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Politics
'Budget Should Reflect That Pensions Are Not a Dole, They Are a Right': Nikhil Dey
Rights activist Nikhil Dey talks about the many issues faced by the ageing poor in India today and how the Union Budget can help them.
Economy
It's Time that Budgeting Assumed Responsibility for the Most Marginalised
On the social sector front, in most cases, the increased allocation is merely a matter of sleight of language and accounting without any real increase.
Politics
Budget 2021 Is a Chance to Undo the COVID-Induced Inequality That Has Surged Across India
Ideally, the government should increase the work entitlement for MGNREGA to at least 150 days, double the budget and put in place an urban employment guarantee act.
Economy
Will a Pre-Election Year Budget Change How the ‘Other Half’ of India Lives?
The NDA, one of the most anti-poor, anti-farmer, anti-rural governments in India’s history, is likely to finally be forced to put some resources aside for the social sector.
