Key Points
Allocations for major welfare schemes in the 2023-24 budget have been significantly reduced in RE..
PM Awas Yojana, National Health Mission, SC/ST welfare and Samagra Shiksha have taken the biggest hits...
Realising Ambedkar's vision of a more equitable society faces these key challenges: persistently high levels of youth unemployment, rural distress evidenced by high demand for wage work under MGNREGA, food and fuel inflation..
With an eye on Lok Sabha elections, and inspired by Congress' 'Guarantees', the budget is high on rhetoric and generics, and lacks specific instruments to achieve structural change towards greater inclusion..
The interim budget has been high on rhetoric, low on actual commitment towards an inclusive and equitable society...
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