-TheWire.in Presenting a budget, especially in the midst of an economic crisis, is an opportunity to communicate a Government's vision for the country. This budget fails to do that and seems to be completely disconnected from ground realities. It seems as if the Union finance minister, this year, took the idea of a paperless budget so literally that she has attempted to find digital solutions to most of the country’s problems. The ‘Amrit...
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A betrayal of the social sector when it needs help -Dipa Sinha
-The Hindu The Government seems to have prioritised meeting its fiscal deficit targets rather than using this opportunity to signal a path of employment-centred and inclusive growth India continues to rank poorly in various global indices that reflect the quality of life, human capital or human development in the country, such as the Human Development Index (rank 131 out of 189 countries) and the Global Hunger Index (rank 101 out of 116...
More »Two lakh anganwadis to be upgraded -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Allocation for anganwadis sees negligible increase of 0.7% Two lakh anganwadis will be upgraded in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech on Tuesday. In last year’s Budget, the Government had renamed a few schemes and categorised them under ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0’. Though the Government is yet to share the detailed of the renamed scheme, on Tuesday the Finance Minister said this would include “new...
More »"Revenge For Farmers' Protest": Farm Leaders Disappointed, Slam Budget -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Budget 2022: "Agriculture employs more than half the working population, yet the centre paid little attention," a prominent farm leader said. New Delhi: Farmers are disappointed with the meagre announcements made for them during today's budget speech by the finance minister, a prominent farm leader who was involved in last year's protests said. Farmers across the country were keenly following the budget speech with a lot of hope as this is...
More »Union Budget 2022: The Concerns and Numbers Don’t Square Up -Arun Kumar
-TheWire.in Much was expected from the Union Budget 2022 which has come at a time when the Indian economy is facing an economic turmoil due to the coronavirus pandemic and battling widespread unemployment and inflation. High hopes were pinned on this year’s budget as the country saw young people protesting for Railway jobs, farmers protesting for the Government to address their loss of incomes, micro-sector producers as they faced closures and PSU...
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