More »Change in Jangalmahal: Bengal’s girls find new reasons to study -Sarah Hafeez
-The Indian Express Mamata has been declaring scheme after scheme, including free bicycles and shoes to girls in Jangalmahal. At least 1,04,000 adivasi girls were given cycles until last year, says the TMC election manifesto. Raipur/ Salbani: Sipra Das, 19, is the first in her family to go to college. A grant of Rs 25,000 under the Kanyashree Prakalpa scheme will not only cover her fees but also help pay for...
More »Tribal alienation in an unequal India -Mihir Shah
-The Hindu Thanks to the caste system, India has always been an unequal society. What is even more worrying is that inequality appears to have deepened in the past two decades The Boston Consulting Group’s 15th annual report, “Winning the Growth Game: Global Wealth 2015”, has received extensive coverage in the Indian media. The report comes on top of the Global Wealth Databook 2014 from Credit Suisse, which provides a much more...
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