-Scroll.in India's social-sector spending remains woefully low and despite claims of being a pro-farmer Budget, the effective allocations are nearly the same as last year. Some commentators expected that the Union Budget 2017-’18 would craft a sharp departure from earlier budgets of this government. This it would do to mitigate the immense suffering of millions of casual workers, farmers and small traders caused by the “shock and awe” of the astoundingly callous...
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No one loves the farmer -Ashok Gulati & Siraj Hussain
-The Indian Express They are the largest constituency in UP. Yet, all parties have overlooked their issues Next month, Uttar Pradesh (UP) will have a new popular government, hopefully with a clear mandate. If UP was a country, with a population reportedly of more than 214 million in 2015 (as per UN population projections), it would have been the fifth most populous country in the world after China, India, US and Indonesia....
More »A Budget few can quarrel over -TT Ram Mohan
-The Hindu Arun Jaitley has steered clear of populist giveaways in the run-up to Assembly elections Some said it was a ‘make or break’ Budget, one that would use the potential gains from demonetisation to give a decisive push to economic growth. Others said it would be a populist budget aimed at the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere. It has turned out to be neither. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented...
More »Must follow our order: EC to RBI on raising cash limit
-The Indian Express EC had asked the central bank to relax the weekly bank withdrawal limit from Rs 24,000 to Rs 2 lakh for candidates contesting elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has shot down the Election Commission’s (EC) proposal to relax the weekly withdrawal limit for those contesting the Assembly elections, prompting an angry reaction from the poll panel, which...
More »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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