In the seventh episode of 'Budget 2025: What's at Stake?', human rights activist and general secretary of the Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan Beena Pallical critiques the government's approach to social justice, questioning whether reducing it to service delivery truly addresses systemic inequalities in India.

She examines the impact of recent budgets on those from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and their access to resources.

This series is a collaboration between the Centre for Financial Accountability and The Wire.

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