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The (Few) “People’s Budget”

The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yea...

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Budget For National Social Assistance Programme Remains Stagnant Yet Again

A woman resident of the Wazirpur slum washing utensils before setting off to work. Photo: Jignesh Mistry. As expected, t...

Coverage General National Finance Union Budget

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Charts: The Modi Govt Has Reduced Spending For Almost All Major Social Sector Heads

Children queue for their midday meal in schools. Photo: ILO/Flickr (ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-NODERIVS 2.0 GENERIC) Thes...

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Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again

There is an urgent need to review the National Social Assistance Programme for it to be effective and meaningful. While ...

Coverage General Indian Economy Union Budget

February 18, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya

The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yearly income up to 12 lakh rupees was celebrated across news rooms ad nauseum. Right before the Delhi elections the budget was used as a tool to woo the sizeable middle class populat...

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February 18, 2025

Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

Budget For National Social Assistance Programme Remains Stagnant Yet Again

A woman resident of the Wazirpur slum washing utensils before setting off to work. Photo: Jignesh Mistry. As expected, the budget for the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) – a crucial centrally-sponsored social security scheme that provides non-contributory pensions to the most marginalise...

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July 25, 2024

Pranay Raj

Charts: The Modi Govt Has Reduced Spending For Almost All Major Social Sector Heads

Children queue for their midday meal in schools. Photo: ILO/Flickr (ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-NODERIVS 2.0 GENERIC) These are all major schemes and essential programmes that many marginalised communities rely on. Despite the headline-grabbing figures of expenditure in this year’s Union budget, a clo...

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February 18, 2025

Asmi Sharma

Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again

There is an urgent need to review the National Social Assistance Programme for it to be effective and meaningful. While presenting the Union Budget 2024-25, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman lauded the Bharatiya Janata Party government’s achievements. She claimed that over the last 10 years ...

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The (Few) “People’s Budget”

Budget For National Social Assistance Programme Remains Stagnant Yet Again

Charts: The Modi Govt Has Reduced Spending For Almost All Major Social Sector Heads

Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again

The (Few) “People’s Budget”

Budget For National Social Assistance Programme Remains Stagnant Yet Again

Charts: The Modi Govt Has Reduced Spending For Almost All Major Social Sector Heads

Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again